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I made some extractors today from some cheep u bends I round on trademe, what a mission, they work very very well,

did the noise level double in that time?

Coby is better than a straight pipe, I tried that

Are you just running glasspacks or actual mufflers also?

PS a glasspack won't last long - I would expect 6-12 months max..

Just the glass packs

Hello

I was wondering how long a Coby glasspack resonator will last? I put 2 on my volvo about 3,000 miles ago, it was very quiet but it has been getting louder and louder since, was wondering if it was a dud and is blowing out the glass? its one of the super cobys with the chamber, hot dog style.

Would project cars witch arn't running with lapsed rego still count? someone I know is trying to make a living selling half finished project cars

I wonder if they can sandblast it to cut it?

also keen to hear about getting flat glass cut.

want to do a roof chop on morrie, but price may be a factor.

can exizting toughened glass be cut?

I have rung a few glass places and they reckon $50+GST per window for a laminated or toughened, its probley well worth giving the morri a roof chop.

No you carn't cut toughened glass, the whole thing will explode,

What about using Polycarb for the windows? easy to cut with a jigsaw to shape. I can supply the polycarb if wanted.

Hello, thanks for the offer, I was thinking of using something like that but I would realy like to have glass so it dosn't scratch

maybe you could straighten your frame and cut glass to suit? i can see straigtning frame to suit glass possibly being quite a difficult thing to get just right.

Nar its just out a bit in the corners, if i slid the new glass into place it would flex to the right shape, its very flimsy, I need something to go off.

If it's going to be on a tourer it will need to be toughened, Sharps autoglass here in Wellington are making me one at the moment. All credit to then but they aren't the sharpest in the world (no pun intended)

If you make up the cardboard templates first that's the hardest part of the job done

How much is it going to cost for your window? yer I was going to try to find some with a patton as one of the frames is wonkey

Who in Auckland could make a custom flat glass windscreen for a vintage car? it a 2 peace window like louvers on a house, it would need to be some kind of safety glass I would say

I had simmler problem with my Subaru , it was a jammed thermostat, it also ran hot, Subaru are chronic for air locks in the cooling system, they are very hard to get out.

Probably not your problem but something to be aware of.

there is one ball bearing missing from one of the races

Are you sure there is one missing or is there just room where one more to fit?

I have always been told that with loose ball set ups you fill the race with however many balls fit then take one out to leave a gap so the balls are pressed against each over or something to that effect..

I could fit 2 more in, but like you say its good to leave a gap or they won't work,

I fixed it, that spacer was jammed in the wrong place, made a new shim for the bottom plate and it seems to work fine now, thank you all for the links with the photos.

Super cheep has copper oil pressure gauge line with the gland nuts and tails soldered on ready to go if your missing the fittings.

Have a look here http://www.vintagebus.com/ under the Parts section of a kombi page 255 if you need more details or other parts

I will try and dig out the rebuilding section - such as tolerances and stuff.

Cool thank you, I can just make out in that diagram the spacer isn't there, I will report back tomorrow with my findings.

Pretty much my feeling, the way a steering box behaves on the road is different to on the bench. I would check everything over again and use the prescribed method- ie consult actual VW manual before proceeding.

I would hate for another splitty to end up wrecked because of a steering seizure..

The top cap being rubbed by the peg tells me there isn't enough shims TBH

Yes I will try to find a exploded diagram to see where everything goes, and do the final ajustments with it in the car.

The top cap has been rubbed cause someone shoved that spacer in there

This gives me a bad feeling and I think you need an exploded diagram of the steering box.

What is that on the white cloth in this photo? It doesn't look like a bearing race but it is hard to tell.

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/forums/view ... f8c0889a91

In the photo I can see that spacer thing sitting on the rag in the bottom left, its sitting with the shims for that bottom cap, I think it may be to space the bottom ball race up,

Looks to me like you are missing something, also don't think that spacer is the original one.

I would suggest stripping whole box and looking for damage to bushes, worm etc first before proceeding

I think its the opposite, I have something extra, I striped the whole box down, there is one ball bearing missing from one of the races, did a dry build with out that spacer and it works mint.

Have no idea why someone would put it there.

You can see on the cover where is is hitting the ribs, the steering would lock up and you would have to give it a good hard wrench to free it up, some bastard and glued it on

Hello I have a 64 Kombi bus with steering witch jambs every now then, I pulled the steering box apart and found some funny thinhs, I think someone has glued a spacer somewhere where it souldn't go, you can see in my pic its was on the selector shaft, if any one could identify where that spacer should go would be good.