Bumpers should be the same height and stand off a couple inches from the body, You should have (or get) some spring-like brackets–four of them–two for each bumper. Those mount to the frame but on my car (and I think on TDs) the back ones are spaced away by some aluminum spacers about an inch and a half long. They’re like pipe sections.

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Bumpers should be the same height and stand off a couple inches from the body, You should have (or get) some spring-like brackets–four of them–two for each bumper. Those mount to the frame but on my car (and I think on TDs) the back ones are spaced away by some aluminum spacers about an inch and a half long. They’re like pipe sections.

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They should be in your post too. Everyone gets that error every time. Did you go back and check the post?

Looks and feels like the kind of plastic that epoxy won’t stick to. But yeah. Should be able to accomplish as much with a little piece of oil cooler hose and a couple of clamps. 

Ed, the oil fill is simply a plastic tube. Can you just take a piece out of the middle and epoxy it back together or sleeve it?Looks like you’re coming down the home stretch.

Got the engine in. Things mostly fit pretty good. 

Thanks, Paul! It’s all I can do not to throttle someone when I see it as “wala.” And I got a D in French the last year I took it.

More progress.

Sorry for your trouble’s, Allen. Keep at it. You’ll get it together.

Been there, done it.

edsnova2014-03-14 19:15:01

Been there, done it.

edsnova2014-03-14 19:15:01

Been there, done it.

edsnova2014-03-14 19:15:01

Been there, done it.

edsnova2014-03-14 19:15:01

Mine sits just a hair over 4″.

Mine sits just a hair over 4″.

Mine sits just a hair over 4″.

Mine sits just a hair over 4″.

I thought that until I looked closer. It goes through and comes out the other side, takes a right turn and then there’s a filter. It’s really an elegant solution for the no-room-for-a-filter problem that’s a built-in feature of the BCW design. But I think it compromises the cooling system.

The battery is in a well in front of the tank, and lower. The “crank handle” is probably a jack crank. That one looks more like a TD crank handle than mine does–the length is close–but it should be stored on clips on the seat back. 

Not familiar with the VW column, but does the stalk thread in like a domestic GM or Ford turn signal stalk? If so, the short tilt column adjuster lever from a domestic vehicle will thread in in place of the turn signal lever. Basically, 3″ as opposed to 6″. Just a thought.