Both doors installed and close completely without the door catch/plate. Tomorrow I’ll finish putting her back together. If the Lift The Dot kit comes in tomorrow as advertised, I’ll start the top installation. Our silly weather guesser say it might rain tomorrow. Hope so but I doubt it.

Both doors installed and close completely without the door catch/plate. Tomorrow I’ll finish putting her back together. If the Lift The Dot kit comes in tomorrow as advertised, I’ll start the top installation. Our silly waetherguesser say it might rain tomorrow. Hope so but I doubt it.

Kall. After I elongated the holes and got the door to close properly, I removed the nuts, lock washers and flat washers, one at a time and inserted an extra piece of sheetmetal over the screws and reinstalled the hardware and torqued them good.

Paul et all. The passenger’s door is less of a problem. I still had to remove the door but not the…[Read more]

As devil’s advocate here… if you are running a VW engine WITHOUT the “doghouse” oil cooler, your oil temp and engine will be about 10-15 degrees hotter due to the lack of sufficient cooling air to the #3 cylinder.

Paul. I guess I’ll go with the battery under the seat as I’ve measured and it will fit. BTW…the CMC/Fiberfab Assembly Manual says to fit the 2 inch diameter hear hose through the hole drilled in the body base. Funny; nowhere in the manual does it tell you to drill that particular hole. I’l locate it as best I an near the ouster edge of the seat…[Read more]

Findings. After a closer examination I found that the door hinges had to be removed from the door panel. Top of the driver’s door, at the rear edge was striking the side of the body tub preventing the door from completely closing. Luckily the rub did not damage the body. The inside of the door panel was not shaped as flat as the bottom edge. After…[Read more]

Findings. After a closer examination I found that the door hinges had to be removed from the door panel. Top of the driver’s door, at the rear edge was striking the side of the body tub preventing the door from completely closing. Luckily the rub did not damage the body. The inside of the door panel was not shaped as flat as the bottom edge. After…[Read more]

Findings. After a closer examination I found that the door Hinges had to be removed from the door panel. Top of the driver’s door, at the rear edge was striking the side of the body tub. Luckily the rub did not damage the body. The inside of the door panel was not shaped as flat as the bottom edge. After careful sanding and triple checking the…[Read more]

About to head outside and work the doors, starting with the driver’s side. In thinking about it, when the door is unlatched it does not go completely into the opening at the front. I do know when I did a test fit WITHOUT the hinges installed on the door, the door fit perfectly in the opening. I may remove the door and hinges and start over. More…[Read more]

I’ll give that a try. I’m really close to the outside but I think elongating the holes toward the interior is what I need. I’ll loosen the bolts tomorrow and see if thats the correct way to move them and report back tomorrow. Thanks Bill.

Paul. Wither a standard battery connection on one end and a standard starter terminal connection on the other end, I was quoted 142.50 +tax. Its a bit too steep for my meager existence.

Yep. Its up. Thanks for you guy’s  work.

Wow! After checking the cost for 139 inch battery cable and connectors, I’ll have to see if I have enough room to fit the battery under the passenger seat with the heater duct. BTW… I found some Army flexible orange color heater tubes on the bay. Got four of them ordered.

Ed is using a different calendar. Doesn’t have a month for Ceasar Augusts.

My original plan was to install the battery under the passenger seat. Decided against it because I prefer the storage area. Plus not sure if the heater duct would fit in there with the battery. And I want the passenger heater duct as well. So I’m sticking with the original kit location. I can mount the jack on the firewall in front of the…[Read more]

Ed et all with a VW based TDr with the battery in the box in front of the gas tank. I did a string mock up of the battery cable run and the battery cable on mine is 139 inches. That gives me about 1-1/2 inches of free plat near the starter solenoid.