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Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:59 am
by Dibsy
Fantastic, love your work mate !

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:27 am
by D-Train
That's awesome. What's the plans for the heater then?

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:44 am
by Dutchy
love it.. all the good gear and one cool interior.

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:00 pm
by 067DUB
D-Train wrote:That's awesome. What's the plans for the heater then?
Always on the ball :lol:

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:27 pm
by Cam Biscuit
Not doing things by halves are we ;)

Nice cupcar in the background too!

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:29 pm
by woval56
Been slowly plugging away on the rebuild, only can work on the bus every other week so I missed revolks this year.

Put the front red 9 puzzle together
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Spent some time on positioning the brake booster
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73-79 bay window booster and dual circuit master
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Slight modification to the brake rod, cut n tapped
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Because of the booster position, I had to do some extra bends on the new hard lines, booster fits in nice and snug, very happy with the final result.

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Mounted a remote ressy from early bay behind front seat, I was planning on putting it where the og one mounted under the front floor, but then remembered how shit it was to fill up

Cable tied for now

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Made a bracket for the front flexiline mount
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Front end sorted
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Rear brake lines finished off, a bit more creative bending

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Rear brake with handbrake
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Managed to remember to change the shift rod bushes before installing gearbox
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Gear box in
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Spacer for driveshaft
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Rear end sorted

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Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:45 pm
by Cam Biscuit
Wow! Looking good mate

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:02 am
by woval56
Made up some brackets and rubber mounted the 96 plate cooler and thermo fan, fan switches on when oil return from cooler exceeds 180degrees C

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Testing the fan

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Random pics, think I'll need to roll the lip to fit the wheels
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Shifter arrived, yay :D

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Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:57 am
by kombi1976
Wow! That is amazing.
How much of the rear suspension do you cut away, or don't you cut anything away, just bolt the new double A-arm onto the OG holes?

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:49 am
by NorCalRiviera
Sweet jeebus, that's a sexy set up!!

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:21 am
by GottaSplit
Lovin' this read.... 8)

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:54 am
by woval56
No cutting at all needed, bolts up to og spring plate, shock mounts and frame horns that's it. The fact that I don't need to cut or weld anything is why I choose to go this way instead of the other options.

So far I've managed to utilise all original holes except for the oil lines and booster line through the cross members.

Cheers
Andy

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:58 am
by morts
Looking good Andy.....

Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:40 pm
by woval56
Thanks for all the positive comments, does wonders for the motivation, :D

Here's the rest of the oil cooler install, when I was researching what to do I couldn't find many photos of installs, so here is what I did for reference.
Full flow set up
engine-filter-bypass valve-cooler-thermo fan switch-back through bypass-engine

Can anyone recommend a filter? I think it needs to be high pressure as it is directly after the oil pump
I can't seem to get Fram filters in adelaide.

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Re: 61 SO23 westfalia

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:54 pm
by woval56
Bit of a clearance issue with the rear arch lip,

205/50/17

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Installed shifter, here's the red9 steering column ,
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Handbrake ends arrived from red9 in UK, thanks to Das Resto for chasing them up so quick , to be installed tomorrow

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