1980 B1 Passat Project

[Jace]

That looks amazing Peter.
Great job. The US plates suit it.

[Peter Jones]

That looks amazing Peter.
Great job. The US plates suit it.

Thanks everyone!

We sort of forgot the US plates were on it. when we were driving around.

It's on an unregistered permit so I don't suppose it matters. I wonder what the eastlink operators will make of it when they see the photos!

(We did check about driving under a temp permit on eastlink and we were told it was OK.)

[GoLfMan]

top notch Pete. Really does look great

*tips hat*

[greasykitchen]

Good stuff. When I first started the video I thought it was of you racing in the MK1 - going by the sound and the acceleration!

Nice car, and I like the 'Work in Progess' sticker.

Cheers

[Peter Jones]

Just got the reverse lights working! It took 4 hours!

The reverse switch in these things is in about the most inaccessible place possible.

The terminals on the switch had broken loose and I was able to re-attach them with solder but the innards were stuffed too.

The body of the switch is crimped together but I managed to pull it to bits, clean it out, polish up the contacts and crimp it back together again.

Had to re-route the wiring too as it was fouling on the steering rack.

After all of that I still had no lights and tracked that down to a simple blown fuse.

Also replaced the front door rubbers with straight off the shelf pinch weld from Clark rubber. Perfect fit!

Pete

[Peter Jones]

After working through bunch of tidy up stuff this week, Frank just passed his Roadworthy!
Registration is booked in for Thursday.

Some of the stuff that I've worked through this week.

• Restored and fitted battery clamp.
• Pressure washed gearbox and undercarriage.
• Welded in new fuse box mounting bracket.
• Fixed one door lock
• Repaired two window regulators
• Fixed the wiring faults that arose from unplugging the fuse box to weld in the new bracket!
• Connected the check straps on all doors
• Bled the brakes (again)
• Replaced the indicator stalk with a brand new one (from Israel!)
• Replaced one of the rear seat belts.
• Installed handbrake cable retaining clips
• Glued down a dash mat to cover the cracks (temporary fix)
• Fixed the horn again!

[Peter Jones]

We were going to move the car about the driveway and it wouldn't start.

Turns out the starter wire had been snagged by the steering arm and pulled into the block.

Not for the first time by the state of the wire.

I cut back the damaged section and replaced the wire to the starter solenoid.

On a Passat this wire is very hard to see as it runs under the exhaust manifold.

It is also exposed to extreme temperatures as it runs so close to the down pipes.

I made the replacement connection from silicon insulated cable to take the heat, the only piece I had lying about is usually used in RC cars.

Also had to replace the vacuum hoses to the brake booster as they had worn through against a sharp edge on the battery tray.



Frank went to the park today too.