1972 2002 project

[JRKOUPE]

912 and a verona 02....sweet couple.

Verona are hard to find.

here is my inka project...my lil pig..I drive her too much to work on her..lol:

[Old city bimmer]

nice find

[phreshkid]

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I need to get into another one.

[AdOz]

Nice! The rust doesn't look too bad mine has plenty too they are old cars but I've enjoyed all the work on mine so far!

[abrokenframe]

First solid week with the car. So far I've replaced the clutch master cylinder, air cleaner bushings, trans mount, trans fluid, and muffler hangers which fixed two serious issues of a substantial brake leak and an extremely loud rattle from my exhaust. I also have motor mounts, oil pan gasket, exhaust gasket, valve cover gasket, clutch slave, spark plugs, and front wheel bearings waiting to be installed over the next two weeks.

My trans had absolutely no oil in it so I knew when I filled it up there was going to be a leak... and there's a big one. Probably means I'll have to pull the trans and reseal sooner than expected. Besides that and the motor oil leak, she's good for a ride around town.

Today I tackled some rear damage from a small fender bender:


I drove out to the the most desolate street I could find in OC and hammered the shit out of the rear passenger corner for a couple of hours. The main objective was to remove the crease from the bumper guard and also push out the bumper mounting holes to straighten the bumper from side to side:


Next I removed my exterior trim for an attempt to remove the nasty black rattle can paint:

[abrokenframe]

Then I drenched them in graffiti remover and hit it with some 000steel wool. This took waaaay longer than expected and I didn't even finish. I got the back done, but the front still needs some work. I ultimately threw everything back up on the car to enjoy her for the week. The bumper still needs some work so while I have it off again I'll try to strip the black paint under the bumpers back to the original red:






That's all for now. I'll probably try to give an update once week to track my progress.

Ryan

[2mAn]

I wasnt a big fan of that graffiti remover myself. It seemed like they touted its environmental friendliness more than its effectiveness. Love the progress though

[phreshkid]

I wasnt a big fan of that graffiti remover myself. It seemed like they touted its environmental friendliness more than its effectiveness. Love the progress though

The graffiti remover worked for me. I guess I got lucky.

[abrokenframe]

I wasnt a big fan of that graffiti remover myself. It seemed like they touted its environmental friendliness more than its effectiveness. Love the progress though

I'm with ya. My empty can of paint remover from oreilly's was working a lot better, but I tried the graffiti remover mainly on recommendations from this thread:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=76072&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=140

They make me consider stripping my paint down to original. I mainly bought the graffiti for the black paint on the body since it isn't as strong. It works on the trim, but it doesn't work quickly.

[AdOz]

Good work man its a nice looking e10! whats next on the list for it?

[abrokenframe]

Good work man its a nice looking e10! whats next on the list for it?

A whole bunch of shit. It needs everything. My goal is to just get it to reliable stock status. I've decided to do small write ups in this thread documenting simple maintenance tasks that may help others tackling these random things. I may go overboard with the pics, but some find them useful. First I'll run through changing front bearings and rotors, followed by changing the transmission output seal and shifter seal.

[abrokenframe]

How to change your front bearings.

Remove front wheels, calipers, bearing dust covers, cotter pin, and retaining nut:


Pull the hub and rotor off, and make sure to catch the washer and outer bearing:


Remove the inner seal and bearing:


Separate the hub from the rotor. I used the fan tool to gain leverage:


Press out the outer bearing race:

[abrokenframe]

Press out the inner bearing race. This can be tricky. Nice thing is BMW has little notches where the races seat. I tightened a HF gear puller in there and pressed them out. Worked very well:


Now clean the hubs. I take mine down to the local transmission shop and give them a couple of bucks to put it in their professional parts cleaner:


Now press the inner and outer bearings races in. I keep mine in the freezer prior to install Pay attention to the sleeve's orientation:


Pack and insert the inner bearing, then press the seal in. I use Redline CV-2 grease:


Attach the hubs to your new rotors. I used all new hardware. I think the torque is around 47ft/lb if I remember correctly:

[abrokenframe]

Now slide the hub onto the spindle. Make sure that there is minimal grease on the the inner races that make contact with the spindle. Pack and insert the outer bearing:


Check the condition of the washer and install. Tighten the the castle nut to 20ft/lb to seat the bearings. Then back the nut out and hand tighten. You should be able to slightly move the washer under the nut. You can also put a wheel on and rock it a little to make sure there is not excessive play. Next install cotter pin:


Fill the dust cover with some grease and put it back on followed by the calipers, new brake pads, and the wheels.

Done

[XwalkerX]

saw you at C&C in Tustin this weekend i believe.