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Brake Fluid
The smaller container
is the brake fluid reservoir which connects to the master cylinder.
Dave and I spend a couple of hours bleeding all the air out of
the lines and the car now stops properly. At the same time we
adjusted the emergency brake cables so that the car won't roll
around when I'm working on it.
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Gas Tank
My old gas tank was
pretty rusty so I decided to put in a new one. This was one of
those parts that would be a real pain to replace later, so it
only made sense to just start fresh. The complete tank is under
the front bonnet and you have to actually open the bonnet to
fill it up at the gas station.
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9 Prong Flasher
This is one of those
weird parts that VW only used for two years and my car was one
of them. I got lucky at a swap meet and found a guy that had
a bunch of them. I bought two for 5 bucks AS IS and was relieved
to find that both still worked. It's nice to have a spare.
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Front Signals
I also found some
needed parts to complete all the lighting circuits. The one thing
I didn't find was a decent chrome housing for the front signals.
I wire brushed all the rust off of this one and painted it with
aluminum rust paint. I'll either rechrome it or find a better
one a future swap meets.
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Headlights
I cleaned and repainted
the headlight buckets before putting them on the fenders. Another
oddball feature of my car is use of older style glass-covered
headlights. I had to modify the wiring harness to accomodate
the European parking light which is located inside headlight
bucket.
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Switches and Knobs
The holes in the dash
are slowly starting to fill up as the electric work needs completion.
I picked up a used switch at the same swap meet which works better
than the one I had. Swap meets are wonderful things, I also picked
up an original '67 style rim which will eventually be used for
my spare.
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Windshield
Installing windshields
in VW's is a surprisingly easy task. It takes two people, some
dish soap and a wire to complete the task. Once again Dave came
my rescue one evening to put mine in.
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Wiper Fluid
The squirter mechanism
works off pressure that you put into the reservoir. You use a
bicycle pump to fill it up and then the pressure blows the fluid
onto your window. The fluid actually runs through the switch
on the dashboad before making it to the window.
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Electrical System
With the exception
of the dome light and the high beam headlights, the entire electrical
system is working perfectly. Both items will be taken care of
when the next (final?) parts order comes in next week.
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