1970 Sacramento Westy PopTop AKA the keeper

Tim wrote:

i never did get round to taking a look round it dude, but then i only had about 15 minutes away from the my stand all weekend!

good to see the pics

see you at big bang then

nice roadhouse retro sticker on the side window now

loads of jobs done this weekend.

pumped the beam full of grease to help improve the annoying squeeks, adjusted the new throttle cable i fitted last week and adjusted the hand brake, as 1 side i could spin the wheels when it was jacked up

Took the waterdamaged rear hatch door panel off, sound proofed it and fitted new one i made.




painted and Fitted another steering box, and new drag link, f**cker of a job, had to cut the old one off, as the arm was solid, we then used a press the get the arm off. No more knocking, just a bit of fine tuning needed, old box available if anyone needs one for exchange





Leaky rocker cover, so fitted some shiney scat ones i picked up at volksworld

and final job of the day, 1 spline extra on the LH side to even out the rear, as it was an inch out (higher) that side





if only it was this low , front was jacked up to do the steering box

few bits done last night, fitted a oil pressure switch, with a t piece, so my dummy light works again

then decided to mount up my old lcd dvd telly






And a pic from the Bang :mrgreen:

Great looking early westy was admiring this at the pod the other week
Dom.

dom67 wrote:

Great looking early westy was admiring this at the pod the other week
Dom.

cheers dom

Well my external oil cooler is finally on, pics once ive tidied it up a bit, dropped my running temps by about 15 degrees which is cool ( no pun intended )

Also fitted a t piece, so i could fit my pressure switch and oil pressure sender, although my oil pressure gauge read zero permanently , so its either a faulty sender or wiring

And finally, thanks to Uber Cool, my new EB forum sticker

Another job done

remounted the oil cooler the opposite side of the chassis rails, and a little higher

next job is engine and gearbox out, gearbox is stuck in 4th, so the forks could be nackered, will be off to Bears for a rebuild i think, shame as the weathers glorious and i cant use it :evil:

need to adjust me stearing box and sort out my oil pressure sender to when i get 5 mins

That's a nice big oil cooler!

Definately a shame you can't use it at the moment

Tim wrote:

That's a nice big oil cooler!

Definately a shame you can't use it at the moment

cheers tim, 72 plate from CB performance

im now missing the days of $2 to the £, sure im not the only one

slammedresto wrote:

Tim wrote:

That's a nice big oil cooler!

Definately a shame you can't use it at the moment

cheers tim, 72 plate from CB performance

im now missing the days of $2 to the £, sure im not the only one

yeah i sure am and so is my business!

Still it's close to 1.6 today which is a lot better than it has been, i'd be happy with 1.75

Been a busy week

Front end was sitting a little too high, so had a play with the adjusters

before




after






Plus engine and box are now out, box off for a rebuild next week

pic from a hot rod show i went to saturday

now raised back up an inch, as i was kissing tarmac with the beam, made for a bumpy ride

also fitted a recon steering box

Had a very busy day, went to the rolling road for a quick tune up, had to raise the bloody rear to get it on

quick power run before i get the chokes changed in a week or 2, 66bhp@4000rpm, 69bhp@5000rpm

then an oil change, new remote filter and the daddy of jobs with twin carbs, new spark plugs

idles a lot better after the rolling road, all ready for volksfest sunday

slammedresto wrote:

im a week behind now due to brake hose adaptors, parts all ordered now i hope, aiming to have it back down on the ground and motd by friday

to do b4 mot

new clutch cable
rear brake shoe fitting kit
fit front lights
paint pop top
paint bumpers
fit front brake flexi and hose adaptors, bleed system etc
adjust height to level
order and fit rear shocks

nice vw by the way, just want to see further pics of your van, because i'm also planing to restore my friend's these are also nice additions to the van. Are you gonna paint it in another color? can't wait to see that also

cheers!