Porsche 924 Scheiße - shitely from Retford southwards needed please

[N Dentressangle]

41 minutes ago, Surface Rust said:

Probably would work, but what about this one, someone is actually happy to put their name on it!

https://ebay.us/m/mDOirX

 

Good find, thanks - I've ordered one.

[N Dentressangle]

Cooling system now sorted:

Radiator cleaned and painted

Fan cleaned and tested

All jubilee clips tight and working

All hoses in the right place

New Gates thermostat fitted, all mating surfaces cleaned and a new seal installed

Expansion tank clamp fitted correctly

New rubber mountings fitted to airbox and expansion tank

All corroded fixings replaced

[N Dentressangle]

After much puzzling and ordering of parts, some cheap and some not so cheap, we now have a working handbrake.

Luckily the handle and yoke came with the car, and are much easier to fit if you take the driver's seat out first:

 

Pretty sure that's a Mk1 Golf handbrake. So much of this car is VW, it makes life a lot easier. Plus VW made some of their best stuff in the 70's, so it's not exactly an issue. Imagine if they'd been pillaging from the BL parts bin 😉

There's a long threaded rod on this end of the cable which screws into a yoke which hooks onto the handbrake lever. Very simple set-up. The other end is equally basic. Here I think they robbed Beetle bits:

That shiny silver bit on the backplate is a Beetle part and it's what stops the handbrake sheath being drawn into the drum. No need for those stupidly expensive tubes I bought after all. Bollocks. Might return them for a refund tbh - they were 40 quid! The cable has a hook on the end which engages with a lever in the drum.

I topped it all off with the grommets you can see. There are 4 each side - 2 special ones covering the brake shoe adjuster holes, and 2 plain ones covering the brake lining inspection holes. All mine were missing, obvs.

I adjusted the shoes up first so that they brushed the drum slightly. The cable then needed very little adjustment at the lever, and we have locked wheels after about 3 clicks.

The yellow drums? They had to go, sorry

Attacked with the wire brush on the grinder then a coat of high temperature black. I'll torque the hub nut up and put the split pin in once I'm sure I don't need to go in there again. Happy days.

[N Dentressangle]

Managed to pick up a nice brown leather interior:

Snag is it's in Retford.

Anyone heading vaguely south west from there at some point soon who might have room for front and rear seats please?

[MrBig]

Rear brakes are pure Beetle except for the wheel stud pattern on the drum. When I had one of each I was amazed at the similarities. Even the suspension arms and bushes on the back are the same.

[N Dentressangle]

3 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Rear brakes are pure Beetle except for the wheel stud pattern on the drum. When I had one of each I was amazed at the similarities. Even the suspension arms and bushes on the back are the same.

Brilliant - I did think those arms looked familiar from somewhere 😄

[robt100]

1 hour ago, N Dentressangle said:

Managed to pick up a nice brown leather interior:

Snag is it's in Retford.

Anyone heading vaguely south west from there at some point soon who might have room for front and rear seats please?

I'm 15mins from Retford, so if they need picking up from the seller I'm happy to hold them in the (dry) shed until someone is heading that way? I'm heading down towards Cambridge next week, but its to go on holiday, not sure I'd have the room in the BMW to take all the seats too!

[N Dentressangle]

1 minute ago, robt100 said:

I'm 15mins from Retford, so if they need picking up from the seller I'm happy to hold them in the (dry) shed until someone is heading that way? I'm heading down towards Cambridge next week, but its to go on holiday, not sure I'd have the room in the BMW to take all the seats too!

That's very kind, thank you.

Currently waiting to see if my sister in law can pick them up on her way from St Andrews down to Chippenham. In theory she probably could. In practice... 🤣