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inzel
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 Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 9:26 am Post subject: New guy with his 66 |
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Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum and live in Spokane. Wanted to put up a post about my 66. SP1600. Other than that its mainly stock. About 95-97% complete resto. Still some minors things to take care of. Let me know what you think.
I will add more pics later. Im adjusting the torsion bar on the back end hopefully today so it will sit a little higher back there. Also redoing brake shoes, brake lines, and brake hardware in the rear today as well.
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Troy Hobbs
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 12:19 pm Post subject: New guy with his 66 |
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Welcome, car looks good, looks like you got registered ok
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inzel
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yessir. Np now
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project_dog
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Welcome to the forum. You have one good looking bug! How long have you had it? |
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inzel
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:03 am Post subject: |
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My apologies. Took me a while to get back here.
| Quote: | | Welcome to the forum. You have one good looking bug! How long have you had it? |
I have had it a few months. Still working on a few things. Really need to find a good rear axle with the fulcrum plates and everything. If someone knows where to get a good one please let me know. I am getting a knocking sound on the rear pass side while driving which is getting bothersome and making me worried to actually drive it lol.
I have replaced the drums, shoes, wheel bearing, and shocks. Seems like the last thing left is the axle itself...
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hubcapt
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:08 am Post subject: |
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welcome to the circus!
with the rear that low you could be riding on your bump stop or if your spring plates are not notched they could be hitting the max and min travel bumps. take a look under there while someone gives your bumper a shake up and down and see where the noise is coming from. |
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inzel
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:28 am Post subject: Re: New guy with his 66 |
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| Troy Hobbs wrote: | | Welcome, car looks good, looks like you got registered ok |
Yep. No problems at all with registering it
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inzel
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:29 am Post subject: |
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@hubcapt
I actually replaced the bump stops as well as raised it back up about 3 notches on the torsion bar so its about stock height now. Still the same noise tho
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inzel
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Heres a pic of how it looks now. Though the whitewalls are sparkling now rather than the dinginess in the pics 
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motofly196
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Kaleb is onto something there.....depends on how long the previous owner drove it with the rear that low, it could be alot of things. Could even be a bent axle rubbing on the tube. I never replace a used trans with another used trans....chances are, it's in worse shape than the one you have now.
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hubcapt
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| Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:39 am Post subject: |
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You could still test it statically by bouncing the rear end in your driveway to locate the noise. If its a noise that only happens while your rolling then its a much more serious problem.
Bug looks good by the way! |
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inzel
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:47 am Post subject: |
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Just wanted to throw a couple more pics up here.
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