Wusty Welic ... wonderful!

[Mike Cecil]

Assembled the steering, then the clutch/clutch housing/gearbox/transfer case to the engine and put the combination into the chassis. I left the engine 'short' without peripherals, intending to mount these once the engine was in the chassis. All went well until I began tightening the head studs. One stripped the thread out of the block. Bu **er!

Waiting on helicoils to arrive so I can fix the problem. Plenty else to do in the meantime.

Re David Dunlop's post, the front hub seals are soaking in WD40, which seems to be doing the trick. Just in case, I ordered a set of front/rear gaskets from RFJP, made by JMP. The pack is here, but remains unopened while I await the result of the soaking.

No, everything has not gone sideways ... I rotated the image but it still presents ... sideways!

Mike

[Mike K]

Bad luck with that buggered block thread. The block threads are somewhat delicate and can be damaged/stressed during the process of removing the old studs , particularly if there's any crud or corrosion on the end of the old studs.

The repro head studs available are often low quality .The studs I bought are a loose fit in my GPW block. I am thinking maybe I can machine up some new studs . The experts reckon it's best to tighten the block studs only finger tight and use permatex sealant on the threads.

[Mike Cecil]

I see I've been silent on this for a couple of years. Doesn't time fly by? The GPW restoration has been on the back burner since we decided to relocate to Wyoming. All packed up along with the entire workshop, spares, etc etc. But progress of a sort is being made. This is the progress on the new workshop building. It's not entirely workshop - the space is divided between clean storage for my wife's studio, parking garage for the home (yet to be built), the workshop, and a general storage area for trailers, tractor, 'future projects' etc etc.

The builder is scheduled to pour the floor next week ... image looking north with Spirit Mountain in the background.