1980 B1 Passat Project

[lawny]

mate.. that horn must make a crap load of noise with that air compressor. what you have done with the speakers looks tops in the pictures, not bad for a quick job!

[Jarred]

Great to hear Franks finally registered Pete! well done! defiantely an amazing transformation!

can't wait to hear the air horns either!

[DubSteve]

Haha that air tank is nuts!!! Is it necessary to be that big or is it just cause you can? :)

[Peter Jones]

Haha that air tank is nuts!!! Is it necessary to be that big or is it just cause you can? :)

It's what I had lying about :) Plus you need more than one toot between refills. Hardest bit is to stop these systems gradually loosing pressure.

@ 100 - 150psi these horns are louder than suburban trains.

[greasykitchen]

Looking good, and that horn is a piece of work.

I still you've got the fuel filter between the pump and the carby. I thought this was a bit of a no-no?
:)

[Peter Jones]

I still you've got the fuel filter between the pump and the carby. I thought this was a bit of a no-no?
:)

It's on the list. :)

[Peter Jones]

Photos from today's drive into the hills.

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[Jace]

Damn that's looking good Pete!

[Jarred]

how did frank like the hills?!

[Peter Jones]

Got some original blanks and got the keys a little more sorted.

Much better than generic hardware store keys..

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Dasher keyrings for something no-one else has.

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[Peter Jones]

This is another piece we thought we'd never find, the plastic front spoiler.

We've had that part of the valence covered in black insulation tape since DOVW.

We found the parts through The VW classic Parts Centre (http://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de) and they were very helpful in shipping them out.

It's in two pieces and is about the most fragile thing I've ever seen on the front of a car.

There were bits of the original one on the car when we got it. It's taken us 18 months or so to find a set.

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They have plastic pins on the back of them that go through the panel and are secured by speed nuts on the back.

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They need to have a foam rubber washer under the nuts to allow for some body flex without snapping the pins.

I found brand new speed nuts in Autobarn and some suitable foam sticky discs in Bunnings.

I punched holes in the pads so they'd go over the pins.

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The spoiler pieces got a clean before they went on.

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..and the end result..It's good to finally have the front finished off.

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[Jarred]

I'm amazed you found half of the parts you did for this Pete, let alone this!

looks great, really does finish it off

[Peter Jones]

We got the tip off as to where to look for the spoiler bits from the very help folk over at a German Passat forum. www.passatclassic.de -- DIE Passat-Seiten (http://www.passatclassic.de/)

The B1s are getting rare even in Europe.

[Peter Jones]

Exhaust has seemed a bit oily of late, so I set about doing the stem seals today.

Weird thing was that the were 4 stem seals fitted to the inlets and none on the exhaust valves!

Here's some pics in no particular order.

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[Peter Jones]

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Also swapped out the temp sender and replaced the fuel lines and filter.

Did an oil change too.

[Jarred]

you've been a busy man! (as usual)

seriously, so no stem seals on the exhaust valves? wouldn't that have caused some, issues?

[16v_kid]

Nice collection of shims!

[Peter Jones]

Yeah stem seals are there for a purpose, dunno why this motor had them left out.

I've been collecting shims and tools since I went solid cam in the race car. A lot of these came from Mr Bug's garage sale.

I replaced the reverse light switch today, sounds trivial but in a Passat the switch is almost inaccessible.

Took a few hours and I had to go and buy some long pliers to get the connectors back on.

Here's old vs new. I had previously tried to repair the old one, it lasted long enough for roadworthy then stuck on!

I tried to find a new one but no-one lists reverse switches for these Passats.

After a lot of research and cross checking of catalogs I discovered that the switch is the same part as fitted to Porsche 924s, and GAP stocks them.

Did an oil change on the gearbox while I was under there too, only 700ml of oil came out, I put 1.5L back in! Not surprisingly it shifts better now :)

Old vs New

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[Peter Jones]

Frank's birth certificate came in the mail today, he's actually a '79 it just took a while for him to get here on the boat and get complianced.

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[Peter Jones]

Little bit of maintenance this weekend. Turned into a can of worms of course.

I set about repairing a small hole in the downpipe which required me to remove the downpipe from the car.

While I was under there I spotted a leaking welsh plug which I replaced of course.

When I went to refit the the down pipe I discovered that the threads in the manifold were stripped so I had to remove the manifold and helicoil a few holes and make up new studs.

All good now.

[Peter Jones]

Frank went to DOVW 2010!

Jodie spent the week finishing off the cut and polish and I got the rest of the dash installed. It's no mean feat to come up with a fully functional glove box for one of these cars!

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[Jarred]

Frank looked great this weekend Pete!

Paint came up really nice!

[Peter Jones]

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[Volksee77]

Frank's birth certificate came in the mail today, he's actually a '79 it just took a while for him to get here on the boat and get complianced.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/09/snfjud-1.jpg

Where do you get this info peter??? very useful

[Peter Jones]

Where do you get this info peter??? very useful

:: Volkswagen AutoMuseum :: Certificate Generator (http://automuseum.volkswagen.de/index.php?id=12&L=1)

[Peter Jones]

Just a couple more shots.

A better picture of the Glovebox, a simple thing but many hours of work to find all the bits and make this functional.

The supporting bracketry had been removed to accommodate an after market A/C system.

The fuse box had also been relocated and had to be reinstated.

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Some temporary boot carpet from a Vento until we get it all properly trimmed out.

Air tank is for the Horns :-) Finally got it to hold pressure, it was a gauge that was leaking.

New boot seal is from Clark Rubber and those are brand new (NOS) tail lights fitted just before DOVW.

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Still trying to get the glass properly clean, we're trying Dura Gloss Nu Glass. Seems to have cleaned it up better than before but there's more work to do on the inside yet.

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Something else we're trying to further protect the paint, AutoGlym Extra Gloss Protection over their Super Resin Polish.

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[hjsimpson01]

Well I've just spent most of the morning going through this thread... What an inspiration it is! Thanks for sharing Frank with us. I hope now to have a bit more info for my resto... I loved the info you put up about the Acrylic paint technique too!

Glad to see another VW on the road again! The more the merrier...
Now to get on with my TS, and the rest of the fleet...

[Peter Jones]

Here's some pics of Frank at SEDF 2011.

We're thrilled to have received first place in the Passat category.

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[Preen59]

You deserve it, Pete. The car is immaculate! And the paint is really nice! Especially for someone of limited experience who basically did it in their back yard!

Well done. :)

[Peter Jones]

All I did was apply the paint, full credit goes to Jodie for the hours of wet sanding and polishing to make it look like that.

[Peter Jones]

Frank broke his clutch cable this week. I had a spare, but it turns out replacing the cable in this model is a major undertaking.

It took all day today to swap it out. Everything under the dash has to come out.

On this model the cable enters through the firewall and turns about 70° around a pulley before hooking onto the top of the pedal.

The cable won't go through the firewall without removing the pulley and there's no way to get at it without removing the heater box.

Seeing as I had the heater box out I took the opportunity top replace the core and clean it all out.

No pictures sorry, I was too busy swearing at stuff.

[Peter Jones]

This is the heater core I took out, don't think either air or water was getting through this one.

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[Jarred]

hmm 31 years of crap and fluff!

Can't believe it was that hard of a job. Bit of a whoopsie on Vw's part there I think!

[Peter Jones]

Yeah I think the RHD version of this car was a bit of an afterthought.

Brake pedal and accelerator linkages run behind the heater box too.

Just lucky I had a suitable cable. Probably something we scored cheap off e-bay and put on the shelf.

[Peter Jones]

Spent the day out at the Phillip Island Classic today.

We got a free pass to the display area so we took Frank out for a spin in the countryside.

Dunno what happened but the turnout from VWCV was nearly non existent, just us and a Type3 Ghia.

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[tassie_euro_mk1]

Frank looking sharp as usual. :)

[RolfGolf]

Got onto this thread via the "DIY Paint - Close Door Job?" thread, and have just spent forty five minutes reading about Frank. It's truly an inspiration to see the level of commitment to detail and quality in your restoration.

Best Wishes.

[Peter Jones]

Frank's carby has been playing up a bit lately and really needs a rebuild.

Just your typical progressive on a TS manifold.

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Here's how we solved the problem.

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[Peter Jones]

Here's some detail of the installation.

The linkages came up really well.

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[Peter Jones]

Some of the ingredients.

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[mikinoz]

I check your thread every few weeks Pete and every time I dig your attention to detail more and more. True craftsmanship. Keep at it as it really motivates me for one to strive to improve my skill.

[Peter Jones]

A note on the linkage kit.

Once upon a time Lynx used to manufacture manifolds in Australia. All their manifolds were cast to accept their own linkage kits.

Lynx don't make manifolds any more but they do still make the linkage kits.

So if you ever get a second hand Lynx manifold all you have to do is give the nice people at LYNX (http://www.lynxcorp.com.au/main.php?idx=home) a call and place an order. Same place does all the Ramflo bits and pieces.

[Peter Jones]

I check your thread every few weeks Pete and every time I dig your attention to detail more and more. True craftsmanship. Keep at it as it really motivates me for one to strive to improve my skill.

Cheers Mik!

[huss]

Thats an awesome set up you got there Pete, I was thinking of doing the same thing. Think I will after seeing yours.

[Peter Jones]

But how does it go? I hear you ask.

Jodie's driven it and says it's more responsive and keeps making power high up in the RPM range. Acceleration is better so there's probably a few more horses in it.

The head has been ported, I saw the inlet ports for the first time while installing the cab and it looks like a good job.

The valves themselves look a bit coked up, I'll have to reco the head sometime down the track.

It's pinging a little, I'll drive it tomorrow and back the timing off a bit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U3HiTHXoDQ

[Peter Jones]

Here is how the carb looked when I bought it.

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It was in really good nick, all I had to do was give it a good clean.

[Peter Jones]

I've had to repair the down pipe previously.

We managed to pick up a new downpipe at SEDF but the outlet size is wrong for the 2" system we had fitted.

WHile I had the inlet manifold off I removed the current down pie and test fitted the new pipe so I could weld on the adapting piece.

The plan is to get the new pipe ceramic coated.

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Of course one of the exhaust manifold threads stripped out, so I had to drill it out and helicoil it.

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Hopefully we'll drop the pipe off for coating tomorrow.

[Jarred]

I wondered about the pipe today when I saw it, but forgot to ask!

I can attest, it sounds so much better in real life! Looks mega neat too.

[Preen59]

That's the way I likes it, Pete. :)

[Peter Jones]

Dropped the down pipe off for ceramic coating today and got a few miles up on the Dellorto.

I wound the timing back 2° as it was pinging a little, it was about 3° advanced in any case.

When I was trial fitting the down pipe yesterday I noticed the front exhaust hanger bracket was broken. I should have fixed it then as today it developed quite a rattle.

The bracket is bolted to the gearbox on top of the rear mount bracket.

I'd been meaning to swap out the rear mount so it seemed best to fix both at once.

All pretty straight forward until I removed the lowest bolt and discovered that the bolt hole is actually drilled right through to the inside of the box.

Got a 8mm gush of oil to the forehead.:facepalm:

The rest was a pretty easy job to re weld the two halves of the exhaust bracket together and bolt it all back into place.

Carby works extremely well, really smooth power delivery, much better than the progressive that was on it.

[huss]

Any Plans for a 1.8L??

[Peter Jones]

Any Plans for a 1.8L??

Nope, I'll rebuild this 1600 one day. It's got a lot of cool retro performance stuff in it.

[Peter Jones]

Got the down pipe back and installed.

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Cleaned up and painted the manifold, one day I'll find another one and ceramic coat it too.

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Here it all is from below.

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[Jarred]

soo shiney!

I like it!

[Preen59]

Looks the goods, Pete.

Ceramiced? It's amazing how much heat that traps. The headers on the Dragster actually start to glow green at night. haha. :)

[Peter Jones]

Spent some time driving around the Hills today looking for phot ops.

Did some expermenting with the GoPro camera taking photos at 2 second intervals . Interesting results.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1_DPylpe8

[Peter Jones]

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[Peter Jones]

From the GoPro on the "chase car"

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[Jarred]

looking good as always Pete!

[Preen59]

That is awesome, Pete. We've been trying to find a servo to take pics of Banshee at like that for ages!

[Peter Jones]

As seen in issue 31 of VW Magazine Australia. On sale at quality newsagents now.

Volkswagen Magazine Australia. © 2011 (http://vwma.net.au/?k=31-frankb1)

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[Jarred]

Congrats on the article!

[GoLfMan]

well deserved! :)

[Peter Jones]

Thanks guys!

[Preen59]

Top article, Pete. Only flicked thru but it looks the business. :)

[Phat Bug]

Very cool!

[gldgti]

well deserved!

[Peter Jones]

Slowly catching up on a few things we've been meaning to get around to.

Organised some sandblasting then followed up with some powder coating.

The Passat needs a new rear beam as the current one is bent and the camber on one side is out of whack.

This beam is out of another Passat we wrecked.

I made up a couple of brackets to hold the flexible hoses from the rear calipers as they're currently unsupported.

Made up a couple of new brake lines too.

Just need to press in some new bushes and it's good to go.

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[Jarred]

red, of course!

[huss]

Thats killa Pete, you've inspired me so much throughout my Passat TS rebuild, Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I'd be able to rebuild my braking system with all upgraded parts from 3 different VW's/Audi's, this summer I should be getting all the mechanics done as well. Thanks Pete :)

[Peter Jones]

Ha ha we found a powder coater near us that specialises in Red.

They do a batch of fire extinguishers in Signal Red every night so getting stuff made red is very easy.

[Jarred]

Hahahaha, that's fantastic.

[Phat Bug]

Nice one :)

[thestu]

Looking good pete!

Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

[Peter Jones]

Got around to installing the rear beam on the weekend.

All pretty straight forward although there is some experitsie required to set up the trailing arm bushes correctly.

We pressed new bushes into the trailing arms but I didn't get any photos of the process as it took three of to wrangle the beam into the press and operate it.

The bushes were difficult to source, we found a NOS pair in Italy of all places.

Whole swap out took about 3-4 hours.

Up in the air....

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This beam is quite bent and affects handling. Camber on this side is about 2° more than the other.
If you look back some of the first posts in this thread you can see the extent of the damage we had to repair on the bodywork.
The brunt of the impact was taken by the wheel and obviously bent the beam.

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New brake lines.

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Old beam out.

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Air gap where the suspension should be.


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Old vs new

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In it goes.

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The rear beam doesn't pivot on it's bushes, it twists them.
The beam has to be brought up to ride height before the trailing arm bushes are torqued up.

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Painted the springs and diagonal member. One day I suppose we'll powder coat these too.

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[Peter Jones]

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Brakes back on. Need to find some unbent backing plates one day and swap these one over.

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You can see the beam clearly when you're following the car in traffic.


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Handling seems to be fixed now and both left and right turns can be achieved with similar results :-)

Just a few other little items to get done before DOVW.

You'll have to come along to see what those are.

[Jarred]

Great work as always Pete.

Bit odd about those bushes.

[Peter Jones]

Frank went to DOVW today sporting some new stripes.

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[huss]

WOW loving those stripes, where did you get them from? Do they have any in the same style that say TS?

[Peter Jones]

I made those stripes.

They're copied from an NOS set of 1974 "Rally Stripes" Jodie found in the US.

The Rally Stripe set was incomplete and didn't look like it would it would stick too well being 37 years old, so I made a replica set out of vinyl.

[huss]

Well congrats on making them, they make the car look so much sportier, definitely something I'll be doing later on.

[Peter Jones]

Frank (and Red) went to Dubstitute today.

Newly refurbished Audi 100 wheels out for their first show.

We had these sand blasted and I painted them in Diamond Silver Metallic, Frank's original colour.

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[tassie_euro_mk1]

100 wheels really set of red Frank Pete! Well done, looks cleaner than ever

[Jarred]

looked great yesterday Pete!

the new wheels suited it much better I think. The paint work looked great as well!

[Peter Jones]

Frank went to Bendigo today.

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[HuH]

Lovely. :) I just read through the whole thread. Great work, mate.

I don't suppose you kept the rear window louvre that was on the car originally? I think it looked great.

[nightphotographer]

This car is the hard-to-find facelift model of the b1 passat. It was imported new from Germany by an elderly man from Wangaratta, who held onto it for a number of years until it was acquired by some neighbours (A lady owner, if that makes a difference).

Funnily enough, the only time I've seen a B1 Passat was in Wangaratta! But it was orange :/

[Peter Jones]

Lovely. :) I just read through the whole thread. Great work, mate.

I don't suppose you kept the rear window louvre that was on the car originally? I think it looked great.

Thanks!

That rear louvre wasn't salvageable I'm afraid, it was badly cracked and very brittle. It came apart when I removed it.

[Peter Jones]

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[Peter Jones]

Another DOVW for Frank, this time he had plenty of other B1s to keep him company.

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[Peter Jones]

Frank's motor has been living on borrowed time. We did all we could to prolong the inevitable but today it's time ran out.

We've decided to rebuild it rather than replace it with something more modern.

It's a period high performance 1600 so for nostalgia and economy's sake it will remain 1600.

This will also give me the opportunity to clean up the wiring and paint the engine bay.

The previous owner claimed it had Scat brand valves.

There's a fair bit of old damage in the chambers from foreign objects including what looks like an M6 nut impression.

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80mm Flat top pistons

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The motor got real hot when it died and baked the paint right off the rocker cover.

Usual story, death by overheating.

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Measured the cylinder pressures, number 2 was blowing bubbles into the radiator.

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This block off plug was split and leaking water, it's not clear if this was caused by the fault, or was the cause of the fault.

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Bores could be better. I think I'm looking for a set of 80.5mm flat top pistons and a rebore.

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More foreign object damage, I wish I knew more of this engine's history.

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M6? Wonder how that got in there and how it got out again!

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Fair amount of head work evident.

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[Jarred]

Bummer too hear, but looking forward to seeing the rebuild

I remember I got some foreign object into the old 1.6 in my yellow mk 1, the valves fared much worse!

[Peter Jones]

Motor is out and apart now.

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[Peter Jones]

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[Peter Jones]

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[Peter Jones]

Just got a bunch of stuff back from powder coating.

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[BaldyTDC]

when are you starting the engine reassembly ?

[Drysponge]

This is a really neat flaring tool I picked up from eBay, Awesome quality and a perfect flare every time.

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Hey Peter

I love your work! Can I ask how much that brake flaring tool was and if you have a link to the shop on ebay?

Thanks

Martin

[Peter Jones]

Back into it, life got in the way.

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[Peter Jones]

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[Jarred]

somethings different, but I can't quite tell what it is..... lol

Great work Pete.

[Peter Jones]

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[Peter Jones]

pics from DoVW show.

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[Jarred]

Bay looks great.

[1977_PASSAT]

Hi Peter :
Thank you for fixing my threads , I was wondering some thing is not write .
I have to say i admire the work you did on your Passat .
I wanted mine to look like a GLS but was not able to find the door cards .
Need to learn about the differences with the gearbox .
Thank you
Amir

[1977_PASSAT]

Hi :
Your Passat , the linkage looks like is on tower or is about 10 to 15 cm above the floor
But the older one's comes out straight from the floor
I would like to know
Is the box is the same ?
Where can I find a linkage like yours ?
6988
Thank you
Amir

[Peter Jones]

Update from Jodie


Picked up these on Ebay the other week, NOS Bilstein shocks for the rear. Listed as heavy duty, perhaps they were originally intended for variants? Who knows. Never been installed.

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Made in Western Germany! Never used, just dusty and needed a few pumps to wake them up again.

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The fun thing about B1s is that you don't even have to remove the rear wheels to replace the shocks. Just raise, unscrew the top and bottom bolts and pull the shock out.

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Old and new. The old ones are NOS De Carbon shocks I found on Ebay several years ago, one of those fluke finds when starting out with searching for bits for Frank, back when I was collecting parts to get him back on the road. They're still quite fine shocks, just softer than the Bilsteins.

Took Frank for a trip around the block with the Bilsteins in. Noticeably stiffer back end, you can come out of a corner more precisely now, no sideways roll or skitter. Really impressive difference. Now to see if I can stumble across some Koni's for Frank's front end....

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[Jarred]

I love all of Jodies ebay finds!

[Peter Jones]

Frank's going to get some new front shocks soon.

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But first, clean up some front struts. Can't have those nice new Konis going into dirty old struts now can we?

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[sports racer]

Some nice work there Pete. When are you going to get some lap times? ;)

[Nick_80]

Peter, Looks great i haven't contributed much but i have enjoyed reading your thread, could you provide a bit more details on those Koni Shocks. Model Numbers? even a link to where you purchased them?

[Peter Jones]

Peter, Looks great i haven't contributed much but i have enjoyed reading your thread, could you provide a bit more details on those Koni Shocks. Model Numbers? even a link to where you purchased them?

No problems I'll grab the part numbers when I get home tonight.

We got the shocks from Top Performance in Nunawading. Welcome to Toperformance Products (http://www.toperformance.com.au/index2.html)

They keep the fronts in stock as they suit the B2 Audis and they also use them in modified Commodore struts. We took a spare strut housing in to double check the application.

I've got part numbers for rear too, they're still availble I think, but they might have to be ordered in.

[Nick_80]

so did they change the strut set up from 78-79 with the Facelift? i thought the main modification from an Early B1 '76-78' to the '79-81+' was the facelift?

[Nick_80]

if you are able to accurately (within half a mm) measure the bore, and length of the shock housing of the strut, we could confirm the same shocks would fit the earlier B1 Passat/Audi

[Peter Jones]

No change from early B1 to facelift suspension wise, same shocks etc.

Koni Fronts 8610-1262 for the yellow Sports,

Koni Rears 80-2475. yellow sports.

Bilstein fronts - 34-030059

[Peter Jones]

Because Autumn.

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[Myuzername]

Hard to tell what you're better at - restoring Vw's or photography. Very nice shots!

Sent from my C6833 using Tapatalk

[Jarred]

Nice, looks immaculate as always

[Peter Jones]

Jodie's team photographer and location scout. :camera:

I was back at home tinkering on the race car when these were taken.

[gldgti]

VW themseves would have paid huge amounts to have these as marketing shots back in the 80's I reckon. :-D

[Marcelgti]

Hello, I wonder if the references you put more back on Koni, are you would need for my passat b1, I want to mount some more sport shocks and cut springs oem, or send to make a sale, but would need to make sure if references you indicate further back are correct for our cars

[Peter Jones]

All the B1 shocks are the same.

[Marcelgti]

ok, I understand then that the references to the Koni yellows, write in previous post, is that I have to search for the B1, no? thanks

[Marcelgti]

Thanks, I found Koni yellow rear, front are out of print, I seemed to read that are the same as those of the B2?

[Peter Jones]

Yes that's right. B1 and B2 front struts are the same.

[Peter Jones]

Pictures from DOVW Vic.

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[Peter Jones]

A car show popped up right on our doorstep today at the local ENZED shop where they were launching the Touring Car Masters.

We took the golf down and once that was dropped off Jodie went back for the Passat.

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[sports racer]

Why is the radiator moved over to the side and what's that where a radiator would sit on a normal car?

I presume that's where VW put it and it obviously works but wouldn't it work better up front?

Cheers

Paul

[Peter Jones]

The B1 chassis is front wheel drive but has a north-south motor.

In some of the Audi models they fitted a 5 cylinder motor in there.

Basically they did it to keep the nose length as short as they could with the north-south motor configuration.

I managed to sneak a small oil cooler in front of the motor though, that's what you can see.

That's the stock location for the radiator. There should be a bunch of cardboard shrouds around it but I haven't gotten around to re-creating them yet.

[Peter Jones]

We decided to take Frank and Red to a car show today. They were both pretty dirty from driving the streets, especially on rainy days, so they got a wash on Saturday, and a touching up on black plastics.

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On the other side of this bridge? Unmade, unsealed road. For kilometres. This did not show on Google Maps. By the time we got to the venue both cars were caked in dust. Dammit.

Oh well, we joined the rest of the cars there. It was a fundraiser and there was a mix of cars and marques from all eras. We spotted a couple Bay Window Kombis but that was it for other VWs.

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Gorgeous venue though, spectacular views, nestled in next to the Yarra Ranges. Was a lovely sunny day for it, too.

[Peter Jones]

Frank got new tyres today

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And an alignment

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Handles amazingly well now. Toyos + Konis = Magic

[tinto]

Haha what the hell?
Those aren't sensible shoes!
Now Frank will sound like he's being chased by a swarm of bees.

... love it.

[Peter Jones]

Been having some gauge issues of late. Turns out the voltage regulator was burnt out. Guess they only last 35 years or so!

I gutted the mechanical bits and rebuilt it with a 7810 solid state voltage regulator.

The gauges operate much better now.

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[Peter Jones]

Another fluke find on Ebay for Frank:

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NOS original B1 extractors!

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Dropped them in for ceramic coating, soon to be installed in the old boy.

[Peter Jones]

Time to get some shiny new extractors into Frank.

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The old, cast, manifold is ceramic coated as well, and still looks damned good (just a bit grotty).

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Hoped that the manifold and downpipe would be all that were needed removing.

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See? Hasn't changed colour since installation when the motor was rebuilt.

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Downpipe is the same, just dirty. All you need is some dishwashing soap and water to wash ceramic coated stuff.

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Old and new, lined up nicely.

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Then discovered new would not go in without removing the Dellorto, so out it went.

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New gaskets for Dellorto and extractors.

Took two of us a fair bit of fettling to get the extractors in, ended up cutting 3cm off the end of them to fit them into the exhaust. It's a fiddly job.

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Finally in and bolted up.

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Dellorto back in. Took Frank for a spin, could be my imagination or he's got a slight increase in power in second, hard to say. I'll need to drive him some more. Sounds pretty much the same as before, slightly different exhaust note but nothing major.

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He also got a new washer pump. The original, 1979 one, died a while ago and he had a 2nd hand one for a while until I remembered to get a new Hella one from GAP.

[Peter Jones]

Two Car shows for Frank this weekend.

Saturday at Masters in Wantirna.

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Sunday at The Manhattan in Ringwood.

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[sports racer]

Looking good.

It still amazes me that such a little radiator works, even in Aussie weather.

Cheers

Paul

[Peter Jones]

It's bigger than the equivalent Golf radiator. It's very tall.

There should be a shroud on it. The original was made from cardboard like material and I haven't gotten around to making a new one.

[Peter Jones]

Today at DOVW sow, Yarra Glen.

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[VWMAT5]

Hi Pete,

Where did you source the Lynx throttle cable bracket that bolts onto the head?

Cheers
Craig

[Peter Jones]

From Lynx!

Lynx Corporation (http://www.lynxcorp.com.au/main.php?idx=home)

They still make them believe it or not! I think I used the one that was in the kit below and modified it a bit by bending it and adding an extra tapped hole for the cable to bolt to.

I recommend using a nylock on the threaded part of the throttle cable. Anything else winds off.

Product Details (http://www.lynxcorp.com.au/shopping/popUp.asp?Item=KC901&Value=0)

Their website isn't the greatest but they're very helpful over the phone and will post the bits out.

They're a good source of the ram-flow filters and parts if you're looking for those too.

[VWMAT5]

Hi Pete, thanks. I have this kit, but I thought perhaps I had a different bracket. Did you find the kit well made? I needed to file the half moon shaft hole to fit neatly and the holes on the swivel arms as well. Meccano is better made?

[Peter Jones]

I don't recall mine being too bad but there's always some fettling with these things.

Use plenty of loctite on all the nuts and bolts!

[Peter Jones]

Frank and his great, great, great, great, great grand daughter Audrey (B1 vs B8 )

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