going LHD & high

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:21 pm

[QUOTE="Manxdavid"] Mel, what sort of gel coat is my 'tangerine'? Is it RAL or BS? I can't seem to find tangerine on either. Ta, Dave.[/QUOTE] Dave, I just found some tangerine,, two lots in fact > one is Llewellyn Ryland and the other is Fascol, Im betting yours is LR, but I could mail you both,, how much do you need?? & will you need catalyst for it?. Just been told we have a postal strike here for a few days,, so maybe best to mail it monday, unless buggy Pete is passing ,,, he must be due for a hubbard brew

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:05 pm

[QUOTE="mel hubbard"]On the clutch pedal (16) the stop lug is towards the front of the pedal base (away from the driver),, but on the solid cast type the stop lug is cast towards the rear,, (or nearer the driver). The pedal mount unit I have looks like the type of thing CB performance sells for sand rails etc,, the pedal stop is fixed with NO adjustment unlike sedans. The later LHD pedal assembly I have will not allow the pedals to come towards the driver enough when they are bolted to this aftermarket pedal mount,,,,,,, but, it looks to me like if the stop lug had been located in the same place as on the cast pedals, it would work fine. Im guessing that maybe two types of LHD pedal mounts are made > one for early & one for late.[/QUOTE] Nelson, the LHD cast pedals turned up in todays mail, they fit the aftermarket mount perfect and the fixed pedal stop is spot on now. Thought I would post this up just incase anyone else has a similar head scratcher with these pedal mounts & assemblys. The cast ones look much better too. BIG THANKS to you Sir :rock: :rock: :rock:

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:34 pm

Mel, Glad the pedals arrived. It can be a crap shoot with USPS. I've admired your Veep restoration in the "Members Rides" thread. When you get it on the road you need to run it down to London and get some pictures with that M422a1 Mighty Mite. Earlier you mentioned you were considering using bus reduction gear boxes on the Veep. European type 181 things used the RGBs. I'm not sure they mounted them vertically like on the bus or laid them down, but I suspect they were vertical. If you could find a junked Thing, it could have every"Thing" you need to raise both your front and rear suspension.

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:56 pm

Nelson, plan is to meet up with the Mighty Mite owner at the 08 War & Peace show, if you can make it too, pick up & drop off to the airport this end will be by Jeep :driving: Junked things are hard to come by here, but my buddy just phoned, thinks he has the full 181 set up, just needs to find it in amongst mountains of junk in his yard, things could be looking up.

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:05 pm

[QUOTE="CairoManx"]Mel, Using transporter reduction gearboxes to raise the rear of a sedan is a bit complicated. Years ago there was an excellent kit by John Johnson which solved the severe wheel hop problem that the upright RGBs caused. I followed a buggy at Tahoe last month that had them. He had great ground clearance and kept up fine on the street too. They say all the unsprung weight really changes a light weight buggies driving characteristics but on your Veep thats probably not too noticeable. There info about the adapter kit in the Hibbard book in Section 5, page 36-37. [/QUOTE] Nelson, I picked up a 67 bus transaxle with RGBs today, its been standing outside for over a year & the drums are seized solid, so got a bit of work to do on them. I've never messed around with bus or thing RGBs in the past,,, this is all new ground to me,,,, so,,, few questions > in Hibbards BB&B book it says you can fit the bus transaxle into a sedan by replacing the nosepiece and hockey stick, with parts from a type 1, Im OK with that. Then they say ''you will need some adapters to mate the RGBs to the spring plates,,, this part Im not sure on. Are these 'adapters' homemade or can they be bought?. Also Googled John Johnson Racing Products to find out more details on the kits they made to minimize wheelhop,,,,,,,,,, seems they no longer trade. Any tips, pics & details of traders that stock those parts would be very much appreciated. Dave, found out Dans phone number for the 181 front set up.

CairoManx · Post by **CairoManx** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:35 am

I've never owned any and just saw them recently at Tahoe. I think this guy was making adapters. http://www.bugzyla.com/ I'm not sure but I think another option would be to get whatever springplates and brackets were in the European 181. I believe the Johnson adapters had three purposes: (1)to fit the RGB to the sedan springplate, (2)to stiffen the swingaxle tubes, and (3)to prevent springplate flex which causes wheel hop. The adapter would only take care of the first purpose. You'd still have to fabricate a stiffener and a semi-trailing arm to solve the second and third problems. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=134181 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=114402 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1364629

mel hubbard · Post by **mel hubbard** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:51 am

Thanks again for your help Nelson. Seems Daryll at Bugzyla is just the guy.

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:00 pm

I found this new pic of your Jeep loading up at Tesco's Mel...lookin' good!!!