Oldvw2

As promised, here are some pictures of our work session yesterday - it was great to see it move under its own power! I unfortunately didn't get any pics of our road trip seats...Chris had two pieces of oak cribbing and I had the edge of the battery box.
Here is the transfer case shift linkage that we were able to free up. I was able to attack it from the top by the spare tire mount
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We also had to attach the front driveshaft flange using new grade 8 fasteners...not sure if they were trying to pull the front shaft/axle or if it was disconnected it after it was wrecked..
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Since the cab floor is equipped with some extra ventilation holes we fabbed up a simple patch panel to re-mount the throttle pedal and linkage. Reattaching that linkage was fun....I was finally able to hold the nuts/lockwashers with both index fingers while Chris started the bolts from inside the cab.
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Last but not least we reattached the steering ram...due to the wreck, the adjusting screw was super tight in the old end and we had to make creative use of a cold chisel and crescent wrench as a screw driver.
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Then it was time to jump it off using a 5-ton dump (we had to use one Cummins to slave another of course).
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Chad Stansbury