Yungas Road

Displaying a degree of moxie I can only hope to emulate, world-famous VW travellers Team Rehm today traversed Bolivia's infamous North Yugas Road, aka La Ruta de Muerte, the Death Road.

Plenty of testimony indicates that this is one of the (if not The) most dangerous roads on the planet. My hat is enthusiastically off to them.

Weekend Two

More taking out, some putting in.
The passenger-side heater cable came out like greased lightning. The driver's-side less so.

I pulled out a million feet of it as it unwound from the core. On the million and first foot, it snapped right at the tube. This project will have to wait.

My disappointment at Ludwig's alternator boot being wrecked was followed by joy when I found I'd stashed another. The joy was short-lived, as the spare was quickly wrecked upon installation. Thirty-eight year old rubber just isn't particularly pliable, even after you soak it in boiling water for a few minutes like I did.

Melissa helped me install the fuel filler neck. I held it in place from the inside.

Melissa's handiwork, on the outside.

Once the gas tank itself was in place Melissa crawled inside and attached the filler neck to the tank. 

 Bye bye gas tank, I love you, but I hope to never have to see you again....

Partial Soundtrack

Queen City, Garden City

Helena Montana, near the library

Missoula Montana, near nothing in particular

Behind the Firewall

I've begun working on Ludwig for his big reveal. The first task was cleaning up the gas tank compartment, hopefully for the last time. That is some beautiful paint! I suppose because the sun has never shined directly upon it. Also, I didn't take any pictures of VW's sloppy work where coverage is spotty. 
I stopped short of waxing it, though I may still. 

Two hacks are visible in this picture, neither mine; one acceptable, one wtf?. 


Soundtrack for this work (not exhaustive):

Drumstick, Lincoln

I found these shots of the Lincoln band 13 Nightmares (ca. 1986-1991) on facebook.