Progress

Okay, so tonight I put the headlamps back into the Volkswagen. This took some efforts, as I probably removed them a year ago and my notes were a little lacking. I need to take better notes. The adjusting screw to align the headlamps are at twelve o'clock and nine (passenger) or three (driver) o'clock if you're looking at the nose of the bus. Pretty logical, but I was uncertain if they were mounted symmetrically or not. (They're not.) I picked up the Bentley manual from Amazon ($40.18) and this explained it in a pretty methodical fashion.

I will keep a tab on the total amount spent and add invoices as I find them. I also found one in the garage for the Hella rear light assembly that I purchased from M&T Manufacturing. Good, prompt service and I will order from them again.  Total cost for two was $101.66. (I will keep a running tally of the costs as soon as I dig up the invoices.)

But I do have power to the headlights, the rear driver quarter marker light and license plate light. The generator idiot light came on, as well as the interior light. I heard the fuel pump working too. Still a long way to go, but I left the garage on a positive note.

The picture is from where I spent some of my weekend. There are a few surface rust areas s you can see (click to enlarge), but remarkably good for a forty-year-old vehicle, And the odometer does read 66,000+ miles. I wonder if it was never turned over? My garage is where it sat for the past few years, and its last registration expired in 2006. The prior owners said that their neighbors enjoyed watching the moss grow on it. Little steps. More tomorrow.