Autobox removal, resto of wgy172g

Tony58

Tony58

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Hi, I've recently joined the forum and found meterman66 used to own the car I'm currently restoring. WGY 172Ğ, a 3500, it's had the usual attention, welding, brake rebuild, suspension strip assess and repaint, I'm presently preparing for paint, but all these rubbers and channels are a nightmare, the biggest problem is it has no reverse gear, before I dive in I need to know whether it is better to leave the bellowhousing and torque converter inplace, I don't have a lift but can get the back end up 3 foot, any pointers, lm looking forward to this resto, because I had a 3500s in the 80s until 2 nd gear went, anyway I've decided this is the last and to keep so I'm taking my time
 
If it's a BW35 (as it should be for that year), I'd remove the gearbox leaving the bellhousing and converter in place.

REVERSE gear only problems can often be cured without removing the box.
 
Hi, thanks for that it says that's the way to do it in the manual, I will have to make a cross brace for the sump to fit, so it sits securely on the jack
 
Hi All, I would be interested in any history that anyone knows about wgy172g, I know from meterman66 that it was restored in the late 90s, and judging on the floor and inner cill work, an excellent job was done
 
The boot floor was a work of art using beetle van floor bought from a panel shop, it virtually matched all the profiles, and the seats were originally beige and repainted in black vynaldye.co.uk leather spray paint, they are a little shiny but that should dull a little with use
 
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Hi. Thanks for the praise. I only use gas, you get a better blend some distortion, painted the boot floor in some bus enamel I have spare, the original rubber matting is intact and had gone back in
 
That looks very nice. Welding with gas only is not very common these days, I believe it takes a lot more practise then MIG welding. I would like to learn it because the weld is softer and less shrinking compared to MIg

Peter
 
roverp5Bcoupe said:
That looks very nice. Welding with gas only is not very common these days, I believe it takes a lot more practise then MIG welding. I would like to learn it because the weld is softer and less shrinking compared to MIg

Peter
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Hi Peter, I started off with a boc portapack, bought 2nd hand, and found the refill costs prohibitive, so bought from our local scrap yard a large oxygen and acetylene bottles and used the pipes off the portapack, that usually lasts me about 10 years and 5 restorations, and all the other jobs you can do with gas is warming, bending pipe etc, and panels don't have to be super clean, beware refill costs have shot up and dont go direct to boc you will pay through the nose for rental
 
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