Meeting in Montreal
A few Trabant owners met in Montreal on 2021-07-21. It was very nice and i am waiting for the next one. I will be without my Trabant, but it’s still fun.
Cardboards
I started to prepare the cardboard parts for a restoration with fiberglass and epoxy resin. Almost all of them were hit and glued somehow. You can find documents about the duroplast reparation in this folder (Instandsetzungstechnologie Duroplast (1985) (DE).pdf). Left Side I need to cut all this old glue, reposition…
Adjust Timing
The Tools The EBZA ignition is using a Hall effect sensor. It is using magnets and it is contactless, therefore there is less wear. Today i remembered how to adjust the EBZA ignition timing. You need this tool: and two flat screwdrivers for the “blue” and the “red” screws: Adjust…
Preparation for Welding
Punch the new Parts I ordered a sheet metal puncher from AliExpress.COM. I like it, despite one little thing: a lot of force is needed to punch the rocker panels from TrabantWelt.DE. I hope that they are very strong and i am not too old and weak 🙂 The top…
Eastern European Monkey
A Soviet watch + Bulgarian knife + east German car = Eastern European Monkey!
Slowly Moving Forward
It looks like nothing happened in the last 3+ months, but it’s not true. I moved to another town and now i have a double garage only for myself. As the move takes some money, i didn’t buy as scheduled the MIG welder and other tools and materials that will…
The First Body Patches
Cardboard Patches I am using some random pieces of a cardboard to define the body patches. Sheet Metal Patches The first two small patches are cut. They just need to be formed with the grinder and they are ready to weld. What is Next I still don’t have a MIG…
Clean and Grease the Steering Box
Construction On page 72 of the Spare Parts Catalog is shown the steering box: I disassemble it, cleaned, verified the parts, assembled it back and greased it. My Notes The bar (11) has to be installed like this: The washer (18) has to be installed like this: The flange (21)…
Alternator Done
The alternator is: I removed the bearing cover, because the new bearings are double side closed.
Ready for Welding (Almost)
The Right Side Today i made the final cuts on the right side. Shock Absorbers What is Next Next i need to buy a MIG welder and let the fun start.