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Goggomobile
28th Sep 2015, 07:12 AM
Hi all
Great to see this forum up and running. 👍

Ive been working on the Goggo for 14 months. I'm still stuck on the chassis. This is the FG shell being removed before starting. Took 3 weekends to remove the 55 bolts holding it to the chassis. Drill, grind, drill grind ..... Good result no damage.

Randal

KBs PensNmore
28th Sep 2015, 11:11 PM
Nice to see that things are still progressing, even if it is a bit slow.
Kryn

Goggomobile
1st Oct 2015, 10:04 PM
Good News
Had some luck today. I checked all of the front suspension ok but one of the king pins was tight.... tomorrows job with some heat and lube. ... I had to recruit the local press shop to fit some new rubber bushes.

Shocks are a combined spring and ram. I try and replace the cylinders as the springs are ok... should be interesting as they are tack welded in. Considering these are $ 600 - 700 ex Germany for a set of four it's worth the effort.

I found the front bearings clickity click.. Two bearings per side. Looks like replacement. I'm hopeful of a similar equivalent.

Brakes - I found a bloke in Southport who fits new friction material to old shoes. Goggos have all round shoes ... no discs. This will save some money. He is also trying to sleeve the master cylinder. I'm doubtful but we will see. If not I will go for a similar one and retro fit.

The Goggo has a rear motor/ box which has 5 Bowden cables which control everything. Wierd as some are no bigger than bike cables. I'm going to a bloke at Labrador tomorrow who makes Bowden cables for most things. I think the cables are a bit basic and were were ok in their day. Now days there are some fairly fancy sleeves and cables.

Ill,posts some picks tomorrow

Randal

KBs PensNmore
1st Oct 2015, 10:35 PM
Hi Randal,
If possible, get him to sleeve the master cylinder with stainless, the slave cylinders also, then run a synthetic brake fluid as it won't absorb moisture. Friends of mine did it with LJ50 Suzukis (4WD 3 cylinder 2 stroke) a brake place (PBR I think it was) did it in Adelaide, particularly if the vehicles are only driven occasionally.
Regards
Kryn

Goggomobile
2nd Oct 2015, 07:27 PM
Kryn
ta I think I know PBR they are at Nerang. I will go and see them tomorrow.

I had a good day ... Found an upholster who seems to understand old cars. Difficult choice. The Goggo and most older cars have coconut fabric underlay and some sort of soft materialunder the seat fabric .. Vinyl I think.

The upholster said they dont use these materials any more .. Under seats they have a material like tough fly screen ( stops sponge from pushing thru springs) then sponge and then the seat covering... Something to do with WH&S. I did find an internet site that sells the old stuff ... Have to think old or new ?

fire wall - the Goggo has a steel fire wall but there are gaps around the wheel arches covered by this stiff material which sits between the fire was,nand engine bay. To cover this and to provide sound deadening a corrugated card board with bitumous fabric is used .... I'm trying to find a more modern equivalent ... Don't know if this was fire retardant. I might do a test. The upholster said they now use this sound deadening sponge with a foil on top. .. Will check this out ...

Randal

Goggomobile
2nd Oct 2015, 07:42 PM
this is the fabric under the seat fabric. Top. Left is the soft material then the coconut fabric and then the corregated bitumous fabric.

Master Splinter
4th Oct 2015, 12:32 AM
Your local car audio store will have a variety of car deadening mats - typically they are variations on vinyl loaded with barium or similar stuff.

http://www.carbuilders.com.au/sound-deadener

Otherwise, places that sell car paint to the trade will also have sheets of deadening mat.