67 beetle master cylinder spacer

I was helping a friend replace the master cylinder on a 67 bug today,
and when I went to remove the two bolts holding the MC to the car I
saw that the forward firewall was really 'dented in' around one of the
bolts. Apparently there is a spacer that is supposed to fit between
the outer firewall panel and the inner one, and the spacer keeps the
bolt from damaging the interior panel as well as allowing the master
cylinder to be properly tightened.

Anyway, my problem is that I'm short a spacer. I've checked around and
I don't see this part available new. I was able to remove the spacer
on the other bolt, and it's a fairly thick-walled piece of tubing.
1.090" long, .479" OD, .355" ID.

Does anyone out there have one of these from a wrecked car that they
would let go for a couple bucks plus money for shipping? Or, where
could I go to find a section of tubing with a .479" OD and .355" ID?
Who would sell this stuff?

This car isn't his daily driver fortunately, and I refused to put the
new master cylinder in without the proper parts. Thus, the car sits
with the forward end hiked proudly into the air. It's ugly right now


Any help would be appreciated. If you have a pair of spacers you would
be willing to sell(might as well buy both and have a spare..) please
drop me an email and I'll get some money on the way.

Thanks,

Chris

Hal wrote:
> I was helping a friend replace the master cylinder on a 67 bug today,
> and when I went to remove the two bolts holding the MC to the car I
> saw that the forward firewall was really 'dented in' around one of the
> bolts. Apparently there is a spacer that is supposed to fit between
> the outer firewall panel and the inner one, and the spacer keeps the
> bolt from damaging the interior panel as well as allowing the master
> cylinder to be properly tightened.
>
> Anyway, my problem is that I'm short a spacer. I've checked around and
> I don't see this part available new. I was able to remove the spacer
> on the other bolt, and it's a fairly thick-walled piece of tubing.
> 1.090" long, .479" OD, .355" ID.
>
> Does anyone out there have one of these from a wrecked car that they
> would let go for a couple bucks plus money for shipping? Or, where
> could I go to find a section of tubing with a .479" OD and .355" ID?
> Who would sell this stuff?
>
> This car isn't his daily driver fortunately, and I refused to put the
> new master cylinder in without the proper parts. Thus, the car sits
> with the forward end hiked proudly into the air. It's ugly right now
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated. If you have a pair of spacers you would
> be willing to sell(might as well buy both and have a spare..) please
> drop me an email and I'll get some money on the way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris

Get thee to yon hardware store and pick up a 1/4" iron pipe nipple.
The ID is .364", OD is .540"

Speedy Jim
http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/

On 11 Nov 2004 18:18:10 -0800, (Hal) wrote:

>I was helping a friend replace the master cylinder on a 67 bug today,
>and when I went to remove the two bolts holding the MC to the car I
>saw that the forward firewall was really 'dented in' around one of the
>bolts. Apparently there is a spacer that is supposed to fit between
>the outer firewall panel and the inner one, and the spacer keeps the
>bolt from damaging the interior panel as well as allowing the master
>cylinder to be properly tightened.
>
>Anyway, my problem is that I'm short a spacer. I've checked around and
>I don't see this part available new. I was able to remove the spacer
>on the other bolt, and it's a fairly thick-walled piece of tubing.
>1.090" long, .479" OD, .355" ID.
>
>Does anyone out there have one of these from a wrecked car that they
>would let go for a couple bucks plus money for shipping? Or, where
>could I go to find a section of tubing with a .479" OD and .355" ID?
>Who would sell this stuff?
>
>This car isn't his daily driver fortunately, and I refused to put the
>new master cylinder in without the proper parts. Thus, the car sits
>with the forward end hiked proudly into the air. It's ugly right now
>
>
>Any help would be appreciated. If you have a pair of spacers you would
>be willing to sell(might as well buy both and have a spare..) please
>drop me an email and I'll get some money on the way.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris

I've heard rumors of people using stacks of ordinary washers to act in
place of a spacer they dropped down in there. *whistles softly*

--

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

"Shaggie" > wrote in message
...
>
> I've heard rumors of people using stacks of ordinary washers to act in
> place of a spacer they dropped down in there. *whistles softly*
>
>


..............I thought of that too, but I didn't want to be accused of using
redneck engineering.

LOL

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:19:58 -0500, "Tim Rogers" >
wrote:

>"Shaggie" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> I've heard rumors of people using stacks of ordinary washers to act in
>> place of a spacer they dropped down in there. *whistles softly*
>>
>>
>
>
>.............I thought of that too, but I didn't want to be accused of using
>redneck engineering.
>
>LOL
>

Hey, what are you doing up at this hour?!?!?

--

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

In article >,
"Tim Rogers" > wrote:

> I thought of that too, but I didn't want to be accused of using
> redneck engineering.

Ah, but if one welds those washers together first, then is it okay? ;-)

--
___
|___| '61 - VW
(o\_|_/o) Bug! ALEA -- 35.9 BHP and not a bit more!
_U_____U_

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:53:59 GMT, Red Bug > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Tim Rogers" > wrote:
>
>> I thought of that too, but I didn't want to be accused of using
>> redneck engineering.
>
>Ah, but if one welds those washers together first, then is it okay? ;-)

As long as they don't "JB" weld them together...

--

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields

"Shaggie" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hey, what are you doing up at this hour?!?!?
>
>

..................I was drinking coffee and preparing to go to work.

A valve guide from a cyl head will work fine, just trim the length.

Jason in Albuquerque

"Hal" > wrote in message
om...
> I was helping a friend replace the master cylinder on a 67 bug today,
> and when I went to remove the two bolts holding the MC to the car I
> saw that the forward firewall was really 'dented in' around one of the
> bolts. Apparently there is a spacer that is supposed to fit between
> the outer firewall panel and the inner one, and the spacer keeps the
> bolt from damaging the interior panel as well as allowing the master
> cylinder to be properly tightened.
>
> Anyway, my problem is that I'm short a spacer. I've checked around and
> I don't see this part available new. I was able to remove the spacer
> on the other bolt, and it's a fairly thick-walled piece of tubing.
> 1.090" long, .479" OD, .355" ID.
>
> Does anyone out there have one of these from a wrecked car that they
> would let go for a couple bucks plus money for shipping? Or, where
> could I go to find a section of tubing with a .479" OD and .355" ID?
> Who would sell this stuff?
>
> This car isn't his daily driver fortunately, and I refused to put the
> new master cylinder in without the proper parts. Thus, the car sits
> with the forward end hiked proudly into the air. It's ugly right now
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated. If you have a pair of spacers you would
> be willing to sell(might as well buy both and have a spare..) please
> drop me an email and I'll get some money on the way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris