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Still amazed every time I come in here to see it getting this good. You're a good person for keeping this little guy on the road in these circumstances.
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Missed this thread earlier. This is an awesome thread about necromancy. Great work so far.
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Swapped out the booster and master cylinder for rebuilt ones. Brakes are so wonderfully light and feel like a modern car now.   And put a load of suitable stickers on it     Planning to do something along the lines of this once it's painted 
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/168915509/grateful-dead-driver-carries-no-tapes Holy gently caress.... that price can't be right, but yeah, god drat it, now I feel old. Anyway get this. Or look around for one. InterceptorV8 fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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What a great resurrection! Thanks for keeping it alive  I couldn't tell from the couple of engine bay pics, but if you haven't already, you should consider safety-wiring the carb inlet.  I started doing this (along with moving my cheap fuel filters out of the engine bay) after almost torching my 70 bay due to the brass barb popping out. I wouldn't want to see you have to test your fire suppression kit.
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schwim posted:What a great resurrection! Thanks for keeping it alive As soon as I got it on the road again I put in a big strand of wire just like that. Already had one fire due to that barb falling out, rather not have another  Everything is dead stock engine-wise, so, thankfully no fuel filter to worry about.InterceptorV8 posted:https://www.etsy.com/listing/168915509/grateful-dead-driver-carries-no-tapes I work with a huge deadhead who used to follow them around years ago. I know he'd have the biggest smile on his face if I showed up with that on the bus.
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Trip report! Sunday - Two days before the 1200 mile journey, discovered copious amounts of oil in my engine bay, oil leaking from the pressure switch, and a slipping clutch when in 3rd/4th. Pulled the engine to investigate   Found it was leaking oil through the rear main seal and flywheel seal onto the clutch, and stripped threads for the oil pressure switch. Replaced with new seals, replaced oil cooler seals, used a brass insert to fix the oil switch, and reinstalled. Made it almost all the way home and then promptly lost nearly all my oil through the passenger side valve cover on the freeway. Theory is the replacement engine sheet metal we made was riding the valve cover and warped it, preventing it from sealing properly.  Had it towed back to my friends shop. Thankfully they let me borrow their bus to get home and go to work for Monday  Drove it back over there after work, replaced the valve cover with a new one, refilled the engine with oil, and ran it until it was hot. No oil was found to be leaking, so, called it good and drove it back home, ready for tomorrow. Made it safely to Bakersfield Tuesday night, with no real issues to report. Ran absolutely great, and stayed toasty warm with the working heater system (I was actually surprised how warm it got)  Met up with some friends and headed over the Tehachapi mountains  Picked up one more bus at Barstow, and made it to Lake Havasu City!  Home sweet home   Got up early and got in line. This was at 9 in the morning, gates opened at 11 and there must have been over 100 buses already waiting    Pulled in, ended up being bus number 23!    Stayed there Thursday through Sunday (Wednesday was in the overflow camped outside the main gate). Roughly 420 buses showed up Loads of people selling things, so, managed to pickup some good stuff. Bought an original Westfalia tent that hooks onto the side of the roof  Found a suitable local beer for my bus  Managed to pickup a set of 71 front seats for the bus  Won a really awesome hand painted bottle in the raffle  Had a friend's dog run into my bus and refuse to leave  And enjoyed the wonderful view    The event happens at the same time as the hot air balloon festival, so every morning we were greeted with this  Absolutely wonderful time. First time I ever got to use the bus as a camper, and enjoyed every bit of it.
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PhoenixWing posted:Roughly 420 buses showed up Of course they did.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Of course they did. That was the actual number the announcer gave on the final day. I thought it was pretty funny, but, I don't think it was intentional 
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PhoenixWing posted:That was the actual number the announcer gave on the final day. I thought it was pretty funny, but, I don't think it was intentional Oh, I believe it. It's just, you know, of course there were 420 buses there. Your bus is awesome, by the way. Excellent job getting it back on the road.
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420 smoke buses errday  (please don't smoke buses, they do it enough by themselves)
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How are the eurobus seats. Mine are from a north american van of some sort and are a bit tall.
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Installed the original seats in the bus  Drove out about 120 miles to Murphys     And on the way back managed to pick up an original Westy fridge/sink    It had been sitting for some time, and some of the vinyl had fallen off, and it appears a rat had chewed through a corner of the fridge. So, we tore it down and made it work again!    I had the original drain hole in my bus, but, at some point someone had covered up the hole with a welded plate. Some fun with a drill later      helno posted:How are the eurobus seats. Mine are from a north american van of some sort and are a bit tall. That's the exact same reason I ended up replacing mine. They were out of a 2003 Eurovan, and, I feared my head would hit the ceiling when the headliner went in. Wonderfully comfy though.
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So we've been busy doing stuff Picked up new dash vents   And this matching pillow for the inside  Stripped all the burned paint off the roof, and sanded down the rest of the body in preparation    Fixed that huge dent the PO had covered up        Took the front wheel mount off so we can put the original emblem back on   Primered the lower half           Primered the top half        Looked pretty great in the sun    Reinstalled the original hole for the Westy power hookup   And masked it off again for the upper white paint       Shiny white paint!          Then painted the lower half yellow       Painted the bumpers white (Masked off the bumper stickers though)    I think it looks pretty great for a garage paint job. Also sent the rims off to be powdercoated white, which should be back on Wednesday. The grand unmasking is happening tomorrow, so, we'll know if our striping along the body was straight then. And if all goes well, it should be driving around rocking its new two tone paint by next weekend.
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Nice! That color is guaranteed to put smiles on faces.
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You are re-creating my Aunt's van from my childhood. I fully approve of this. I wish I knew what happened to that old VW camper, I loved that thing 
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Took the masking off    Stickers made it!     Reassembly starts tonight.
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Yeeeees. It looks amazing. Still love that bumper sticker. :3
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All of that masking made me twitch, but goddamn looks like it was worth it.
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Holy crap I just discovered this thread. Awesome job!
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Always nice to see people keeping the old ones alive. One day I'll finish my 58
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Look forward to some pics of it in the sun.
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It made it home! For an engine that withstood a raging inferno, it started up just fine again after sitting and drove home great.   And an updated dash car  
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Started putting the remaining bits back on the bus, like the big shiny emblem Finally have a spare tire  Roof racks back on again  And replaced the washer lines and valve, so they actually work again. Still powered from a pressurized tank with water running through the dashboard, just like Volkswagen intended https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiM_w_LKnPM
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That paint turned out awesome, way to resurrect it after the fire. I have always wanted a bus in the worst way. What else did the Westfalia kit entail? Do you plan on installing the rest of that?
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BigFuzzyJesus posted:That paint turned out awesome, way to resurrect it after the fire. I have always wanted a bus in the worst way. What else did the Westfalia kit entail? Do you plan on installing the rest of that? The only bits I'm missing right now is the side cabinet that sits near the bed (Left side of picture) and the headbanger closet that sits above the bed  The bus left the factory with the entire kit installed, so, I'm not really sure why they were removed. They're quite hard to track down now, and, I'm still actively looking for them. Bugorama is next weekend, and, I plan to camp out the day before it starts in hopes of finding parts. Still need to order the seat cushions, headliner wood and door cards - Probably going to pick those up early next month. Curtain rails should be here on Wednesday, so, at least it'll feel homely in time for camping next weekend.
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Got heaps more done on the bus. Finally found the last of the remaining Westy pieces for my bus from Bugorama    Had a bigger Phoenix sticker made for the back window  Installed the curtains    Aired out the Westy tent and cleaned it up  Reinstalled the Westy power inlet  Bought another suitable sticker  Picked up a really crusty carb that had all the vacuum controls in place so I can finally get the dashpot, throttle positioner and altitude corrector hooked up in the bus  Stole one of the vacuum barbs from that carb to finally get my twin vacuum dizzy up and running. Drives way better than with the crappy mechanical only 009, and is staying much cooler on the motorway.  Ordered all the door cards, foam/seat covers, childs cot and mesh nets from Sewfine last week - Should have that here in 4-5 weeks, and, then I'll have a complete bus, ready for it's 3000 mile trip across America in August.
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I don't even like these. ...but I've just read the thread from start to finish and now I do, primarily due to the love and attention you've lavished on it. It's very cute.
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PhoenixWing posted:Drove it down to it's first VW meet this weekend This isnt the BLTN crew is it?
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I remember pulling the 009 off my 914's type 4 and replacing it with a mallory unilite. I wonder how much better a vac advance would have made the engine run. I remember #3's CHT was always way to high. This bus is so cool 
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88h88 posted:I don't even like these. I've always loved beetles, but, never thought I'd love these buses until I bought this one. It's like driving a really comfy sofa down the road with a little house attached, and everyone smiles when they see it 14 INCH SLIT posted:This isnt the BLTN crew is it? I see that group around every now and then, but, they're more Pleasanton / Bay Area, I'm up in Sacramento. I'm with the Norcal Aircooled Group / NorCal Bays. BloodBag posted:I remember pulling the 009 off my 914's type 4 and replacing it with a mallory unilite. I wonder how much better a vac advance would have made the engine run. I remember #3's CHT was always way to high. This bus is so cool I've never tinkered with Type 4s, but, I just know 009s have this huge flat spot off idle. The 34PICT I have is notorious for hating the 009 and stumbling badly off idle, and generally being crap on anything but WOT. Only way I could drive it was to launch it like a drag car and never let off the throttle. Vacuum dizzy keeps the timing up with low RPMs setting off and the timing low on the freeway so it's cooler. Its super easy to drive now, can nearly dump the clutch in first and it wont stall. I do have an 009 in my beetle however, and it runs pretty great with the quad carbs, so, ymmv.
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You've done a truly amazing job dragging this van back out of the grave, it looks gorgeous.
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PhoenixWing posted:I've always loved beetles, but, never thought I'd love these buses until I bought this one. It's like driving a really comfy sofa down the road with a little house attached, and everyone smiles when they see it Everything I've read about the 009 seems to be a bunch of compromising in literally every aspect of engine tuning just so you can have a distributor that is ~German engineered~ or something. I had one on my 72 Super (with the 34 pict 3) when I picked it up last year and after loving around for a few weekends I ripped that poo poo off and put on a SVDA with a compufire electronic points system and the car was immediately one thousand percent easier to drive and tune. I really don't understand the draw of them, but maybe I'm not that deep down the rabbit hole yet. Also Yellow is the best color. You chose well.
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