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Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:41 pm

I love how your after shots are.

What paint did you use for the silver stuff?

RZAR wrote: Nice pics guys. Heres mine.

BEFORE

AFTER

Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:40 pm

Its a powder coat color called extreme chrome. Just turn 10,000 miles since powder coating and still looks new. great stuff!

Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:29 am

my '72 bay engine

Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:24 pm

Sorry I posted in the wrong thread. :oops:

Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:34 pm

Just bought the blower fan and other heater parts from evwparts Joe and will be installing as soon as the shipment arrives.

Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:22 pm

as of Saturday

Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:48 am

Work in progress...

Will also repaint the engine.. 8)

Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:54 pm

I pulled this pic from an earlier post. Thank you to the owner of the pic.

What is the white thing just above the coil? It looks like it is in a fuel or vacuum line. I have a 75 Bus with the 1800 FI engine. I don't have this on mine. Is it for the brake booster vacuum line or for a fuel line? What is it for?

I am currently working on an engine running problem and am trying to track down engine differences.

See post "75 FI question - who can tackle" for my problem.

Thanks,
-Chris

Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:06 am

Removing original engine + trans

1st incarnation: Camper Special with stock trans, took us from Amsterdam to Beijing

2nd incarnation, ready to take us from Amsterdam to Cape Town

Jake Raby Camper Special engine with MegaSquirt and L-Jet
Rancho 091 transaxle with Weddle 5.14R/P and Peloquins Torque Biasing Diff

PS
Orange color difference due to different camera(settings) used, various parts received same RAL2004 powder coat

Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:16 pm

Woah, now THAT's the kind of engine I aspire to have when I get bread for it. Fair thoughts and happy hours attend thee on thy way to Cape Town, Bursch.

Here's my '78 GE code 2.0L in my '72 bus:

She's not the queen of the prom, but hey, I get from A to B.

P.S. I have never been able to find out what that relay on the driver side wheel well is. Anyone else know?

Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:54 pm

Mr'72Special wrote:
P.S. I have never been able to find out what that relay on the driver side wheel well is. Anyone else know?

Somebody stuck it there for some reason that is no longer.
Colin

Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:12 pm

Amskeptic wrote:
Somebody stuck it there for some reason that is no longer.
Colin
Yeah but which relay is it? It has it's diagram printed on the side, so could it be the booster fan relay?

Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:24 am

covered in gunk and smelly sticky injun oil

all sorts of stuff down the inlets

carbs are complete but full of gunk

all tin is there, as are all the little rubber gromets etc which normally go missing

dormant for 8 years, turns freely. Now stripped ready for rebuild. This will replace my current 1.7 motor so that I can take that out for a full rebuild due to rod knock :(

my 1700. this is suffering now, top end is ok, hopefully I can save the botoom end as for a standard motor it pulls like a train. Carbs and all ancillaries will be donated to the 2000 for the time being

do you recognise this carb? if so let me know the make etc - I want to get this jetted for the 2.0 litre engine

2.0 litre in bits

Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:43 am

here's my 1641 before ...

and after...

thanks to my buddy spud 8)

Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:17 pm

I got the Creative Car Craft tins on mine and they are great! Ive got a thermometer in there just to check the engine compartment temp. It shows the current, lowest and highest temp on it... $8.00 at Wal-mart

Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:02 pm

Here is the before:

After:

2.0L F/I New Heads, P/C . Runs like new!

Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:59 am

High flyer wrote:

Are those Riechert carbs? What kind of manifolds and fan shroud are you using?

I'm going to install weber 34 ict carbs on my 1641 cc (bay from 1971). And i want to fit oldspeed airfilters just like the Riechert set has. The guy who is helping me with this says it will be close (or no) fit agianst the fan shroud.
I think i have the "normal" manifolds that go with the weber 34 ict.
My helping friend think the manifolds could also be for a type 3 pancake engine.

Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:07 pm

Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:35 pm

Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:06 am

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Runs good. :D :bay_red: [/img]