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Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:40 pm

also i`m trying to track down my m codes so far i only came up with the birth date and the chassis number,

07/71
2312153118
will post more when i know thanks for following along all!

Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:50 pm

will post pic of m code plate soon

Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:09 pm

Keep up the good work. I have to say though if it were my bus I'd rip out the Great Stuff and just use the silver insulation. Being from a place where it is rainy most of the time I have seen this stuff rot vehicles out when it is used. It holds moisture against the metal (If this stuff gets wet enough it can absorb water. We use it everyday where I work and I see it all the time.) It is your bus so do as you wish. Good luck with it.

Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:26 pm

hey thanks for that one man! just welded in some more plates on the usb floor behind the folding bed as i had 2 huge holes there , as far as teh great stuff goes yea i`m going to cut alot of that out if there, i know the whole "it`s your bus thing" but still if i`m doing something stupid i`d like to be told about it as opposed to "pretending" to know what i`m doing here, i`m real jr. engineer and my skills have been described as sophomoric, or just good enough to be really dangerous he he , but thanks good call on that, in my thread please feel free to speak up if you notice me going about things all wrong , i want my bus to be nice and i plan on owning it for the next 20-30yrs at least of course it`ll be going through many revisions between now and then but using great stuff and doing something that will cause it to rust out would make that a pipe dream, pretty much please help me to keep from ruining it, other than that i think i should be good to go!!!!!!!!!!!! liked your fat chick thread as well man!! i need to pop some battery trays ion mine as well! oh well take care and good night all will update tomorrow!

Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:32 pm

hey can you guys take a look at my engine and see if you notice anything wrong other than the fuel line? i seem to be missing a bunch of tubing and tin and seals and ect and ect.....

i'm just trying to make sense out of what i have and what i need also, can you guys tell from the photo if i have the dog house shroud the guy at vw store said to run my and along the back and if it felt bubbly i had doghouse if not i had stock, couldn`t tell as it was both,

anything you guys notice would be of help i`m posting pics of firewall seal later today so please check back and let me know if the everything is there!

Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:15 pm

also wtf does this green switch do with the curly q`s?

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/THEIZZARDKING/bus/DSC06123.jpg

Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:58 pm

theizzardking wrote: also wtf does this green switch do with the curly q`s?

Rear window defroster.

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:01 pm

here's some pics of me preping and welding the floor pan patches in, the wife had the camera so no "Real" Foto's of the work... ha ha sorry!

a small fire, undercoating went up a few times, no biggie!

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:03 pm

new Dakota digital guages came in!!! sexy!!!!!

seems easy enough.....

can`t wait for the weekend!!! get these bad boys on here!!!

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:09 pm

ah!! rear window defrost kewl!! just goes to show how newb i am when it comes to these things!

Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:53 pm

oh an real men weld in sandals! 8) :shock: ha ha

Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:53 pm

No ! Real men weld in sandals, shorts and tank tops ! 8) :lol:

Pierre

Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:04 am

theizzardking wrote: oh an real men weld in sandals! 8) :shock: ha ha

I was just about to ask you about that. :shock:

Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:15 am

Bay Window Steve wrote: theizzardking wrote: oh an real men weld in sandals! 8) :shock: ha ha

I was just about to ask you about that. :shock:
ha ha i know i thought i had my steelies in the back of the bus, but apparently not! oh well i`m sure by now i have a few laughing, a few balking, and the rest just scratching their heads..........it will be cool to check this thread out a few years from now and see what a fool i was and and how far i`ve come since then as i plan on being in the vw world for a while!!!

anybody see anything wrong with my engine? thanks!

Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:43 am

just found out for sure i have the dog house fan shroud, does this mean that i have to have the doghouse cooling fan and comments as well or can i just assume that it`s the complete doghouse set-up?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:55 am

it may not be connected may have to have a feel. see what Busdaddy said in my post.
busdaddy wrote: Yep, no thermostat, reach around the front of your fan shroud and feel for some levers coming out at the bottom where it meets the head tins and also for an arm running across to the other side.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3138883#3138883

Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:05 pm

VWDruid wrote: it may not be connected may have to have a feel. see what Busdaddy said in my post.
busdaddy wrote: Yep, no thermostat, reach around the front of your fan shroud and feel for some levers coming out at the bottom where it meets the head tins and also for an arm running across to the other side.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3138883#3138883

hey thanks for that one man!!!!

one from the area going to the vw meet on the 18th-20th?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:37 pm

also my heater boxes are cracked at the weld/cast joint where the exhaust connects how bad is this and can i make a cheap repair with some exhaust tape?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:16 pm

I'm not getting one'
Pertronix.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3115706&highlight=#3115706

Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:36 pm

ok that1s good to know as well. i`m really thinking hard about getting a 1776 and putting in there seems to be the most power with the longest life that you can get kind of a happy medium, seen a few on here for around 1,500 may take a little work but i`m ok with that!