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Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:55 am

got my motor in, 78 efi into my 73 bus. after several issues involving tranny, broken engine stud, gas line, fuel pump setup, old age ect..... i am ready to go, however i need to ask what is the best place to situate the efi computer? i have it currently mounted to the tin cover separating the gas tank from the engine. i read others have hacked a hole in the engine compartment? any ideas? thanks talipp......

Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:33 pm

I would mount it exactly as it is mounted in a later Bus by cutting out the mount from a donor vehicle and welding it in your Bus. Not the easiest, but that's how I'd do it.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:36 pm

There really isn't much of a "mount" for the computer, as it's more of a square hole cut in the engine compartment that it slides into and is secured with a screw. Easiest would be to cut that portion out of an F/I Bus and put it in the corresponding place in your Bus, which is basically what CCpalmer was saying....I'll be doing this with my '74 at some point when I put a 2.0 F/I motor in it.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:34 pm

I don't believe there's any real "mount" for the computer, a nice, neat hole and a couple of big sheet metal screws would be very close to the welded in nuts VW used.

Is there a pin or bracket down in the hole or on the fender well to stabilize the other end? I can't recall.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:41 pm

ok, a picture or diagram would help? has anybody done it differently?

Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:47 pm

ccpalmer wrote: I would mount it exactly as it is mounted in a later Bus by cutting out the mount from a donor vehicle and welding it in your Bus. Not the easiest, but that's how I'd do it.

and that's how i've done it too and it looks perfect if you do it well.

there is a sheet metal "U" inside the hole to keep it from wagging side to side but it works fine with the just the rectangular opening cut from a donor.