Joined: August 27, 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Tucson AZ
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject:
6Kabrio7 wrote:
67_SO42 wrote:
Congrats man. I got you one lined up in Kabul... bring your flack jacket.... just sayin... and yes its really up in Kabul.
Pictures?
It will get its own thread someday I hope... No thread jacking from alex hahaha _________________ 58 Binz #151 (looking for binz parts, let me know)
51 bug 2332 EFI Turbo
70's something or other parts getter super b
Joined: October 02, 2003 Posts: 3769 Location: San Anselmo, 10 miles North Of San Francisco
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject:
A couple pictures of the snapped axle before the actual Drive Out video...
I used a magnet to get as many particles as possible out of there. The procedure is pretty straight forward, but there's a fair amount of stripping down to effect the replacement. Roads Less Traveled adventure drivers might consider taking along a spare and two fulcrum plates.
Notice my non-text book swap here with a passenger side axle. Curious what informed mechanics have to say about that. I know the splined torsion bars are pre-loaded during manufacture and are specified for right or left sides, but I've done no reading on axle or trans work. I would think VW may have done similar engineering on the axles. Input on this?
I'm happy to say that the swap went perfectly and the most excellent new Greg Banfil/Vintage Warehouse/Lowbus.com surplus mystery big nut RGB transmission is back in action, shifting perfectly, smoothly and not shedding even a drop of oil. The thing is so much faster than the Mountain Ratio M coded trans that was in the forty-powered 63 (also from Greg Banfil -out of his SO-1- thank you). I think I got tailed by the highway patrol last night on the long drive home, and with the fresh new gear oil, the flame throwing -now cool running- mystery 1600 motor and the ass kicking big nut trans... I think I lost em! Oh yeah...
Ok, the big moment, what we have all been waiting for. The Actual Drive Out:
The route I took was pretty straight forward, all back roads leading through the 4X4 Tomkie Road creek sections all the way through the woods to the back side of Willits Ca. Drove directly past the police station and successfully to the destination before night fall. All went exactly according to plan. Really happy the camera battery allowed this last video, and the special-to-my-heart Déjà vu image I took up in the creek.
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: Northeast....
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject:
So awesome. I'm loving all the video you've posted, it adds so much to your overall story. _________________ Wanted : 1955-1958 Palm Green Sand Green Bus
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Joined: April 13, 2006 Posts: 1003 Location: The OC, SoCal, unleashed
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject:
That car in your video going the opposite way on Tomkie Road must've done a double take.
Yayyyyyyyyy for Kombisutra! _________________ '67 Beetle
'67 Squareback
'66 Sundial
'60 Single cab
Joined: February 22, 2008 Posts: 189 Location: highland il.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject:
thank you for giving me the motivation to get off my ass and get my '61 bus back on the road. seeing you doing it in a weekend, in the woods. i now have no excuses. hats off to you. _________________ 1957 vw beetle
2012 vw jetta tdi
Joined: October 02, 2003 Posts: 3769 Location: San Anselmo, 10 miles North Of San Francisco
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject:
You're welcome. It's part of my intention to motivate some with these missions, glad I could help.
The bus will be at the Vellejo Bus Fest on August 14th.
Here, at the Moore Compound, the bus is seen with it's arms raised in praise for being rescued from seemingly interminable boredom:
This is my version of Hippie Tim's "basket". However -and the wives of the midwest may appreciate this- mine is an authentic Longerberger "Gathering" Basket made in Dresden Ohio -ex wife (LB Indipendent Consultant) hooked me up with it when my last basket from China exploded. Real men carry baskets!
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Joined: September 16, 2003 Posts: 880 Location: Saratoga Springs, UT
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject:
Awesome. _________________ "When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car."
Joined: August 27, 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Tucson AZ
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:44 am Post subject:
So im super jealous just so you know!!!
You are my entertainment while abusing my employers internet hahaha _________________ 58 Binz #151 (looking for binz parts, let me know)
51 bug 2332 EFI Turbo
70's something or other parts getter super b
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 656 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:53 am Post subject:
kombisutra wrote:
This is my version of Hippie Tim's "basket". However -and the wives of the midwest may appreciate this- mine is an authentic Longerberger "Gathering" Basket made in Dresden Ohio -ex wife (LB Indipendent Consultant) hooked me up with it when my last basket from China exploded. Real men carry baskets!
As soon as I saw the picture with the basket, I thought it was Longaberger. Too funny that you know it's a gathering basket. My wife sells them too. Damn baskets are all over my house.
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