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Lind
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| matthew henricks wrote: | Thanks,
That picture was taken some time ago. Just got the bus out of storrage (7 years) and it is worse.
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try rotating your rubber spring plate bushings 180 degrees. they compress over time and make the rear end sag a bit. not a particularly fun job, and you don't know exactly where the bus will sit until you reassemble everything and drive it back and forth a bit.
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Kharon8
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Kharon8 wrote: | | Runs on stock rims and 6.70-15 while stock is 6.40-15. Looks very good but the engine lacks torque now, stock (and quite old) 1200cc engine, 34hp (DIN). Acceleration on 4th is almost non-existent and even small hills or wind decrease the top speed drastically. |
One reason fro this found: Gas pedal wire was loose so it didn't open throttle all the way. 
I tightened it a bit and now it's much better, weak of course but no need to change gear to 3rd in hills (unless very steep and long) and pulls a steady 50mph against the wind. Of course when empty, full load is another matter.
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Aidenn
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:07 am Post subject: |
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how do you get rid of the RGB whine though??
i also want to know this question and |
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33woodie
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I think the RGB whine is an inherent feature, (straight cut gears) no real solution 
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| Aidenn wrote: | how do you get rid of the RGB whine though??
i also want to know this question and |
Straight cut gears will always whine to some extent. Good quality gear oil helps, but the whine will always be there.
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Aaron
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I noticed that not replacing your freshair vent seal or the vent window seals seems to reduce audible RGB whine. |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Aaron wrote: | | I noticed that not replacing your freshair vent seal or the vent window seals seems to reduce audible RGB whine. |
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mg6770
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| I can now join this thread (soon enough). My bus is at the shop, getting put back to stock and should be finished tomorrow. Good bye straight axle, good bye scraping steering box, good bye people behind me flipping me off cause I barely can make it over a speed bump. Hello new horizons! As $Mike says " Stock height is alright!" |
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novetti
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Here we go
After ringing maybe 10 different tire shops, I found these tires for my Kombi.
Initially I was planning to get a set of the bias ply Firestones, but the cost and also the availability of these in Australia made me change my mind.
I got a set of these Bridgestones 195 R15 with 692mm OD.
The thread and the smooth sidewalls look a lot similiar to the old photos we see from the original tires on the R15 kombis. Also it is a LT (light Truck) rated 8 ply tire with reinforced sidewalls, so appropriate for the kombi rather than normal passenger car tires we see a lot in Kombis these days.
Been a Radial from a good brand (Bridgestone), and paying aprox 55% what a set of the Coker Firestones would cost me, I am happy with the results.
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cdennisg
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Good looking tires. A quick search tells me they are not available in the US. How much did they cost you?
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novetti
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150AUD a pop (mounted, balanced with new air valve)
These were made in Japan. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| mg6770 wrote: | | I can now join this thread (soon enough). My bus is at the shop, getting put back to stock and should be finished tomorrow. Good bye straight axle, good bye scraping steering box, good bye people behind me flipping me off cause I barely can make it over a speed bump. Hello new horizons! As $Mike says " Stock height is alright!" |
more trail bashes in future? 
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mg6770
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| bill may wrote: | | mg6770 wrote: | | I can now join this thread (soon enough). My bus is at the shop, getting put back to stock and should be finished tomorrow. Good bye straight axle, good bye scraping steering box, good bye people behind me flipping me off cause I barely can make it over a speed bump. Hello new horizons! As $Mike says " Stock height is alright!" |
more trail bashes in future? |
Heck yea Bill. You're gonna have to show me some of the trails you guys hit. |
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cdennisg
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| novetti wrote: | 150AUD a pop (mounted, balanced with new air valve)
These were made in Japan. |
They look similar to these, which are very similar to a set that I have on my Toyota pickup. Good load rating, decent tread wear, poor wet condition traction. I can get stuck on wet grass if I'm not careful. Ok in the rain on pavement, though.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=135&...htweiter=1
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Chuey
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:01 pm Post subject: BRM replica on stock '67...how big can I go on the rear? |
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Is this where I would ask a question about tire size? Assuming so, what I have is a stock '67 Crew Cab. I'm planning on putting some Old Speed front disc brakes on it and at the same time, I'm changing to some Flat4 BRM replicas I already have.
My question is what is the biggest tire I can fit on those rims under the stock rear wheel wells? I will probably use one size smaller in the front.
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cdennisg
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Probably a 205/75R15, but with the beetle offset that BRM's typically come with, you may run into clearance issues with your inner wheel well in the rear. See if your local tire shop can mount up a test tire for a test fit before purchase. You may be able to go taller, but likely not much wider than that.
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mg6770
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before
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duhbrr
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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100,000x better
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| mg6770 wrote: | before
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Sweeeeet. I'm next.
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cage66
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Looks good.
I dont see how that couldnt make it over speed bumps though.
What happens to the straight axle and beams when you guys switch back?
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