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mlesniak
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 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:20 am Post subject: anyone in my area do electrical services? |
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Hey everyone! I recently started to dig into my wiring on 73 bus and its slightly ghetto haha...
anyway, Is anyone in the Homer Glen IL area willing to bring my wiring back to stock. I am willing to pay $325 for this service... let me know if your interested and capable of the job 
Vehicle: 1973 vw bus w/ Upright 73 1600 dp
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scrivyscriv
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Holy cow dude, that's amazing! Wish I was closer. Love fixing electrical stuff!
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: anyone in my area do electrical services? |
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| mlesniak wrote: |
| I am willing to pay $325 for this service.. |
at 50/hr that gets you 6.5 hours of labor. plus materials...terminals, tape etc.
you might want to be willing to spread that wallet wider to sort thru that disaster 
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aeromech
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Dude, you had the chance when I offered my services along with Telford Dorr. You chose to go cheap as I remember. Bummer for you. $325 isn't going to get it done. I think you guys will remember the hacked in brake switch shown in the poor quality pic.
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mlesniak
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well sh*t, everything happens for a reason, learned my lesson eh?
I may just have to take my chances and try it myself :/
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skills@eurocarsplus
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boy that stinks. of the 4 people here I would trust with my bus, you let 2 of them slip thru your fingers.
cheap
fast
correct
pick two
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SGKent 
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go here and download the wiring for your bus. Load to USB drive and take to local print shop to print several copies. One you keep clean, the others you can scribble on.
Then you pick a circuit and work on one at a time. As you go the mystery wires will reveal themselves. If you can afford it get a good crimper and some good German style spades of different types. Try to avoid the colored kind locally - not because they are not original but because on a bus they don't work as well as the originals. We can work with you on each circuit.
Second task. Pull the battery out now before you oops. If you don't have an ohm or volt meter get a cheap one.
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mlesniak
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Thanks so much! Ill download it and get it printed.
To start off this mission...I know that my alternator light doesnt turn on... and found this behind the GEN light.
anyone know where can I buy a bulb holder thingy???
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mlesniak
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| go here and download the wiring for your bus. Load to USB drive and take to local print shop to print several copies. One you keep clean, the others you can scribble on. . |
No Link...
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aeromech
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Top the page under Technical > Wiring > then the year of your bus
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mlesniak
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thanks! thats gonna help a ton! Ill get those printed Asap!
any idea where I can get a bulb insert, will an auto parts store have one???
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thanks! thats gonna help a ton! Ill get those printed Asap!
any idea where I can get a bulb insert, will an auto parts store have one??? |
Contact Ken at Busco
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SGKent
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also look around in there as it may be there but flopping around.
You say you have an upright 1600 in it. Was this a European bus originally, or a North American one that an engine swap was done in?
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aeromech
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I can't remember the details Steve but here he is in my driveway.
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I can't remember the details Steve but here he is in my driveway.
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that photo is blocked where I am. He would need to look at the M-plate and stickers on the bus to know if an upright engine was original to that bus. That will depend on which wiring diagram he uses. It may even be that those wires hanging under the dash were used to convert the European wiring to North American.
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mlesniak
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I love that picture!~!!!!! oh man! California lovin!
Anyway this is a regular US bus with a 1600 engine conversion, it was hippy moded! sh*t engine tin job and alternator isnt even hooked up... I bought an engine conversion tin from creativecraft co in Tennessee and plan on installing it once I fix my electrical issues...
I will look for in bulb insert but i really think the PO tore it out!
And Gary ...im still sorry about your driveway ... 
also here is a pic of the Mplate??? (I think)
AH letters = engine from 73' 74' if im not mistaken
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mlesniak
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Not the original engine! OG was a type 4 pancake and it was swapped for the 1600 dp.... I may be repeating myself... oh well
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