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soniq
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| TEXABUS wrote: |
Shot of my cobbled up exhaust with Magnaflow muffler and AFR bung.
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how has that setup lasted over the years? the mufflers of these cheaper exhausts are always the first to go, and I to have thought about just getting a nice Magnaflow welded to it... |
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dreadlocks
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| soniq wrote: | looks great.
what all did you end up doing to it? |
It hadn't been tagged nearly a decade before I bought it, runs strong but was leaky (intake & oil) and kept having reliability issues. I re-dressed it with all new sensors, seals, gaskets, grommets, o-rings, hoses, clamps, ignition.. the only big change was swapping out the 009 ditsy and putting in a Bosh SVDA w/Pertronix... all thanks to BusDepot 
alot more was done while the engine was out, here's the thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=512873
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:40 am Post subject: I love Craigslist |
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$500 for then engine and a '69 pop-top. Put 7,500 mi on the ending since October 2011, all weather, NO ISSUES! Gotta love it  |
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Here's mine. 71 stock 1600DP, Empi 34"s, and a fancy shmancy lace paint job.
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 Not installed but I think it still counts?
Gutted 1700... throwing in a 1600DP that I will be adding dual Kad's... I hope.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:54 am Post subject: |
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I thought my throttle return spring looked like a kludge, but I see a lot of photos of similar setups in this thread.
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Thats the way they are in a stock set up. I thought it odd for the same reasons too.
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That's correct for a plastic airfilter bus, there's even a little nylon grommet in the decklid hinge crossmember for the spring to hook into.
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now i know where to hook dads up 
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: | | now i know where to hook dads up |
Not if Dad's is a 72, they use a special coil bracket with an arm to hook the spring on, completely different linkage too.
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| busdaddy wrote: | | Stuartzickefoose wrote: | | now i know where to hook dads up |
Not if Dad's is a 72, they use a special coil bracket with an arm to hook the spring on, completely different linkage too. |
we are missing that bracket then...its got a different motor in it  ill have to find one. i know exactly what your talkin about too, cause my 72 transporter had one on it.
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dwdelano
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: Finally done rebuilding it, time to go back in! |
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Pretty, huh?!
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nathansnathan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: Finally done rebuilding it, time to go back in! |
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| dwdelano wrote: | | Pretty, huh?! |
Looks like you are missing some things, but it does look pretty so far.
Spark plug wire plastic and metal hold down bits, Timing/flywheel hole cover, for the heater tube grommet that is nla you can use a flex pipe coupler from the hardware store ( rubber things for joining plumbing pipes).
The carb linkage looks like it's ready to bind. I've made spacers to bring the linkage arm throw bolts (?) out so the rod ends can go straight and symmetrically down. It would be nice if someone would offer such a thing pre-made.
While I'm at it, you will be much happier if you regulate the fuel pressure, and I hope you will be securing the fuel lines, probably would be best to use other hose clamps, too.
I guess I would plug the holes behind the heater tube hole, too. I'm wondering if the straight barb by the coil on the fan housing has been sawed off?
Finally , it looks like you will saw through your firewall tin with your throttle cable. |
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dwdelano
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Finally done rebuilding it, time to go back in! |
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| nathansnathan wrote: | | dwdelano wrote: | | Pretty, huh?! |
Looks like you are missing some things, but it does look pretty so far.
Spark plug wire plastic and metal hold down bits, Timing/flywheel hole cover, for the heater tube grommet that is nla you can use a flex pipe coupler from the hardware store ( rubber things for joining plumbing pipes).
The carb linkage looks like it's ready to bind. I've made spacers to bring the linkage arm throw bolts (?) out so the rod ends can go straight and symmetrically down. It would be nice if someone would offer such a thing pre-made.
While I'm at it, you will be much happier if you regulate the fuel pressure, and I hope you will be securing the fuel lines, probably would be best to use other hose clamps, too.
I guess I would plug the holes behind the heater tube hole, too. I'm wondering if the straight barb by the coil on the fan housing has been sawed off?
Finally , it looks like you will saw through your firewall tin with your throttle cable. |
All taken care of after it went in  Except for the carb linkage spacers you mentioned....is there a pic of that anywhere on here that I could see what you're talking about? I found that it DID bind a bit before I tightened everything up, but once tight, the action seems to be quite good....but I can understand your point about getting those rods more vertical.
EDIT: Nevermind about the pic....I found a pic in your gallery where you can see the right one. Good idea.
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I made them out of aluminum. They have to be different lengths, at least for the Dellortos I'm running. You can see the hardware store heater tube plug action, too. It is just a bit messy in there with the fuel pump relay and the fan wires. For the firewall throttle cable you can see just a bit of the aluminum L brackets that I have holding up a marine sheeve I'm using to redirect.
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