What did you do for your Bay recently?

[airschooled]

Had to wash and wax for the first time ALL WEEK UGHHH....

But after that picture I had to touch up paint every white chip and brushed aluminum piece on the car. The big project of the day was painting the plastic (crap) washer nozzles "brushed aluminum" to match their OG brethren.

_________________
Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
www.airschooled.com

[airforceSF]

Put iridium spark plugs in my bus from denso.

[richparker]

[pjalau]

It's been a while since I posted anything here, so I'm overdue. And the list is pretty big.

My engine died in June, I have a new one this post is also on facebook.

June 8, I'm driving through the central valley to Quincy and my engine starts making "bad noises" and then makes that sound that it makes when it's driving on three cylinders. It was. The distributor failed miserably and the advance went far beyond what it should. In short the piston was compressing hot flame and melted the hole.

After some discussion with mechanics, friends, interested parties, wise people, and some alcohol, I agreed that more power was a good idea.

Wolfgang International in Redding built me a 2007cc engine, dual carb, over 100 HP, it was installed on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday of last week and some modification was required. The air cleaner stand had to be removed which took more time than it should have.

A welder friend designed and built a bracket that holds the new oil radiator under the bus and hidden in the frame beams. He also managed to do it without requiring new holes to be drilled. It was powder coated and installed first.

He also slightly modified the engine mount bar and built a small piece to hold the oil lines away from the case.

After about 8 hours of pre-prep work, I manipulated the engine into the bay, and fired it up for the first time.

Thanks to Steve an the Wolfgang International gang for working with me.

The ultimate thank you goes to my significant other who not only supported me in this effort, but patiently dealt with all the things I had to do including drives to Redding, Chico, and various other locations. Thank you darling.


Engine details:
New Mexican Full Flow Engine case
Dual Empi Carbs
78 MM crankshaft
90.5 Cylinder and Pistons
Sidewinder header and Exhaust (ceramic coated)
Compufire Ignition

While I was there... I replaced the fill tube for the fuel tank. That original one was leaking as suspected.

I replaced the shift linkage to my transmission. Now I can get into gear without fighting it.

I adjusted the brakes.

I adjusted the valves at 250 miles on the new engine, and hunted down two oil leaks. One is down to a trickle, the other is from the valve cover gaskets.

[richparker]

Nice looking engine! Is that 100hp at the crank? Hope those hose clamps hold your oil lines on, AN fittings would be a better choice.
_________________
__________
’71 Westy build
Adventure thread
’65 Deluxe Build
’63 Deluxe Build

[pjalau]

Thanks, and i think it is around 100hp. But havent dyno'd it. Hoses seem to be fine, and ill look into upgrading fittings when I can. Carbs are dialed in nicely. Engine was cruising at 60 mph at 3400 rpm. Really smooth and easy to drive.

[williamM]

John the fabricator myself and Dennis put the new roof on the blue bus

_________________
some days I get up and just sit and think. Some days I just sit.

opinion untempered by fact is ignorance.

Don't step in any!

[obieoberstar]

Is that a Riviera top or Sportsmobile? From the pictures it is hard to tell.

[Trashman]

Ordered a bunch of parts: new shocks, new motor mounts, new throw out bearing and new rear wheel cylinder. Put on a new front wheel bearing yesterday. But today... today all I did was take this picture

_________________
Bagged 1968 Neptune Blue "Deluxe"

[Alan Brase]

Perhaps doesn't measure up to others, but still:
With a perfect alignment of the stars, a new hot glue gun, extension cord, my Bentley manual and all the loose pages from said BAY Bentley manual, I glued that poor BENTLEY MANUAL back together. First time in about 3 decades it was in one piece. If anybody has experience at doing this and making it nice, please do tell, because mine is not so pretty.
Al
_________________
Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home

[cdennisg]

[Alan Brase]

[airschooled]

[Busstom]

[cdennisg]

[Busstom]

Yes, you are right...first off, they really need to be mounted on solid concrete.

Also, the iron that is used specifically for installing the tire on the rim, well it was useless until I welded a sort of lip extension on it so it would wrap under the rim lip...otherwise it would just pop out as soon as it encountered tension under the tire bead (I will post pictures of my mods in the "HF Tools Thread"). Then a couple strips of duct tape on the end of the iron where it contacts the rim lip prevents the iron from scratching the rim lip. I've mounted three sets of new tires with flawless results.

Also, the chintzy spider they provide to hold the rim down is ridiculously useless, and will scratch and gouge the hub area of any rim you put on it. So as much as it sounds like a PITA, I make a custom mounting adapter for each type of wheel that I want to use it for. For my Bay rims, all it took was a round disc of hardwood on the top side (the floppy swivel pin on the HF baseplate gets cut off and placed in the trash).

The next custom mounting adapter I need to fab is for my wide-5's for my '65 Bug.

[Alan Brase]

[notchboy]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8192227#8192227
_________________

[cdennisg]

[cbaucom1]