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Zen Bus Samba Member
Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Pulled my engine to get at the pilot bearing, which is very stuck at the moment. I was having trouble getting it into first but my clutch was engaging about half-way up (I'd just tightened a fairly new cable), had new-ish bushings around the linkage. Saw this thread which lead me to the pilot bearing:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=482752&highlight=1st+gear
Also replacing the alternator because it stopped working a little while back. It was old.
Fingers crossed on the pilot bearing tomorrow. _________________ '79 w/ Sunroof & zBed @ 10:11pm 22 of June 2009 I drove my grandpa's old bus! Thanks to The Samba and all!! 2.0; single weber carb; 78 heads & exhaust, electronic fuel pump. |
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geopanoramic Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2008 Posts: 195 Location: Moscow, ID
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Zen Bus I did that "recently" cuz I stopped being able to shift. I ended up with a few extra pilot bearings cuz there are some year/ size / flywheel variations and I ended up with the wrong stuff first time around (for my 1975 which of course is the first big jump / change from 1972/ 73 & 74). |
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germansupplyscott Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2004 Posts: 7093 Location: toronto
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:44 am Post subject: |
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geopanoramic wrote: |
Zen Bus I did that "recently" cuz I stopped being able to shift. I ended up with a few extra pilot bearings cuz there are some year/ size / flywheel variations and I ended up with the wrong stuff first time around (for my 1975 which of course is the first big jump / change from 1972/ 73 & 74). |
there is only one pilot bearing, it's used on almost all aircooled VW except the very early ones, 111 105 313A. all Bay bus uses the same bearing. on an early bay with upright engine the bearing is inside the gland nu but it's possible to re/re it. _________________ SL |
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pyrOman Fire Master
Joined: July 21, 2003 Posts: 12406 Location: Over 2002 posts deleted!
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Putting it to work!
Actually, the Plump Truck works just fine. It's the I-beam/hoist combo being put to work here!
Took 3 guys to load this HUGE pallet onto the bed. I'm going to use it as a base for the flooring of the "dirty work" shed in the back yard. So, to unload it with the usual "crew", me, myself & I, using a couple of straps crossing about the center of it, the job was effortless!
_________________ Some people are so busy being clever they don't have time enough to be wise. |
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christine72 Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2014 Posts: 84 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject: Got the heater working! |
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Got the heater working!
New engine installed, but no wiring to the heater fan attached.
Got it all wired up. Still wouldn't come on.
Pulled the timer switch and something rattling inside. - Looks like the ceramic from a resister(?) has broken off some. Put it all back.
Found Samba thread that showed the switch on the heater lever.
Engaged it and have nice HOT heat blowing out the vents. Can't hold my hand over it too long.
'Tis the season to have heat! (Oregon) _________________ '74 Bay - ASI camper body w/'72 Bay - undercarriage and a '76 2000cc rebuilt engine
Past VWs
1967 Fastback (my first car); 1971 Square back; Several Jettas '88 -'97
The one I regret not buying:
72 Karmann Ghia, with autostick. |
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christine72 Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2014 Posts: 84 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:43 pm Post subject: Installed Hot Start relay |
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Oh, yeah. And installed a hot start relay (low voltage) about two weekends ago.
She has not failed to start since. Starts with gusto. _________________ '74 Bay - ASI camper body w/'72 Bay - undercarriage and a '76 2000cc rebuilt engine
Past VWs
1967 Fastback (my first car); 1971 Square back; Several Jettas '88 -'97
The one I regret not buying:
72 Karmann Ghia, with autostick. |
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christine72 Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2014 Posts: 84 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:33 pm Post subject: List o things done |
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Okay, this wasn't today but in the last month.
Replaced rear wheel cylinders
Pulled wiper motor, gearbox, arms etc. Cleaned and re-installed.
Installed one running light and got both working
Installed front driver reflector
Installed missing bushing on front shift rod and got her shifting nice and easy upon re-install of the shifter.
Installed low voltage relay (hot start relay) - LIFESAVER
Manually opened heat vents, the cables are just too stiff for the levers to work - but, we've got heat baby. Gotta open the windows.
Installed a phone charger port thinging - you know like the old lighters.
Fixed the horn! But had to disconnect it, the plastic guide at bottom of the steering column tube is mangled and allows the column tube to make contact with the column when turning corner. Had to disconnect the horn until I the the replacement on it.
Next up - driver side ball joints. I'm sure I can do the upper. But not finding much on replacing the lower.
Any guidance from the forum most welcome! _________________ '74 Bay - ASI camper body w/'72 Bay - undercarriage and a '76 2000cc rebuilt engine
Past VWs
1967 Fastback (my first car); 1971 Square back; Several Jettas '88 -'97
The one I regret not buying:
72 Karmann Ghia, with autostick. |
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ggaeta Samba Member
Joined: January 19, 2009 Posts: 32 Location: Costa Mesa
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject: Getting' work done |
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My 75 got "hit" by a tow truck. More like the tow truck scraped a huge gash along the two side panels on the driver side. it has been in the shop for over 90 days. thank God for insurance (tow truck company not mine) they also included a rental car. They could not find the panels in the states but they found them in the UK. had them shipped on a SLOW boat. They had to remove the windows an replace the seals. It went to paint last week. Here are pics of what they have done so far. and a pic of the good fellas at Newport Collision who are doing it right and not skipping the details
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ultralite Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2011 Posts: 570 Location: GA
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:04 pm Post subject: Father Son Oil Change |
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I finally found my 11 year old son some "Mechanix" gloves that fit his hands. He was all excited to use them on an oil change. So we drained the oil tonight and will let the sludge drop out over night. I drove it to work today, pulled it straight into the garage when I got home, and we started the drain process right after supper with the oil still warm.
I'm always surprised and delighted at how much my son loves this stuff. He can change the oil by himself now.
We pulled the main plug first to let the majority of oil drain. While the last drips were coming out and before we took off the plate I went to get my phone for the picture below. While waiting for me what does my son do? Starts scraping the oily dirt gunk off the bottom of the engine. He was filthy and very happy.
_________________ Godspeed
'76 Beetle (sold)
'69 Beetle (sold)
'72 BMW 2002 (RIP)
'69 Westy
'02 BMW wagon AWD w/stick shift(sold)
'67 Beetle (sold) |
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michaeljsmyth Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2014 Posts: 70 Location: so cal
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:18 am Post subject: |
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tune up on the 70'
valves, timing,new points,new condenser. already had plugs/wires, cap/rotor done.
also burnt up a condenser and points plugged the condensor into the positive on accident. wont be doing that again any time soon give it a year or two. _________________ The JBug |
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DenverB Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2012 Posts: 704 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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- found the missing (and lone) key after three weeks, realized I need to get copies made tomorrow.
- got under bus and wired open heater boxes for winter-mode (you either need heat or you don't and thusly rewiring the control cable is very low priority)
- took bus on an hour round-trip jaunt around town doing some minor hauling (as detailed in the hauling thread) _________________ -------
'77 Transporter/camper (Bussy - Reef Blue/Pastel White)
'67 bug (Santos - VW Blue)
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (Pink Flamingo - Pastel White/Pink)
'88 Vanagon GL Westfalia (Frankie Says - Wolfram Gray)
'02 Eurovan Weekender (Green Apple)
'95-'03 Eurovan full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'84 -'91 Vanagon full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'72 Porsche 914 (Greta - RIP)
www.RockyMountainCampervans.com |
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The Dubbernaut Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2011 Posts: 163 Location: Kennewick, Wa
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Just picked mine up! First VW bay window and I can't wait to get me and engine and get this thing running!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-...39f0bdaa24 _________________ 2012 Tiguan 4motion
2 Corrado's
3 Beetle's
76 Bus
2 Baja's
66 Pigalle Squareback
80 Rabbit
80 Rabbit Pickup
and still collecting! |
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Bala Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2003 Posts: 2613 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Nice! '78?
Oh, and I love the graphics on those Bajas!
_________________ 1976 Westy
1966 Beetle |
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm so sad to report that the third original German VW part has come off of my bus in my ownership.
Last year, my 44-year-old ball joints measured out of spec and I replaced them.
Yesterday, with all the rain that has thankfully been pelting Southern California, I noticed a brighter that usual red sheen on the ground behind me on the freeway. I tapped my brakes to see how much brighter they were. And they weren't, but then the bright red went away. So my brake lights were just on, huh? A few minutes later, the brake lights came on again. (I have an LED third brake light, so it's easy to see at night out the mirror.) Then again. Then again. After multiple panic stops, I deduced that the hydraulic system was fine.
At home today, I pulled the pedal down with my arm while inspecting the master cylinder, and I saw a slight trail of fluid oozing out of the front brake light switch. Bummer, I thought as I replaced it with an FTE German switch. Bled the master, then the wheels. And the brake lights STILL came on without pushing the pedal! WTF, I thought as I replaced the rear switch, just to be sure. Bled the master, then the wheels. Bingo.
Even though I hope the new switches are quality, I can't help but feel a tinge of regret for such great parts that will never see the road again.
To make matters worse, I heard a wet "squish" when I stepped into the car this morning, and the windows were fogged up. As luck would have it, one of the PO's front floor repair welds broke, and the front left tire was just spitting water into the floor mat. Nice, as I just love fixing half-assed ghetto repairs on a car that I want to last forever.
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
www.airschooled.com |
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LeeE Samba Member
Joined: May 25, 2004 Posts: 389 Location: Orlando
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I snapped my rear inside slider handle off. Cold camp, nocturnal micturation, hurrying to get back to a warm sleeping bag and pulled it wrong.
I could have bought another 30 year old part (and probably broken it eventually) but why throw this away, might as well try to fix it. Taped it together and marked it for drilling
then inserted rebar pins for reinforcement. I used finishing nails cut to about 1".
I made the holes a little bigger than the pins for a little room to adjust when reassembling. JB Weld in the holes and superglue for the plastic. Be careful, keep the JB only in the holes so the mating surfaces are clean for the superglue, and be careful with the superglue, it melts the plastic.
taped to cure
and done
It passes my "two hand bend it until it feels like it'll break anyway" test. _________________ 1978 Westfalia stock 2.0 FI
Welcome to the Okeedokee Swamp |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I bought. They are FTE brand, which I trust initially. I'll post if anything creeps up. _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
www.airschooled.com |
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Skoolieman Samba Member
Joined: January 31, 2011 Posts: 573 Location: Chattanooga TN
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Finally got my rear bumper mounted.
Thank you Deezal for the brackets- you really hooked me up! _________________ '69 Westfalia Camper~Cassidy
1600dp with H30/31 carb 009 distributor and alternator conversion |
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1967250s Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2007 Posts: 2137
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Went to the junkyard and found 2 new bays. Snagged the old front wiring harness and fuse box, various bits and pieces, and a Good Sigla windshield! Shame, the camper was mostly complete, except for eng/trans. _________________ '72 Elm Green Deluxe |
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peteandvanessa Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2009 Posts: 931 Location: Sacramento
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