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don.ville 
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Lookin' good! Way to stay on top of your maintenance!
Couple of little things, I would crawl under there with some wax and grease remover solvent and some of those blue paper shop towels and wipe down/remove all of the oil/grease/ tranny gear oil from all of your components (brake backing plates and inner sides of your wheels, under push rod tubes, bottom of crankcase and transaxle). Clean everything that has any residue on it! Get 'em all clean and dry. Then after your next drive, crawl back under and if you have any leaks, the source of them will be much more apparent.
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I just use brake cleaner spray. Fast and clean.
What you see in the pics is after a few miles after a cleaning.
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I would not clamp that clamp on the damper/tailpipe to the bottom edge of the bumper blade. The engine is supposed to move or rock a little and be independent of the fixed bumper blade.
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I know, I figured the flexing will now occur at the muffler to pipe connection.
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Part of your contact problem "might be" that I think you have the wrong tailpipe for a Split motor on there. Hard to see from the angle of the photos above, but I think you have the tailpipe from a Bay Bus or Type 3 on there (more of an "L" shape tailpipe)? The correct one that clears the Split-Bus blade properly looks a lot like a "?" or question mark.
Enjoy that old Bus!
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I am using a Wolfsburg West replacement pipe.
My problem is it needs to be close to the bumper because my bus is so low, but the banging I can't take, so I am willing to see how this work out. I may get a flex hanger from a muffler shop an use it somehow to do the same task.
Thanks for the feedback Bill 
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you could c-notch the bumper, solves the problem, is easily reversed, and still looks better than the old-school pea-shooter holes
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don.ville
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Checking rear axle seals, and cleaning brake shoes....
Before...extreme close up
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don.ville
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Some time ago, I had someone weld up a spot on this arm to fill up worn out sections.
Cleaned up, checked bearing cap bolts, and cleaned grease from wheel well
Cleaned drums and shoes.
New swap meet axle nut
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don.ville
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All together, I almost forgot something, can you spot it?
Lexus scissor jack is the ticket to lowering axle to remove wheel and tire.
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All together, I almost forgot something, can you spot it?
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The bottom return spring! Been reading the Bentley manual... |
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don.ville
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| don.ville wrote: |
All together, I almost forgot something, can you spot it?
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The bottom return spring! Been reading the Bentley manual... |
Yep, put the drum on, then looked in the tray on my stool...hey, two extra springs.
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don.ville
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4/6/14 67913 on speedometer
After correction for smaller tires (.8654 or 86% less miles than speedo says)
I have 19,490 miles on engine since 4/2009 (5 years), 28,307 miles on bus since 3/2008 (6 years)
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notcho64
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I have been reading most of this thread trying to solve a swing axel problem in my 63 Bug. I have had 17 VW's in the last 25 years and I am truly inspired by your maintenance and pictures that you have provided, documenting for all of us to see.
I really miss the Florida VW scene as I am Coast Guard and have been stationed in Stuart, St. Pete, and Miami. Now I'm in North Virginia and I feel like the lone ranger but I am determined to up my maintenance and TLC game after seeing all your pics and great feedback from other members.
Great job!!
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don.ville
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| notcho64 wrote: |
I have been reading most of this thread trying to solve a swing axel problem in my 63 Bug. I have had 17 VW's in the last 25 years and I am truly inspired by your maintenance and pictures that you have provided, documenting for all of us to see.
I really miss the Florida VW scene as I am Coast Guard and have been stationed in Stuart, St. Pete, and Miami. Now I'm in North Virginia and I feel like the lone ranger but I am determined to up my maintenance and TLC game after seeing all your pics and great feedback from other members.
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Thanks for the feedback man!
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Taking engine out to replace front transmission mount, nose cone bushing oil seal for the shift rod and hockey stick
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Inspection.....
throttle cable tube clamp
firewall tin
home made scoop filter
Filter doing its job
behind pulley
preheat tubes
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Inspection...
Thick intake gasket
broken weld on exhaust passenger side (possibly due to clamping pipe to bumper?)
Pressure plate
cracked Scat cylinder tins
Loose Puma fan shroud
Poor fit on doghouse exit to firewall tin
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Inspection...
Aluminum tape sucked into fan and stuck on vanes.
Broken welds in venture tube caused squeaking sound
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Broken welds in Venturi tube causing squeaking while engine running
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Rear trans mounts were sagging a bit, so I flipped them around.
View from above trans showing crack in front mount
Loosening spring plate bolts to move trans back
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All mount bolts removed and trans being shifted back
Clutch cable removed
Pulling trans back
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Comparing new and old mounts
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In process of installing mounts and shift rod bushing
Had to hold trans in a forward position to be able to remove nose cone shift rod bushing seal
Removing bushing with channel lock pliers
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