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SteveVanB
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C'mon, admit it, you like it here  I have tons of faith in your abilities and I feel confident that you are finally at or very near the end of your rear wheel woes. The paranoia should wear off in 300-400 miles or so 
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DAIZEE
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Following your course and a few others and reading the VanagonList Digest I'm thinking I'm losing my nerve to go on a long road trip. I accept that things will happen BUT I don't want them to happen to me 
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rubbachicken
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| DAIZEE wrote: | | Following your course and a few others and reading the VanagonList Digest I'm thinking I'm losing my nerve to go on a long road trip. I accept that things will happen BUT I don't want them to happen to me |
no don't loose your nerve, these are all challenges they get me down while it's all happening, in a day or two they'll be forgotten
another issue we had, was lucy idles fast sometimes, sometimes normal, then the next light she'll idle at 1800 rpm, the next light 1450 rpm
that one is the aux air regulator, but before we figured it out, someone suggested the o2 sensor, mann that bugger was in tight 
it snapped off flush, i don't have the space to carry a drill, so i had to file out to the thread and chisel it out 
anyone want an only slight used o2 sensor
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DAIZEE
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GAD, hope you had a funeral for it! What a hack job 
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joseph928
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject: o2 sensor |
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 I got mine out by heating it with a propane torch, then hit the o2 with an Ice cube came out easy! 
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rubbachicken
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: o2 sensor |
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| joseph928 wrote: | | I got mine out by heating it with a propane torch, then hit the o2 with an Ice cube came out easy! |
i'm guessing you didn't do the job in advanced auto parts parking lot
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rubbachicken
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so finally lucy is getting a new engine, after an abysmal 0 to 60 test the other day, i finally decided to switch her engine
i figured i could almost push her as fast as she used to go
with new power plant lucy should be california smog legal
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shadetreetim
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joseph928
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:35 am Post subject: new engine |
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WOW! next time you can get into Moab under your own power!
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rubbachicken
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all done, well almost, another adjustment of the lifters needed, and check the timing as she still has a flat spot
and she passed california smog
and her new plates
it's been a hard week.
many thanks to crazyvwvanman
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plummerdesign
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The two of you have had quite the year! So many things to see and good folks to meet; it must make you smile to think how it all happened. Oh yes…you started by bringing home a somewhat not-all-there camper.
I have so enjoyed reading the posts of getting it ready and hitting the road. My heart can relate to the incidents of parts failing in the worst places. These old vehicles have old parts that need replacing just like us humans. Most of the time YOU have been the surgeon with gracious helpers at the side. Lucky for Lucy.
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I like how you have managed to live in the small space while plotting the travels ahead. And now with a replacement engine the travel might be a little swifter.
Have a fantastic week in a nice, cozy warm place called southern California.
Cheers,
Jeffery
(Westfalia travel/camping videos at YouTube link below)
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debbiej
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| congrats!! now you can peel off the warning on your back window! and come over the mountains to get a coffee in Las Cruces. |
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SteveVanB
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Now you can make it back to help out with the split bus project........ 
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rubbachicken
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| plummerdesign wrote: | The two of you have had quite the year! So many things to see and good folks to meet; it must make you smile to think how it all happened. Oh yes…you started by bringing home a somewhat not-all-there camper.
I have so enjoyed reading the posts of getting it ready and hitting the road. My heart can relate to the incidents of parts failing in the worst places. These old vehicles have old parts that need replacing just like us humans. Most of the time YOU have been the surgeon with gracious helpers at the side. Lucky for Lucy.
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I like how you have managed to live in the small space while plotting the travels ahead. And now with a replacement engine the travel might be a little swifter.
Have a fantastic week in a nice, cozy warm place called southern California.
Cheers,
Jeffery
(Westfalia travel/camping videos at YouTube link below) |
not quite, I have done ALL the wrenching, welding on lucy, sometimes with someone looking over my shoulder, i had help lifting the trans into place, ONCE
we have had our issues with lucy, and will be ready to set sail again in a month or two probably
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DAIZEE
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what direction will you next be heading? Be nice if you could do Canada but winter is acoming.
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DAIZEE
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what direction will you next be heading? Be nice if you could do Canada but winter is acoming.
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rubbachicken
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lucy has had some long over due TLC today
i replaced the on off valve under the front heater matrix, all is good, now we have hot or cold, not just hot air up front.
while under there i pulled the gear linkage and fitted loogy's linkage repair kit
the 3 different van i've fitted them too, i wish i had done this job before we left boston
and i had the sliding door off to try and cure the rollers.
all in all a good day and lucy is all happy again.
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rubbachicken
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more TLC, the rear trailing arms were rotted, this time i could weld them, so they got replaced, and new braided stainless hoses at the same time
everything off
going back
nearly there
done 
today i have a serious water leak to deal with, fun in the rain
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