Should I buy this bus?!? '74 Campmobile

[SamboSamba22]

When I feather the pedal, I can get it to run, I'm hoping that if I just adjust the points it'll even out. It's a bummer, if I'm after a point or condenser, I have to order online and wait. Time will tell
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The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.

Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44412.png]Click to view image[/URL]
March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44414.png]Click to view image[/URL]

[Tcash]

[notchboy]

Go sand and paint your bumpers white then while you wait
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[Clatter]

Running clear out of gas is notorious for sucking all of the crap from your tank into the fuel system.

Oftentimes, the crap can go past the filters magically somehow.

You will likely see the results of this in the idle circuit, where the passages are smallest.

Symptoms might be the mixture screws not responding..

Might as well open the carbs up and do the blow-out routine with carb cleaner and compressed air..

Pull idle jets and mixture screws (after counting how many turns out from bottomed) and give them the old blow-out.

Carbs changing wouldn't change ignition per se, but you can be visited by the Invisible Shit Fairy that comes and breaks things in the night.
Have seen her work before... She magically breaks two things at once.
Might give it a check with your timing light to verify she hasn't been by..
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Bus Motor Build

What’s That Noise?!?

[SamboSamba22]

[wcfvw69]

[notchboy]

[SamboSamba22]

Just for Notch, here it is:

This is Rustoleum's Heirloom White. Took the advice from a fellow member in matching attempts to L90D (Pastel White). I think it looks pretty good, I'd like to wax it to seal it but that'll be another day.

Also took apart my shifter, cleaned and regreased it. It was crusty and dried up goop. Also caught a small shot of the two front bushings I am missing. Does the one that goes into the shaft really do much, I can understand the O-ring one serving a purpose of being a guide, but the front pop-in one just doesn't seem to important to me. Educate me.

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The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.

Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44412.png]Click to view image[/URL]
March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44414.png]Click to view image[/URL]

[busdaddy]

There isn't anything that goes in the end of the rod, on earlier (pre 73) models there's a bushing that goes into the end, but it's a radically different mechanism.
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[notchboy]

Wow, whos bus it that? Looks sharp!

Up above I wrote :

No patina is good. I meant to write - No, patina is good.

Lookin good brotha, lookin good.

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[SamboSamba22]

[SamboSamba22]

[Tcash]

Shifter Parts ID

[SamboSamba22]

[Tcash]

No pain. Just refreshing. You threw me off with your question. "Does the one that goes into the shaft really do much," This pic has the bushings and their locations.

I do not know of a Tech tip for replacing the bushings. Seems it comes in bits and pieces. There was one Guest that did the whole job front to back. But I think it is buried in a build thread.

It is pretty straight forward.

Good luck
Tcash

[captincanuck]

[Tcash]

[SamboSamba22]

So the front end got the same treatment as the rear!

Prior to placing the bumper back on, the bus got some scrubbing:

Still working out my dumbass mistakes made on the carbs and timing, so no camping this past weekend.
Weather is getting good though, someone wiggle their nose or say some voodoo bus magic, I'm needing some help!
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The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.

Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44412.png]Click to view image[/URL]
March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44414.png]Click to view image[/URL]

[KentABQ]

Looking real good, Sam. And seeing your wheels has made up my mind about how I'm going to do mine. I like the white and chrome with the orange bus. Not sure about the white walls, though.

Thanks for posting the update. Yours was the first rebuild thread I read on Samba, so it's good to hear the progress.
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-Kent-
1976 Riviera, 1.8l FI chrome yellow VAN - "Chloe"

"I must say, how can you be in a bad mood driving this vehicle full of vibrant color.
Cars of today are so bland in comparison. It's like driving a celebration!" ---WildIdea

Bus ownership via emoticons:
---williamM

[SamboSamba22]

Shoot me for sharing, but my relations with the VW family has grown once again, this time diving into the watercooled world. Not quite as groovy as the bus, but it does have the plaid interior!

No more 11.6 mpg with the Jeep. Now I have comfort with the gizmos and gadgets. Hope all is well, and folks are camping!
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The Bus Barn Ltd. Co.

Oct. ’67 Double Cab (’68 Crew Cab)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44412.png]Click to view image[/URL]
March '69 Delivery (Panel Bus)
[url=http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-44414.png]Click to view image[/URL]