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Stuartzickefoose
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so pumped up! anyone do anything lately to their bus for shasta?
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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Trying to get one going! |
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kombisutra
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Location: San Anselmo, 10 miles North Of San Francisco
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| I'm getting this one going! |
There, fixed it for you.  |
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| I'm getting this one going! |
There, fixed it for you. |
thanks for reminding me! some new parts ordered, as well as digging through my stash of parts on hand.
i got 2 transaxles drum to drum to choose from, ( big nut, sorry Brian)
and a running engine.
working on seats. That's the big obstacle so far |
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Stuartzickefoose
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cool! i think youll do it with time to spare.
hows the interior other than the seats?
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
cool! i think youll do it with time to spare.
hows the interior other than the seats? |
Interior? What's that? |
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crofty
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Joined: August 09, 2000
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Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Did you get the DC running?
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| Did you get the DC running? |
I need a new alternator. So, no |
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tubdub
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| Did you get the DC running? |
I need a new alternator. So, no |
check with john, i think he has a good one |
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Red Fau Veh
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Location: Prescott Az.
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Will this be a good Shasta bus?
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1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
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Stuartzickefoose
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Will this be a good Shasta bus?
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Pick a fight much? 
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norcalmike
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Lets get back to the topic at hand.
I have enjoyed reading the stories on this site written by Shasta Alum;
Surf City and Bad Dog.
It's very inspiring and a reminder that our boring, daily grind has nothing on these trippers.
http://www.bustrippers.com |
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badfish
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5 months SST'ers we (Lita and I) cant WAIT! Super excited and ready to go. Need to change steering box but other than that we are ready!
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NorCalWeekender
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| 5 months SST'ers we (Lita and I) cant WAIT! Super excited and ready to go. Need to change steering box but other than that we are ready! |
Just don't get one from BFY. I made that mistake once.
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badfish
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| 5 months SST'ers we (Lita and I) cant WAIT! Super excited and ready to go. Need to change steering box but other than that we are ready! |
Just don't get one from BFY. I made that mistake once. |
Got mine from Zitzman... 
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crofty
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| 5 months SST'ers we (Lita and I) cant WAIT! Super excited and ready to go. Need to change steering box but other than that we are ready! |
Just don't get one from BFY. I made that mistake once. |
Got mine from Zitzman... |
He's rebuilding steering boxes?
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badfish
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| crofty wrote: |
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| badfish wrote: |
| 5 months SST'ers we (Lita and I) cant WAIT! Super excited and ready to go. Need to change steering box but other than that we are ready! |
Just don't get one from BFY. I made that mistake once. |
Got mine from Zitzman... |
He's rebuilding steering boxes? |
Nope but had a good used one in better shape than mine....
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c25porter
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Alright so I have Bad Dog 1776 SP with full flow (currently just a recirc line from output to input) and a stock offset doghouse oil cooler. From the get go, the cooler leaked a little, not much, very little in fact, oil didn't lower in 4-5 200 mile trips. Then one afternoon pushing down a 6% pass the leak got worse, especially the driver side, after investigating, it looked like it was coming from the oil cooler. Replaced seals and back on the road, no relief, replaced oil cooler and offset bracket. Seemed to be all good, but one 200 mile trip and it looks to be back at it.
What is the best oil cooler to use, is the HD pump breaking my oil coolers? I would rather not have any hoses coming off the engine to keep engine pulls simple, but if I have to, I have to.
Who else has had similar issues, what did you do? Is there a brand of oil cooler that is better than another?
Anyone have a trick for pressure testing an oil cooler?
Found this guy, will be buying it soon, anyone know off hand which oil pump comes on the SST 1176 from Bad Dog?
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Oil-Cooler-Tester-p/vw-11.htm
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crofty
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A HD oil pump isn't going to make an oil cooler leak. are you using the right seals? Different cases require different sized seals.
I threaded the oil filter adapter on all of my buses as it makes getting it off much faster on engine pulls. Run a filter, it will help prolong the life of your engine.
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norcalmike
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