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Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:48 am

DONGKG wrote: Thanks buddies. All the vee-dubs are running now.

Good to hear!! That would be a shame if that flood wiped out your awesome Vdub collection there :(

Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:27 pm

Damn that really sucks :(
glad you and yours are ok.
I've been through floods aswell so i know how much that mud stinks :x
(it's not just mud)
as long as your family is ok thats all that matters, the cars can be cleaned out eventually.

Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:08 am

Yeah, the flood left that mud that really stink when it dried up! But, nevertheless, at least, i can still live with it!

Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:30 am

Don't forget to change the transmission gear oil. The transmissions will not last long with water in them.

Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:06 am

Bill Dykes wrote: Don't forget to change the transmission gear oil. The transmissions will not last long with water in them.

Thanks for that. After our baywindow was fixed, I went immediately to the gasoline station to have the transmission oil drained and changed. And the flood water had dominance over the oil. It was bad. Now the transmission oil is clean.

Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:22 am

Dong, I'm glad you and your family are OK. Floods can be crazy things; unless you've lived through one, it's difficult to imagine how quickly things are torn apart and destroyed.

True enough about material possessions; they generally can be replaced if they are still priorities. Having personally lost my first home in a flood & second in a fire (careless neighbor started!), I'll say that it takes time and much effort, but it's usually possible to get things back together. (And push to get flood control/ protection in your community; that's the hardest part for us sometimes.)

All the best to you and your family in recovering. Sometimes we build things back better, or even safer when we're forced to rebuild. Hope things go well restoring your excellent VW collection too. Check & clean all the starter connections on your bus. They get all dirty & funky... even without a flood! Hang in there.

Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:45 am

Thanks, buddy. And sorry to hear that you were flooded too and a fire caused another damage. But, I am pretty sure that the safely of you family was our priority. I know the feeling, buddy. Anyway, I am glad also that you and your family are safe now - and that is bliss.

Thanks,

Dong

Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:16 am

Cool, driving the Bus after so many months of it hibernating in the garage. I missed driving vee-dubs...... :)

Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:56 am

I missed my bus.. I haven't driven her in so so many months now..

Wed May 29, 2013 5:01 am

I missed my early bay... I have been busy restoring my 67 splitty!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=539202

Thu May 22, 2014 11:01 pm

After long hibernation of our Baywindow due to my Splitty Bus projects, finally, I could attend to the Bay again!

Side by side with our newly restored Splitty.

A trip to the gasoline station, after more than a year of hibernation!

Homey needs some total TLC!

A picnik time with my family about 2000 feet high and about 100 kms away from home.

God we had great time relaxing with Homey with us!

Thu May 22, 2014 11:14 pm

Good to hear from you Dong & Family'

And glad to see both your Buses are looking good and that you have time to
finally enjoy some leisure time instead of working !

Thu May 22, 2014 11:16 pm

Good to see you again Donger!

Thu May 22, 2014 11:21 pm

In one of our road bike rides, we used Homey as our service. It was a cool one.. Team Retro Bus!

Our respective road bikes are carried accordingly!

The front wheels are stored at the back.

We were set to drive our retro bus and park it about 50 kms away from our house and we rode about 120 kilometers. It was fun and wiht that cool style!

Thu May 22, 2014 11:22 pm

old DKP driver wrote: Good to hear from you Dong & Family'

And glad to see both your Buses are looking good and that you have time to
finally enjoy some leisure time instead of working !

Thanks so much, buddy! Yeah, I know! When I restored and painted the Split Bus last year, I was so hooked that I forgot our other five vws. Now I get to enjoy and drive these vws, and I will pass a vw project for this year to enjoy driving the vws... Next year, I "might" be busy again wrecking and fixing a vert' bug! .... I hope so..... Thanks!

Thu May 22, 2014 11:23 pm

notchboy wrote: Good to see you again Donger!

You are my IDOL, buddy Jason!

Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:49 am

Recently I renovated the interior of Homey for the camper conversion.

Removing those ugly cabinets.

The mini ref i bought needed a cool cabinet.

Setting up the working place in our car port.

The cabinet of the ref is having its shape.

The cabinet in the middle that will house the fauset, spare tire storage and for other needful things to be kept in.

I also bought a sink and other hardware in preparation for its installation.

The sink has been fitted before final work. The two big water storage is for the reservior and wastage.

Fitting the spare tire.

The overhead storage and cloths cabinet are being fitted and cut accordingly.

Fitting these cabinets before having them laminated.

For the fauset, I used this tiny windshield motor washer to push the water from the reservior to the fauset. And it worked!

the outlet.

This is really cool! It is working. The Switch is located at the back of the fauset.

Fiting the cabinets before final touches.

Same as these cabinets.

The installation of the lamination needed to be close to perfection!

There you go! Alas!

The small table for the porable gas burner beside the ref and small storage behind the small table.

Finished cabinets at the back.

A table or when removed will serve as the extension of the bed inside.

Another small table up front!

My son and I were enjoyign the maiden voyage of the camper conversion.

My son and I had great time bonding.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:30 am

Nice job.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:52 am

Killer work on the cabinets!

Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:37 pm

Thanks buddies! ME and my family really love the outdoor adventure so this camper conversion will really be useful to us and our weekends will always be fun by going on camping. By the way, we wnet camping jast last weekend! We enjoyed it. I will post pics soon! Thanks.

Dong