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 Topic: Shift knob rattle? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 10 Views: 374 |
 Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:50 am Subject: Re: Shift knob rattle? |
Jeff, I'm surprised that you missed the resonator design on the underside of the shift knob. 
The cavernous space in the plastic mold under some shift knobs acts as an amplifier for any minute ra ... |
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| Topic: Shift knob rattle? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 10 Views: 374 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:35 am Subject: Re: Shift knob rattle? |
| I never removed the shift level knob so I don’t know if this would alter what I was hearing. But, from my experience, if I just touched the shift lever, the rattle would stop. And - if I let up on the ... | |
| Topic: Shift knob rattle? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 10 Views: 374 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:47 am Subject: Re: Shift knob rattle? |
| I had a similar issue and discovered that both grub screws below the bus on the shift rod were loose. I tightened them up, and the rattle was gone.
Here is a thread that came up recently that migh ... |
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| Topic: Shift knob rattle? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 10 Views: 374 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:15 pm Subject: Shift knob rattle? |
| I have been dealing with a rattle in my stick shift for years.
Years ago I refreshed the shift rod hoping that that would take care of it. It did not. I chalked it up to my inexperience: I must ha ... |
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| Topic: Front Axle Grub Screw - Oil weep? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 8 Views: 813 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:30 am Subject: Re: Front Axle Grub Screw - Oil weep? |
| The wetness you are seeing comes from grease in the beam slowly seeping its liquid components over time. While I do see this on a lot of Volkswagens, the best thing you can do is routinely grease your ... | |
| Topic: Front Axle Grub Screw - Oil weep? |
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| BusBerd Replies: 8 Views: 813 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:35 pm Subject: Re: Front Axle Grub Screw - Oil weep? |
| I have this happening on my front axle as well.
both top and bottom grub screws are leaking extensively. I am trying to clean up the area. there is a lot of caked on gunk around it in addition to ... |
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| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:48 pm Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| I think any bare blasted metal needs to be protected from corrosion. I've never taken a T4 exchanger apart, but if it were my car I would absolutely use VHT Flame-Proof roof stuff on the pipes if you ... | |
| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:26 am Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| Ha! I like the bolted end cap solution.
The pipes are indeed straight through, which is why your Dremel-ministering to any flashings at the joints is appreciated. Go ahead and snake whatever won't ... |
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| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 11:05 pm Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| I avoid blasting the insides of exhaust pipes anywhere near the exhaust ports. "Reversion" is the tiny bit of exhaust that is sucked into the combustion chamber with every intake stroke. Bec ... | |
| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 10:46 am Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| My heat exchangers are the later style and I didn’t blast the inside because it was super rough unlike my other exhaust pipes so I couldn’t be sure I was going to be able to remove all the media.
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| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:30 am Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| I have finished sandblasting the rest of the shell of each of the exchangers. I painted them as well with high heat paint.
I returned the thicker insulate and purchased the thinner one that was su ... |
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| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 7:50 am Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| I don’t think the breaking down of the metal facing from heat will be an issue as I used a heat source that is way above the backing’s rating. What I gained from my informal experiment was that the he ... | |
| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 6:07 pm Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| While it may seem to make more sense by having the metal side against the heat pipe but my tests showed that the metal doesn’t stand up to the heat like the fiber does. It also didn’t deflect as much ... | |
| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 1:54 pm Subject: Re: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| If you wash the insides be sure to bake them well. Once in use that residue sure stinks as you drive o
I did let the exchangers soak in the parts washer. It didn't seem to do much cleaning. B ... |
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| Topic: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 25 Views: 757 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 11:12 am Subject: cleaning heat exchangers 72-74 |
| I am embarking on cleaning and hopefully doing some repairs on my heat exchangers.
I have researched a ton of threads on samba as well as other sites and also reviewed my various repair manuals. A ... |
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| Topic: Heater boxes |
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| BusBerd Replies: 8 Views: 595 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 9:09 am Subject: Re: Heater boxes |
| https://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/aeromech32254/P1100005.jpg
https://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq58/aeromech32254/P1100006.jpg What is on your engine tin in the background? |
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| Topic: My heat exchanger restoration project updated 10-1-11 |
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| BusBerd Replies: 56 Views: 17578 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 9:07 pm Subject: My heat exchanger restoration project updated 10-1-11 |
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That round turned out much, much better. I suppose over the long term, we'll have to see how well they hold up but they look nice and the paint survived being dinged up moving the engine around whe ... |
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| Topic: gasket removal help |
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| BusBerd Replies: 2 Views: 229 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:54 am Subject: Re: gasket removal help |
| thank you!
I'll give that a try. |
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| Topic: gasket removal help |
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| BusBerd Replies: 2 Views: 229 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:29 pm Subject: gasket removal help |
| quick question:
anyone have a tip for removing the intake manifold gasket from the head? mine seems to be baked on there. I have the phenolic spacer off but the outer gasket is still stuck to the h ... |
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| Topic: Flywheel questions |
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| BusBerd Replies: 19 Views: 472 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:45 pm Subject: Re: Flywheel questions |
| before I opened it up to the wolves.
so people trying to help you are wolves? No, I don't think everyone is. Obviously. The vast majority are generous and gracious people, as I wrote above. Bu ... |
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