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VWAdam
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Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Do you have a make a custom length throttle cable?
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:25 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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More polishing and assembly
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thom
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:54 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| VWAdam wrote: |
| Do you have a make a custom length throttle cable? |
No - it works with the stock cable
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70bus 
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Location: P.O.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:12 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| No - it works with the stock cable |
Usually. On my 65 truck, I needed a different year cable; I ended up with a shorter one being the best fit. Possible the J bracket was not in correct place after all the truck had been through, though.
Also, make sure that nut holding the pedal to linkage is tight! A shop took mine apart to remove the mat, failed to tighten it, and it fell off and dropped pedal to floor while driving. Luckily I had a splash pan to catch nut and fix things.
Irony is shop laughed and said that wouldn't have happened if you'd stayed stock!
Despite that, I highly recommend installing these.
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thom
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:25 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| 70bus wrote: |
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| No - it works with the stock cable |
Usually. |
How about "it works with whatever cable you're currently using" - the geometry is identical, so the cable length would be identical
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1956 Single Cab
1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
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70bus
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:18 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Truck had no cable when I got it! :) Stock cable I ordered was too long, for whatever reason. Just a note that starting from scratch may introduce variables. Baywindow had no issues when I put in linkage with same cable used on stock.
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"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams
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70bus
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2025 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Thanks to Corey at Der Deutsch Polster and Dominic Puccinelli, I added the correct tools AND the correct cloth bags under my seats. I met Dominic at Woodburn, and he dug through his stash to find an original tool roll in mesh grey: DDP supplied the new jack bag. This week I swapped my round-head Bilstein jack to Always VDub for the appropriate 'doghouse with no tooth' jack.
Hopefully I never need any of these!
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams
Raul the 65 singlecab
Karl the 70 nine-seater |
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thom
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Got the door windows assembled - and broke one of the vent wing windows
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1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
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Stocknazi
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 5:59 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| 70bus wrote: |
This week I swapped my round-head Bilstein jack to Always VDub for the appropriate 'doghouse with no tooth' jack.
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"doghouse with no tooth jack"???
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70bus
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:23 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Early bay 'doghouse' jacks have a triangular stop on the arm that keeps it from going over horizontal.
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams
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BarryL
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| '67 jack has that too as well as the rubber bumper. |
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thom
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 10:11 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Sent it out to get the headliner installed
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1956 Single Cab
1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
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jmmj
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:41 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Went to adjust the valves on my mystery bus engine, and i was treated to a surprise!
Golden glitter!!
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LAGrunthaner
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Location: 1st Coast
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:42 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Once again, what did my bus do for me today?
Yep I borrowed my 67 Westy Interstate battery for my daily driver 
When I started to shop around for a replacement at the local NAPA store I was asked why I have such a high cold cranking amps for both my bus and my truck and I could not recall why I went with an 800. Is that a good choice of 800 CCA for my 1600 DP engine? BTW I love Interstate batteries but pricey.
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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ricekooker
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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I made my apron less red. I thought light grey was hiding under the red but it was just another coat of paint. Turkis is hiding under that…
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Buskraut
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Location: San Jose, CA 95125
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Finished up my interior today… ready for Monterey car week!
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Da TOW'D
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Location: Bella Coma Canada
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Beautiful ^^^^
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BarryL
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| That thing is absolutely Cherry. |
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BarryL
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Reinstall Westy Hitch for my new boat trailer.
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thom
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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I have one for my deluxe, but when I went to install it, I said to myself "Ok, are you *really* going to tow anything? Or are just going to bang your shins on this thing?"
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Reinstall Westy Hitch for my new boat trailer.
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1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
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