67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL

[Eric&Barb]

[don.ville]

Well O’Reillys couldn’t do the drums because of the splines on the drum they said it would not work on their machine.

Picked them up.
One drum is thicker than the other.

This one has a wider inside diameter since the lip is thinner.

Shoe fits the arc of the good drum.

The same shoe does not fit the other drum arc.

This drum appeared to have been cut??

Type 3 rear brake drum.

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[don.ville]

[BarryL]

[don.ville]

This is a 205mm drum from factory for a 63-65 Type 3.

My calipers aren’t that wide and the tape measure I have is not precise enough to measure wear between the drums
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
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29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

new bearing cap bolts and wavy washers, new emergency brake to backing plate mounting clip and bolt.

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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

Did some carb swapping to make sure the spare carb that I drive around with will work when called upon.

New carb rebuild kit came with defective parts.

Created a thread
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=806338
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

Brakes feel really good.

Moving on to other parts.
My fried egg turn signals are Hella old, time for an update.

I will skip painting the plastic chrome ring, looks fine to me.
Part was from CIP1
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

[don.ville]

Random pics of interior with TMI seat covers and cheap home carpet on the floor.

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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[BarryL]

So nice. Good job.

What sequence of layers did you use on the seats?

[Buggeee]

It looks great
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Big Time 1988 Vanagon Westy
Release the Krankenwagen! 1966 Sportsmobile Camper
Dr. Kompressor 72 Super Duper
61 Turkis Pile (adopted out)

[don.ville]

[don.ville]

Another random cleanup item.
The rubber trim on the elephant ear mirrors.
I removed the old trim sometime before 2010 and left it naked since then.

The sharp edge cut a serious slice in my forearm earlier this year when I was washing the roof. Lots of blood lost.

Let’s fix that.
I ordered part 211857515 from Wolfsburg West for a few dollars.

I was really stiff so I had to heat it up.

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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[Buggeee]

Nice touch.
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Big Time 1988 Vanagon Westy
Release the Krankenwagen! 1966 Sportsmobile Camper
Dr. Kompressor 72 Super Duper
61 Turkis Pile (adopted out)

[BarryL]

[don.ville]

Before I bought my bus the interior light switch on the left side of the steering was missing. Just an empty hole for the last 18 years.

Well I had enough in my piggy bank to get an OE switch to fill the void

Not wired as yet.
The previous owner already installed door pin switches to make the lights come on when the front doors and rear hatch are opened. I disconnected the rear hatch switch but left the ones on the front door since I would have to weld up the holes if I removed them.


Saving up next for the headlight, wiper, and hazard switches on the dashboard to replace the late model beetle switches.
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
04 Jetta TDI Page (SOLD)
01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[don.ville]

It may be time to change the oil cooler seals. I see small amounts of oil under the carb.
If I pull engine I’ll do the pushrod seals at the same time.
Not wanting to mess with head bolts, I got these.

Anyone use these ?
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67 Standard 11 window How I Keep My Bus Alive
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01 Mexican Beetle Hello Kitty Rescue (SOLD)
29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (SOLD)
2015 Audi A8L TDI Quattro

[BarryL]

I have used two individual ones on an engine that two pushrods bent and took out the tube. It feels like they are just in there by-gosh-or-by-golly but somehow they have been drip free.