What did you do for your Bus today?

campingbox · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

On the A-team bus, I replaced all of the rear torsion bar bushings with NOS units. I removed the long shift rod, ran a clutch cable down the tube and pushed some rags through with solvent to clean out the crud. Reinstalled the long shift rod with new shift bushings. I drained the gastank and spent some time cleaning grease off the transmission area. Looks nice now.....nice velvet green paint. I spent some time cutting off the right rear bumper bracket (it's welded to the frame really good).....I'll get back to it later. I installed new rear rubber brake hoses. Transmission should go back in tomorrow.

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420GOAT · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

i rebuilt a solid 30 pict-1 and took off the 28 pict-1......thing runs like a dream now!!!
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Daddybus · Samba Member Joined: June 15, 2000 Posts: 1662

I tracked a pesky voltage drain to the headlight switch, then rebuilt the switch. All is good for now. Now I just need to figure out how to wire my battery isolator to work with the vw charging system (internally regulated alternator).

campingbox · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:

I put the tranny back in the A-team bus.....and then got stuck realizing I didn't have any rear wheel cylinders on hand.

Guess I'll start working on the engine until the parts come in.

twinwindows · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

I ended up mocking up the whole steering column on my bus to except a steering lock. Cut a hole in the post welded up the piece that slide down the shaft where the lock engages and welded it on. Put the whole thing together bolted up the steering box mounted all the parts and the damn thing works! So next we paint it all gloss black and move on the next faze. The things you do to make shit work!
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Yustrn · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:59 am Post subject:

New shocks, blead the brakes, put on a new set of tires, and started trying to find a new set of spacers as my tires are hitting the spring plates. Very Happy

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I finished sanding off the cheap ass primer below the beltline on my '65 and then spent triple the amount of time removing pounds and pounds of bondo. Not a straight panel on this thing a lots of Frankenwelding. The corners are really a mess. The cut them partially to fold them out and work out debts then welded them back with splotches of weld over the seams naturally and then bondoed over it. A "seamless" repair if you will. On the nose they cut the old one off just below the windshield frame and then lap welded a new one on. At least there is no real rust issues, but the collision damage is really bad.
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bugboy63 · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

topped off the tranny with oil and went for drive to a vw yard.
forgot the camera Mad

dude wasn't home and had no signal on the cell to call him.
so just cruised on home. Cool

campingbox · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:09 am Post subject:

I installed new rear axle seals on the Cragar Kombi/A-team bus. The decklid on this bus is held on by a thread so dissasembled four pairs of decklid hinges and ordered some 5mm rod to make new pins to rebuild them. I think I have more crappy decklid hinges to rebuils around somewhere.....migth as well do them all at once. The hinges should be good as new and the investment is pretty low....although it takes a while to get those old pins out.

The rear brake parts should get here from Ronnie tomorrow and I should have it on the ground tomorrow afternoon. Then I get to dive into the mystery motor.

slow36hp · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

triple6 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

today for my westy's 41st birthday- i waxed, polished, detailed and did all the rubber care. took her for a drive a did a little photo shoot. just turned over 64k miles.
happy birthday to my bus- 1 year older than me. but in alot better shape... Wink

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///Mink · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

triple6 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

campingbox · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

zozo · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

I dug down real deep and compounded & waxed the engine vents, the gas door interior, and the area around the gas filler neck.

I somehow managed to get through it without any help. Wink

Don't hate. It's better than nothing. Laughing

nicko · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: hinge pins

So what method do you use to take the old pins out Greg
Cheers
Nicko

campingbox · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: hinge pins

campingbox · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

Yustrn · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject:

I finally messed around with my spacers since the weather was nice and got some longer lugnuts, even took my bus our for a drive for a minute.
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triple6 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

^^ thanks Greg!! Smile

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