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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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Like vwwestyman, I too was inspired by the seasonaly warm weather. Drove the bus all over town running errands this morning. While I was out I picked up engine and transaxle oil. I hit on the climb Home hard and got everything all heated up. When I got home I drained all the oil while it was still hot. It was fun fitting 2 drain pans under the bus at once. I could have just dumped both into one pan but i wanted to inspect both oils separately, looking for metals and what not, besides really dirty both looked ok. It was 2500 Miles on the engine oil and 12k miles on the transaxle oil. Figured I should do it now in anticipation for our Tucson road trip in 7weeks. The tomorrow Ill check the valves while its cold. Its dark now and I think we are going Xmas tree shopping. _________________ __________
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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Valves adjusted (2,3 & 4 all a tad tight), new cork valve cover gaskets and topped off the oil. I also cleaned out my UNI prefilters and wiped down the engine bay. I got up before the family and had a beer for breakfast as I did the work. Christmas tree is up and life is good! _________________ __________
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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I got the day off work and started my vacation a day early! I decided to change the belt and hot start relay. While I was under the bus I noticed the one of the drivers side CV boot was torn in half, Ugh...what to do, what to do? I could have pulled both axles, went to the shop and rebuilt both axles with new boots and reinstalled them tonight when its like 15* out. I decided to install the complete EMPI axle Ive been carrying around in the bus for the last few years. It was pre-greased and ready to go. When I took the old axle off several of the bolts were loose and one was broken. I was able to easily remove the broken bolt from the transaxle flange and I found a replacement bolt in my stash. After cleaning all the bolts in gasoline and removing the dirt and grime from the flanges, the new axle went in smoothly. I decided I should check the bolts on the other side, four of the bolts on the hub side were loose and all the bolts on the the transaxle side were tight. Drove to town for lunch, to wash it and fill it up. Road tripping in the morning! _________________ __________
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Xevin Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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Rich. Im sure you know. But retoruqe after 500 miles are so. Wildthings uses torque spec for Vanagon on a late bay. Not sure if that applies to an early bay. Not sure why it wouldnt _________________ Keep on Busin'
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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I plan on checking them when I get I get home and when I get to Tucson. I think I got close the the torque specification with the 11mm wrench on the end of the 6mm Allen. _________________ __________
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sethpat Samba Member
Joined: March 02, 2017 Posts: 134 Location: Orlando
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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I've just gotta say man, this is one of my favorite busses on the samba. Perfect utilitarian build _________________ Unnamed 1986 Syncro
Frankenbus (sold)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=674133&highlight=
1975 Westfalia
914 IV 1.7
93mm pistons
Weber 34 ICT's
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richparker Samba Member
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Hikelite Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2012 Posts: 557 Location: Colville, WA
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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richparker wrote: |
Gonna be a busy weekend.
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Edit to add: What tent do you have? It looks like a drive away style. _________________ ~Kevin
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ultralite Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2011 Posts: 570 Location: GA
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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sethpat wrote: |
I've just gotta say man, this is one of my favorite busses on the samba. Perfect utilitarian build |
Agreed. I've often thought about building a second Bus like this. Seeing the pellet load reminded me of a time when I had my interior stripped out I went and picked up I don't know how many bales of hay. But, I'm in the Southeast with heat, humidity, and more humidity.
I don't know how I missed this thread originally. Nicely done.... _________________ Godspeed
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'69 Beetle (sold)
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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Thanks guys.
Hikelite, my side tent is a SpaceMaker. It is a driveway tent and it is similar to the Add-A-Room the Bus Depot sells.
Took a few days but I get the bus back on the road. My family was out of town and I went on 3 MTB rides in the 3 Days they were gone. I removed all the rims, including the spare and took them all to the tire shop Saturday morning. I had the 4 new tires mounted and balanced. I also had them take the least worn tire and had that put on the spare rim, it was balanced as well. While I had the rims off I painted them and hubcaps. I removed both axles, disassembled, cleaned and reinstalled with new EMPI CV boots. While it was up on jack stands I also adjusted to the brakes and the steering box. Ready for the Monday morning commute.
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ZENVWDRIVER Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2008 Posts: 3340 Location: N.E. Oklahoma
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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_________________ 5/50, pastel green 11G - SOLD
8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
1/54, black 11C Beetle - TRADED
2/55 Iceland green Beetle, on a 1965 pan
3/55 113 Beetle, stratos silver
1955 Messerschmitt KR175 - SOLD, sadly
1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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ZENVWDRIVER this is actually richparker's build thread. I see you have a 68 too.
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richparker Samba Member
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: 68 Westy Weekender revival |
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Tcash wrote: |
ZENVWDRIVER this is actually richparker's build thread. I see you have a 68 too.
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I do dig his style. No sink, big cooler and sheets on the bed. Thats my kinda 68! _________________ __________
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