Dave's 1973 Wild Westerner Project

[vwwestyman]

Thanks. Unfortunately there are a couple holes in the front corners of the floor and also under the seat mounts. I also did the same work on the front floor where there is a little Swiss cheese on the driver side and some crusty spots on the passenger side.

The idea/goal is to stop the rust where it is right now and prevent further progression (or at least significantly slow it!) until I get to a point in my life where I can weld in metal properly and really fix the Bus up.
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Dave Cook

President, Wild Westerner Club

1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
My Thing

[jtauxe]

That's exactly where I am with my WW. I've got it running great, but now I need to turn my attention to rust abatement.

I've learned the welding (took a great local college class last fall) and have a welder. After stopping the rust, all I need is the time and parts to do the welding. But with three other Type 2 projects running concurrently, I don't see any time on the horizon. Anybody who is handy with a welder want a good project?
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John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD

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[vwwestyman]

[vwwestyman]

Got the Bus waxed underneath, and put back together tonight. I also did the '78 Westy with the wax, but that one kind of made be sad, because it made me realize just how much rust there really is on that thing! There may come a time I have to make a difficult decision.

Anyway, the '73 is still pretty solid beyond a couple places and that makes me happy! Hopefully this work I did will help keep it solid for even longer.

Since I had the one panel off, I decided to put some Reckhorn sound deadener on the panel. I made a quick video to demonstrate the sound difference. I "edited" it by pushing pause, then applying the deadener, and then unpausing it!

It is quite a bit less tinny-sounding.


Link

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Dave Cook

President, Wild Westerner Club

1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
My Thing

[vwwestyman]

Yesterday I installed a new drag link. The joints at both ends were getting pretty darn loose, resulting in a lot of slop in the steering and sometimes clunking which made me pretty nervous it was going to give out!

Luckily for me, when adjusted to size and fit in the holes on both ends, it seems to have slipped right in with no issues of the steering wheel sitting off center.

Big improvement!
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Dave Cook

President, Wild Westerner Club

1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
My Thing

[Stuartzickefoose]

excited to see the BA6 working correctly in this soon
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Stuart Zickefoose

2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual

206-841-7324
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[vwwestyman]

[Stuartzickefoose]

Bay had a cross pipe to exit by the drivers side, but vanagon had a dump pipe right under the middle of the bus. In one of the ba6 threads I posted pics side by side of two I had.

Oh also there’s a switch in that stash too. It was a good supply of spares, you will find it very helpful
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Stuart Zickefoose

2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual

206-841-7324
[email protected]

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