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David Raistrick
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Clara wrote: |
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Nice photo with the Golden Gate in the background Clara.
You have left the vent scoops on, does it help or hurt?
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(I did check scoop cooling once, on another bus. It seems that adding scoops did more to cool the engine. IIRC, it brought head temps down by ~10C) (FWIW, I don't seem to have problems with overheating, and would not add them to a bus. But they go with the look of this kombi) |
so, because I saw this, and was literally in this directory the other day pulling a copy of OVH into it:
http://www.type2.com/~keen/VW-Scoops-research.pdf
All credit to Clara, of course. 
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:03 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Nice homework Clara A+.......
Was that for a tech class?
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| Clara wrote: |
| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
Nice photo with the Golden Gate in the background Clara.
You have left the vent scoops on, does it help or hurt?
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(I did check scoop cooling once, on another bus. It seems that adding scoops did more to cool the engine. IIRC, it brought head temps down by ~10C) (FWIW, I don't seem to have problems with overheating, and would not add them to a bus. But they go with the look of this kombi) |
so, because I saw this, and was literally in this directory the other day pulling a copy of OVH into it:
http://www.type2.com/~keen/VW-Scoops-research.pdf
All credit to Clara, of course. |
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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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thom
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:00 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Engine compartment is just about done
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Clara 
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:36 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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That was for a physics class. I had heard people say scoops made engines run cooler, and other people say it was not so. They would have all kinds of reasons for their opinions, but no one had any documentation to back up their claims.
I had to do a project and present it to the class at the end of the quarter. I had access to lots of equipment at the college, and thought why not check this out? Most of the time was spent in setting up the equipment to get useful measurements, but I did get some good data before the quarter ended.
The paper probably could have been better edited to be clearer and more concise, but has some neat findings.
| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
Nice homework Clara A+.......
Was that for a tech class?
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| Clara wrote: |
| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
Nice photo with the Golden Gate in the background Clara.
You have left the vent scoops on, does it help or hurt?
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(I did check scoop cooling once, on another bus. It seems that adding scoops did more to cool the engine. IIRC, it brought head temps down by ~10C) (FWIW, I don't seem to have problems with overheating, and would not add them to a bus. But they go with the look of this kombi) |
so, because I saw this, and was literally in this directory the other day pulling a copy of OVH into it:
http://www.type2.com/~keen/VW-Scoops-research.pdf
All credit to Clara, of course. |
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crofty
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:14 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Engine compartment is just about done
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Nice!
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thom
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:21 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Bumper test fit with BeaterBarndoor's splash pans
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Solomon Grundy
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Finally got around to installing my replacement canvas for the poptop:
Only took two weekends, a bit of swearing and lots of staples.
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zozo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:31 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Not much of a milestone, but I cleaned up under the passenger seat. Still some hard-as-rocks glue, some stains in the paint, and some paint chipped, but I can't really complain.
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obus
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Clara
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:45 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Just drove it.
Started snowing about 8am, though it wasn't forecast to start till ~11am
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der58SC
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:57 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
Finally got around to installing my replacement canvas for the poptop:
Only took two weekends, a bit of swearing and lots of staples. |
staples? So glad my bus came with a new canvas installed already. I had to replace the springs which involved a lot of swearing.
This past weekend I went through and replaced all 6v parts with 12v including all LED lights minus the headlights. Much brighter and well worth the money spent.
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
Finally got around to installing my replacement canvas for the poptop:
Only took two weekends, a bit of swearing and lots of staples. |
staples? So glad my bus came with a new canvas installed already. I had to replace the springs which involved a lot of swearing.
This past weekend I went through and replaced all 6v parts with 12v including all LED lights minus the headlights. Much brighter and well worth the money spent. |
Yep. A shit-ton of staples to remove and then add back:
Not to mention the grey trim strip which you need to beat in to submission to hook on the corners (heat helps a bunch).
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Great tip, heat the grey trim. Please share the LED source.
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| srfndoc wrote: |
Finally got around to installing my replacement canvas for the poptop:
Only took two weekends, a bit of swearing and lots of staples. |
staples? So glad my bus came with a new canvas installed already. I had to replace the springs which involved a lot of swearing.
This past weekend I went through and replaced all 6v parts with 12v including all LED lights minus the headlights. Much brighter and well worth the money spent. |
Yep. A shit-ton of staples to remove and then add back:
Not to mention the grey trim strip which you need to beat in to submission to hook on the corners (heat helps a bunch).
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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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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Nice picture Clara, which bus is that among the fleet? I thought mostly rain up there.
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Just drove it.
Started snowing about 8am, though it wasn't forecast to start till ~11am
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| Lind wrote: |
| 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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srfndoc
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Looks like the Cragar Kombi, aka the Westfakia.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
| Looks like the Cragar Kombi, aka the Westfakia. |
Looks like the Cragars are BACK!
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motofly196
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Thats gonna be hard finding low profile chains that wide Clara! I've looped out in the snow in a lot of vehicles, but never in a bus. Be careful! |
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AS350driver
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Clara wrote: |
Just drove it.
Started snowing about 8am, though it wasn't forecast to start till ~11am
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Do you have a thread on that one? At first glance I thought it was that TDI dually bus from a while back |
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der58SC
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