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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12722 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 1:09 am Post subject: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Hi folks, I'm back at it again, driving across the country. The social quorum on my other thread voted for a new one, so here we go. If you would like to read about my 2016 lap of the country, it's here:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=658126
This time, I've already left on the trip, so there won't be ten pages of banter… Dressed in my finest "old guys rule" shirt, I packed up the bus* and headed out on the road.
Here's the last shot of Buddy in the daylight outside Brian's family's house. We had a Good Weekend, which if you know us, means there was some stellar food, beer, company, and copious amounts of relaxing.
Right now, I'm posting from my new wireless hotspot, new power inverter, and ten-year-old laptop. Shown here is my Tilly flyswatter/hat for these damn mosquitos that seem to be all over the Mojave Desert… It's too hot to keep the windows closed, but too many damn bugs to open them. I'll be making a pit stop at a hardware store in Las Vegas tomorrow morning to buy screen material to cover the sliders and rear vent window. (I can hear the bugs smacking into my windows to get at my LED setup… Just like the gawkers at the last car show!)
*Apparently if I pack fast enough, I'll remember every single tool and part for every job I'll ever do, but manage to forget my pillow and bed sheets. I'll also be stopping at the next Bed, Bath, & Beyond, hoping that my 20% off coupons will be honored even if they're in another state… Tonight's mosquito-fill sweat fest will be featuring some beach towels as blankets and a jacket as a pillow…
It's another few hundred miles to Salt Lake City, then it's a right turn to Breckenridge, and another right to Tulsa. From there we hook left to Springfield, Urbana, La Crosse, and Minneapolis. A quick trip to San Diego is next, just in time for Fathers' Day. Whew.
Drive on dudes.
Robbie
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7629
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
but manage to forget my pillow and bed sheets. I'll also be stopping at the next Bed, Bath, & Beyond, hoping that my 20% off coupons will be honored even if they're in another state… |
Banter? It’s the best part Still think I have a towel of yours. You know where to find it. Safe travels buddy.
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Damn that Xevin... |
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I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22668 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 4:33 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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I’m in Orange on Friday Saturday for Dads CA Memorial. Does Buddy do Urn Church Services?
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aerosurfer Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2012 Posts: 1602 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 6:44 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Keep going east a few more hours, and swing by Indianapolis in the next few weeks... _________________ Rebuild your own FI Harness..My Harness
77 Westy 2.0L Rockin and Rolling Resto!
72 Sportsmobile (sold)
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12722 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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I’ll let you guys know about the route when I decide on it! I’m not using a GPS this trip, just a few old maps every morning when I wake up.
Woke up here today:
Soooo I had my first breakdown already
Apparently going 200 miles with the window all the way down was too much for my spot rtv circa 2012. Oh well, I’ll glue it back and get over it.
This car won’t give up. Sixteen miles floored at 2800 RPM in the truck lane, and we saw the highest CHT temps of 2018. Check out the oil pressure and RPM halfway through the climb too... This is why I’ve stopped responding to 20w50 haters. It was ONLY 95* on this particular desert crossing... At 10am...
Played ‘tourist’ around noon:
And now I’m scarfing down my last In-N-Out burger before hitting the dry states...
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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This is why I’ve stopped responding to 20w50 haters |
11 PSI / 1000. That is about what we see climbing into Yosemite on hot 100F + days. Straight 40 is what VW recommends when it is that hot but the start up temp when cold is way too high. Maybe it is only buses with California plates that experience this.
With you coming from beautiful mild SoCal - just remember that 3 to 4 days ago in OK, MO and southern KS they had 30+ tornados. If you don't like the weather ahead just wait, or go around it. We bought gas in my 1971 bus back in the 80's at a gas station back there, and less then 2 hours after we pulled out it and six people ceased to exist. We hit rain in Ok so heavy that the speedo stopped working above 45 mph (it wasn't the cable or speedo).
Have a really great journey. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16879 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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14 states in 7 weeks....sounds like a country song
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Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Amskeptic Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2002 Posts: 8568 Location: All Across The Country
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
A) I’ll let you guys know about the route when I decide on it! I’m not using a GPS this trip, just a few old maps every morning when I wake up.
B) And now I’m scarfing down my last In-N-Out burger before hitting the dry states...
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a) Any potential intercept points with the Itinerant Air-Cooled Itinerator?
http://www.itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=13559#p228336
I think we could do an interstate crossover photograph that would be epic.
b) Perhaps you will learn of the special bland itinerant diet that best allows you to sleep unbothered in the hot muggy air of an enclosed Volkswagen in summer . . .
ColinBackInFL _________________ www.itinerant-air-cooled.com |
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samwise Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2010 Posts: 611 Location: North Salt Lake, Utah
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
And now I’m scarfing down my last In-N-Out burger before hitting the dry states...
Robbie |
Not quite, there's an In'n'Out in Centerville, just north of SLC - you can see the sign from I-15 lol _________________ Ben
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telford dorr Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2009 Posts: 3555 Location: San Diego (Encinitas)
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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I used to get a roll of "cheese cloth" (walmart, target) and use some magnets (or blue tape) to hold it across the open rear door. Plenty of ventilation; no bugs. (Possible security issues...)
A compass is handy. On overcast days in the flat states, sometimes hard to tell which way is which...
For a cross country run, 20w-50's fine. Had no problems with it. I now run 10w-40 summer and 10w-30 winter. _________________ '71 panel, now with FI
'Experience' is the ability to recognize a mistake when you're making it again - Franklin P. Jones
In theory, theory works in practice; in practice, it doesn't - William T. Harbaugh
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. The pain is only felt by others.
Same thing happens when you're stupid. - Philippe Geluck
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guzzirider Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2005 Posts: 107 Location: Durango CO at last
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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awesome
great that these old vehicles are still rolling _________________ 69 doublecab with 2" lift
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12722 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Amskeptic wrote: |
a) Any potential intercept points with the Itinerant Air-Cooled Itinerator?
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b) Perhaps you will learn of the special bland itinerant diet that best allows you to sleep unbothered in the hot muggy air of an enclosed Volkswagen in summer |
a) I actually don't think so this year. It looks like I'll be a few weeks behind you as you leave Southern California, and a month behind you when you leave Oregon.
b) Is it possible to learn this power??
Telford, I use my stock Westy rear mosquito screen when I'm camped remotely or in a campground, but when I'm a quarter mile off the interstate because I got sleepy driving, I don't have much choice. I'm looking into these guys now:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1797668
Why, today I just grabbed some aluminum mesh screen in Cedar City, UT and cut my sliding windows in the pattern. A few neogndburjgium magnets and I'll have wide open sliders or cracked open sliders wherever!
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Not quite, there's an In'n'Out in Centerville, just north of SLC - you can see the sign from I-15 lol |
Oh, that is most excellent to know, thank you!!
Don and Kevin, you guys are going to get a tcash sticky of semi-related music video posts and I love it.
Steve, do you think I should stop and remove my rev-limiting rotor and peg 5,000 RPM trying to outrun a tornado? Or should I save five seconds and leave it in, and just nurse it at 4,600?
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My campsite tonight is so beautiful I forgot to take pictures with my camera. I did find this little guy though:
Let me see if I can find the pictures from two years ago…
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Tulsa? Is that actually happening? _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13389 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Trying to sleep in really hot temperatures w/mosquitoes in a VW bus?
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22668 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 3:55 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Robbie , get the vinyl screen, not the mesh. You will rip your hands and shants on the mesh, and the magnets will hold the vinyl better. _________________ .ssS! |
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ROCKOROD71 Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2012 Posts: 2770 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Not sure what the route is but I'll once again extend the invite for a place to rest in Boston if you make it this far.
Recently, without warning or planning, discovered a secret population of vee-dubbers in my neighborhood. Sort of amazing really.... _________________ 1971 STD BEETLE- DD-1st car, 1st love. keepin' it stock! 1600DP, Solex 34-3 Mexi Bosch SVDA Dist NOW w/POINTS
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telford dorr Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2009 Posts: 3555 Location: San Diego (Encinitas)
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
... do you think I should stop and remove my rev-limiting rotor and peg 5,000 RPM trying to outrun a tornado? Or should I save five seconds and leave it in, and just nurse it at 4,600? |
It's not the engine you have to worry about at that speed so much (although it beats the snot out of the center main, without the counterweighted crank, and valve float with stock springs takes its toll), it's the cooling fan! They explode - and take out the fan housing in the process (ask me how I know). There are welded/brased fans which supposedly solve this problem, but I worry about the heat zone side effects on something spinning that fast...
Besides, if it's gonna get 'ya, it's gonna get 'ya... _________________ '71 panel, now with FI
'Experience' is the ability to recognize a mistake when you're making it again - Franklin P. Jones
In theory, theory works in practice; in practice, it doesn't - William T. Harbaugh
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. The pain is only felt by others.
Same thing happens when you're stupid. - Philippe Geluck
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:35 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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telford dorr wrote: |
asiab3 wrote: |
... do you think I should stop and remove my rev-limiting rotor and peg 5,000 RPM trying to outrun a tornado? Or should I save five seconds and leave it in, and just nurse it at 4,600? |
It's not the engine you have to worry about at that speed so much (although it beats the snot out of the center main, without the counterweighted crank, and valve float with stock springs takes its toll), it's the cooling fan! They explode - and take out the fan housing in the process (ask me how I know). There are welded/brased fans which supposedly solve this problem, but I worry about the heat zone side effects on something spinning that fast...
Besides, if it's gonna get 'ya, it's gonna get 'ya... |
Robbie - the argument that you can't go that fast because of the rev limiter won't work in Illinois, I can tell you that. If you push it to a sustained 6,000 RPM which the 1600 will do well, 20,000 - 40,000 miles will be the longevity of the engine. BTW, when you come across one of those snaky twisty things at 2am in the morning in the pouring rain in Oklahoma and homes around you are disappearing you won't be so snide about someone suggesting you leave if you don't like the way the weather looks.... two days later when you see a huge 200 year old heritage Oak tree in Texas moved from somewhere else just lying in a field with cows grazing around it, root ball and all but there is no hole nearby where the tree was plucked from you will be thankful you were late to that party too.
That said - the neat thing is that now at night when you have nothing to do you can sit in the bus, think Lego while watching Tram in old TV reruns on the laptop.
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tootype2crazy Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2007 Posts: 1276 Location: St. Louis Missouri
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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I use
and a zinc additive.
Recently refreshed my engine with 280k miles on it and it looked pristine inside with minimal wear. The hydraulic lifters love that synthetic too.
Enjoying the traveling thread, wish I could do something like that but too much tying me down right now. _________________ air-cooled or nothing for me
1978 Sunroof Deluxe Bus (daily driver)
1978 Transporter (mom's, making into a camper)
1970 Single Cab 2.1 turbo/EFI 6 Rib, 78 front beam, vanagon backing plates on rear (project)
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