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airschooled
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Thanks for posting that Tony 
Currently building a T1 engine out of an empi catalog... only had to install tin with a hammer twice! Luckily the long block was done a couple decades ago and was still in great shape...
RIP my right side valve cover gasket at 44,753 miles.
Robbie
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Stuartzickefoose
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| secretsubmariner wrote: |
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And now you all know why we like helping Tony 
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secretsubmariner
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Yeah, my parasol, pantaloons and humongous jugs spilling out over the top of my corset. They're attention getters for sure
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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pics of jugs spilling over please
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Xevin 
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| pics of jugs spilling over please |
Less parasol, more beer. German
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airschooled
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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clunk clunk clunk clunk...
Left inner CV has oil in it, washing out the grease and the flange caps aren’t available until Tuesday. Nice. 
There’s your drama, folks... my repair bill just jumped from $3 to $11.50 over 3,200 miles.
Robbie
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Stuartzickefoose
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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And that’s your original transmission right? Isnt that like the last thing you have yet to touch on that bus?
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Tram
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
clunk clunk clunk clunk...
Left inner CV has oil in it, washing out the grease and the flange caps aren’t available until Tuesday. Nice.
There’s your drama, folks... my repair bill just jumped from $3 to $11.50 over 3,200 miles.
Robbie |
You need to carry spare parts.
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
| And that’s your original transmission right? Isnt that like the last thing you have yet to touch on that bus? |
Define, original. Thought it was a Rancho from around 5 years ago? But many miles ago.
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airschooled
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Yeah, a Rancho rebuild with about 60k on it. Drives and shifts beautifully. I’ve never heard of an oil cap like that failing, so I never had a reason to carry one. The flange was hyper-cleaned yesterday afternoon and I put a tiny bead of sealant around the perimeter; that should keep the oil out for a few days until I get a hundred miles north or so.
Had a nice afternoon adding grease to the other three joints and cleaning/regressing the soupy joint with a refreshing can of water. Isn’t it nice when your car tells you about an oil leak before the oil drips not to the ground??
Robbie
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Amskeptic
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
| Yeah, a Rancho rebuild with about 60k on it. Drives and shifts beautifully. I’ve never heard of an oil cap like that failing, |
They fail when they are tapped in cockeyed, then straightened by a harder tap still. I had a leaky blue cap on my Rancho transaxle in Chloe . . . and a leaky side seal at 10,000 miles, and a leaky shift rod seal by 20,000 miles. You know?
Transaxle oil in a CV temporarily is no problem for the CV itself, it is just a mess if your boots can't keep it in.
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
clunk clunk clunk clunk...
Left inner CV has oil in it, washing out the grease and the flange caps aren’t available until Tuesday. Nice.
There’s your drama, folks... my repair bill just jumped from $3 to $11.50 over 3,200 miles.
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These old VW's are clearly not reliable. You having to disassemble your CV joints and repack them on a short road trip. Colin having to readjust his air/fuel mixture on his short road trip.
Time to list my VW's for sale...
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
clunk clunk clunk clunk...
Left inner CV has oil in it, washing out the grease and the flange caps aren’t available until Tuesday. Nice.
There’s your drama, folks... my repair bill just jumped from $3 to $11.50 over 3,200 miles.
Robbie |
These old VW's are clearly not reliable. You having to disassemble your CV joints and repack them on a short road trip. Colin having to readjust his air/fuel mixture on his short road trip.
Time to list my VW's for sale... |
Just read all this, mine is at the shop but maybe I should just part it out- not even bother bringing it home now?
Think so Bill?
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Tram
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| AlmostHeavenWV_VW wrote: |
| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| asiab3 wrote: |
clunk clunk clunk clunk...
Left inner CV has oil in it, washing out the grease and the flange caps aren’t available until Tuesday. Nice.
There’s your drama, folks... my repair bill just jumped from $3 to $11.50 over 3,200 miles.
Robbie |
These old VW's are clearly not reliable. You having to disassemble your CV joints and repack them on a short road trip. Colin having to readjust his air/fuel mixture on his short road trip.
Time to list my VW's for sale... |
Just read all this, mine is at the shop but maybe I should just part it out- not even bother bringing it home now?
Think so Bill? |
Junk. All junk.
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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same.
Robbie, use superlube next time you pack your boots.
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| Brian wrote: |
same.
Robbie, use superlube next time you pack your boots. |
Somehow that just sounds sorta, well, wrong.
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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..and you buy transmissions from a salad dressing company..
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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When is your go fund me going to be up so you can continue your trip? These expenses must be eating you alive!
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airschooled
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 10:31 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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| richparker wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
| ..and you buy transmissions from a salad dressing company.. |
Fucking comedy!!!!! |
And I would do it again, too!
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The left inner CV cum gear oil presented itself with a clicking on hard right hand turns, and re-greasing it seemed to have helped. I pick up the new plug tomorrow and will repack the joint when time allows, which should be some time in July…
Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been underneath at least one Volkswagen every day for the last few weeks. Luckily less than an hour of that was my own… We left off in Southern Utah where my Real Camera was warranted for the night… Remember the cell phone picture I posted when I got there?
Here is the picture from sunset a few hours later:
The next two days were spent in Salt Lake City getting a family's bus running for the first time in six years. We found many issues, replaced all the fuel lines, found more issues, and solved the bucking problem that took the car off the road in the first place.
But why the hell are cement trucks "backwards" in the eastern states and Utah??
I couldn't figure it out, even after much one-way texting at Brian from me. So I booked it out of Utah into Colorado, and found a brilliant campsite on the edge of a Colorado River Canyon. It was a solid 45 minutes down a dirt road, but the dirt was smooth and hard packed. Feels like the recreational taxes for road construction might be working well…
I get goosebumps thinking about this campspot, 20 feet from the cliff:
Of course I could only stay one night, because I had to be in Breckenridge with Vvolfbus the next day! The tribulations they suffered at the hands of John Muir were great, but they're well on their way to becoming competent mechanic/owners. I may have impressed them with a running jump into the rear hatch while triggering the AFM with my left hand and closing the hatch behind me with my right foot, but they continuously impressed me with their perseverance and teamwork. (So, maybe, like, next time we'll fully seat the pushrods before adjusting the hydraulic valves??)
Taken moments after a local's* dog jumped on my window and left nice scratches down the side.
*not local at all, and kicked out from the private beach for trespassing moments after blaming the scratches on me for trespassing.
"Why do I have no power here?
Oh."
I guess my sea-level tune of "two degrees retarded from stock" does just fine. It was the first time I've ever needed second gear on an interstate, but I was still passing big rigs and pedestrians. 18mpg up and 22mpg down.
Mt. Evans (highest road in North America) was closed due to a storm, so I pushed East through the storm, which really made me understand hail… Even the fastest BMW was powerless parked next to me under a tree on an elementary school lawn right off i70…
The skies opened and closed all day…
And my visit to Tony was most excellent in terms on company, food, beverages, and toys. (gotta get a picture so I can show off my new dash decoration…)
But the car thanked Tony for his gift with a generator light that only went out above 3,000 RPM… The upper brush was well past the wear limit, so I replaced it and got back on the road. Twenty miles later in the rain and howling winds:
So now I have two new genuine Bosch brushes. My first Bosch set went about 40k miles. Then the Wolfsburg West branded set went about 10k. I clean the commutator every time, so I'm anxious to see how the Bosch ones last again.
Who needs a gas station when there's a PIZZA STATION?
Crossed this lake, I don't remember where, but it was a damn fine sight after three days of plains.
Fuel guage came back for a rousing twenty minutes of driving… Hey little guy!
Pulled into Springfield, Missouri to help FunkGeek out with his bus, having not run since 2004. The Solex carbs fired up with a tremendous growl after installing a fuel pump and setting the timing. More pictures somewhere, I think… We burned some midnight oil building a Type 1 turnkey out of an old long block using all new EMPI parts that were acquired years and years ago… Hammers were used, and engine compartments were cleaned. It's hard to describe how hot and humid is was here…
Took Route 66 for a few hours because I needed to wait out the weather. I can do all the rain in the world with my bone-dry interior, but the second the roads get crowded with texters, I'm out.
Right before getting to the BigEmma Hospital Compound at andrewtf's house, I passed this absolute unit. Ridiculous.
Work on Big Emma and Murphy commences every morning and goes until about 10pm. I have no pictures, but Instagram has some photos and videos. https://www.instagram.com/airschooled/
Anybody got an eagle eye for why the engine cranked over terribly even with a fresh battery?
Got an email from a woman in the Chicago area with a bus that wouldn't start, and no tools on board for diagnosis. We had a video conference to narrow down the problems, and we agreed to meet up for a half day. WallyTheWagon got a good used German alternator, after much pleading of me "Please do not replace that three-month-old CarQuest alternator with another shit alternator. You saw how well it worked out!"
In the end, I got the alternator swapped out in the local Best Western parking lot, and talked about some serious driving and care techniques for a vintage bus.
She's on a U.S. tour to minister and promote her new book. Great photography.
https://www.instagram.com/oliviamoore/
Today I wrap up BigEmma and Murphy with running engines* and head off to Chicago for a group class and local brews.
New Hankook Kinergy rubber in the rear has jacked up my CHTs, and taken a nice percentage off my GPS arrival time… A true 65mph is now exactly at 3,600 RPM. Which is great on fuel economy and otherwise not very enjoyable to drive. I'll be putting the good front RA08's on the rear and swapping the beefeaters up front for now… Anybody with a two-liter want a gloriously quiet tire with a slightly larger than stock diameter? Two for sale…
*gotta figure out why Murphy only runs on the CSV now, even after it drove around the neighborhood last night for the first time on FI…
Robbie
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