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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Dude this is sounding more and more like one of my trips man. Bent rim, bad generator brushes a few times, keys getting stuck in the ignition...oh wait.
Short of catching fire you’re quickly following my lead. Don’t do that. Bad idea. _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:06 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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I'm waiting for the picture of Buddy with a windshield popped out then.
Robbie, I can pull some brushes out of my spare 30a (not one of my 6 38a gens) and mail them out. Just a thought _________________ Wash your hands
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22640 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:42 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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In theory you should get four hours running with battery and lights on - in practice Ill go for 2 hours max _________________ .ssS! |
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AlmostHeavenWV_VW Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2017 Posts: 1965 Location: WV
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:20 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Does getting the bent rim swapped give time for one of your famous "Yank and Paint" sessions?
On a serious note, Buddy has truly ran for quite sometime it seems without much serious maintenance. Don't worry too much, Robbie. A couple things always go out together. I have all the confidence in the world you'll have it sorted out in short order and soon enough you'll be flying down the road as usual.
I'll be watching for the next chapter _________________ 1973 Standard Beetle
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Abscate wrote: |
In theory you should get four hours running with battery and lights on - in practice Ill go for 2 hours max |
I got a solid hour and a half with one headlight, Kettering ignition, two taillights, an oil pressure gauge, and NOTHING else running. Battery was resting at 11.4 volts when I pulled into Rosemount. Trickle charged it overnight just in case, but the Dowell Family Honorary Generator Brushes are charging nicely!
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Reminds me of a time years ago where I limped a VW Corrado home from Colorado on just battery power.
I had driven out to Denver to sell cinnamon roasted nuts at the Bass Pro Shop. Had trailer problems on the way there which occupied much of the weekend and was very frustrating.
So we left Sunday evening for a cannonball run back to Manhattan because I had a job interview in the morning.
Somewhere in Eastern Colorado the serpentine belt broke, which meant no supercharger, no AC, and no alternator. I decided I was not willing to be broke down overnight, so after filling with gas we push started the car and were off. I believe that was also when I pulled a headlight fuse.
Made it to within 70 miles of Hayes KS, got an AAA tow to the Hayes WalMart where I purchased a large marine battery. I used the cigarette lighter harness for a power inverter to backfeed voltage in to the car from the passenger seat footwell.
With another push start, we juuussstt barely made it to Manhattan at about 5:30 in the morning. The car was losing power as I got into town from the battery running low.
With a new serpentine belt and a drive to Kansas City with the battery still plugged to the cigarette lighter, it was totally returnable. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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it was totally returnable. |
seems like bragging about taking advantage of another person's good will, and the next person gets a used battery too. Am I reading this right? _________________ “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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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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SGKent wrote: |
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it was totally returnable. |
seems like bragging about taking advantage of another person's good will, and the next person gets a used battery too. Am I reading this right? |
Actually, yes you are and 11-odd years later that is the one part of the story I am not proud of.
They did actually put the battery on some kind of tester to make sure it was fine before accepting the return, so at the time I did feel OK with knowing the battery wasn't damaged. But now I would not feel comfortable returning it because I did get the needed use out of it, as now I'm older and (hopefully) more mature and realize that there was deception involved to some degree because I probably didn't tell them the full story when asking for a return. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13389 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
In theory you should get four hours running with battery and lights on - in practice Ill go for 2 hours max |
I got a solid hour and a half with one headlight, Kettering ignition, two taillights, an oil pressure gauge, and NOTHING else running. Battery was resting at 11.4 volts when I pulled into Rosemount. Trickle charged it overnight just in case, but the Dowell Family Honorary Generator Brushes are charging nicely!
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Weird that your having brush issues with both NOS and new.
I bought a new Mexican made Bosch generator a few years ago. It had charging light issues frequently right after installation. Drove me mad. I finally yanked the brushes and springs out of it. I compared them to original brushes and springs from a good original core VW Bosch generator I had. The used brushes were still like new. I installed the much better quality used springs and the used brushes and never had an issue again.
You have to love "new" parts. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Commutator stone, huh? We's got's those.
And a Yank N' Paint? Got that too! Read on…
Camped in a barn, with permission of course!
I left Illinois and found Tom's '68 bus pulled from a junkyard with no wheels, rear drums, or front right drum for that matter. No seats, engine tin, fuel lines, gas, or distributor either. It drove enough by lunch time for me to back it into the driveway on fast idle… forgot to hook up the accelerator cable!
Found that the '68 Westy rims and tires stopped a horrendous vibration in my car when braking heavily, lightly, or anything in between, really… That comes later though, as I had to return the Westy rims.
I was hit in the head with a headliner for the first time, at around 30mph with no seats, license plates, or glass behind the louvered windows…
Then I booked it out of Wisconsin for Minnesota, and marveled at the Mississippi River Valley… A whopping 1,200 foot climb in fourth gear, floored for the first time on an interstate since the Ozarks!
Of course, the petulant rain, darkness, and boredom were hell on my genuine Bosch generator brushes and I was greeted with The Light again.
Edit: WTF I haven't had a gas gauge in 12 states, and now it shows up?? I didn't even see it that night!
Rules for driving with The Light on:
- Immediately turn on the heat and CHT gauge.
- No heat? Shut it down and coast off. Replace belt.
- Feel heat? Good! Your CHT gauge is now your belt light, and you have approximately three hours to your safe house for the night. Pull JTauxe Comemmorative Fuse Cover, see #5 controls right side low beam, and pull that fuse.
- Let off gas because you're going 70 in a 65 zone with no belt warning light…
- Unplug phone charger, turn off tunes, and hope.
- Arrive to safe house with battery in the low 11 volt range, and scarf brushes off a Ghia.
Crap, what about that brake pedal shudder though? It's pulsing so hard that my steering box is knocking with every pulse. Goodbye box and savings account, I guess… (Snagged a spare box in Wisconsin by chance last week! )
Bosch brushes don't look good:
Commutator Stone seems to work pretty well on brushes too!
But what about the clunk?
Discount Tire in Eagan, Minnesota really hit the game winner with an old cone in a dusty box somewhere in the back room. Punk kid with bleached hair and a nonchalant attitude totally shrugged it off like every kid his age goes above and beyond to Really help out rushed bus owners on their 2-hour lunch break.
Check out that spare rim though! It hasn't seen a lug nut in my ownership!
Borrowed a car made entirely out of air conditioning and blind spots…
The look of that rim was… well… you got your Yank 'N Paint right here!
Drove right into a rainstorm through downtown Minneapolis on what would have been Prince's 60th birthday. Cranked up some '1999' and made it out to see the sun set.
Make sure you take the time to spend nights like this, even on a deadline. We don't get too many of these, I think.
Robbie
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Spike0180 Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2015 Posts: 2269 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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This is becoming an appropriate road trip in a vw bus. A brutal buddy adventure, instead of a brutal Brutis adventure. you just need something to go wrong roughly every day from here on out, or at least 50% of the days. _________________ Brutis Patches Izabich: 1970 VW Transporter - 1776cc DP
Current State: Projects never truly end...
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Other cars: 2003 F150, 2003 Jetta GLI vr6-6sp
Sambastic: adj; the quality of being nit picky, elitist, expecting everyone to do things the way they believe is best with no regard to situation, "sambastic" |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:12 pm Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Spike0180 wrote: |
This is becoming an appropriate road trip in a VW Bus |
It has been more than half a decade since I have had two issues in 24 hours with Buddy. Soooooo not appropriate!! But like always, we will return home with a car in better shape than when we left.
It is nice once again to have a car that behaves appropriately relative to the care it receives.
Tcash, thanks for that link. I got the rough measurements from DC’s ancient cone this afternoon, and I’m going to try to befriend my neighbor with a lathe.
And yes I waxed the Konis. On TWO buses today nonetheless!
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
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Xevin Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:50 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
And yes I waxed the Konis. On TWO buses today nonetheless!
Robbie |
Nice detailed work. Did you leave your client with a set of Koni
Koozies
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Damn that Xevin... |
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My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22640 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:16 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Love the playing card trick on the rims.
Too much information on waxing things _________________ .ssS! |
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Spike0180 Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2015 Posts: 2269 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:01 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
Spike0180 wrote: |
This is becoming an appropriate road trip in a VW Bus |
It has been more than half a decade since I have had two issues in 24 hours with Buddy. Soooooo not appropriate!! But like always, we will return home with a car in better shape than when we left.
It is nice once again to have a car that behaves appropriately relative to the care it receives.
Tcash, thanks for that link. I got the rough measurements from DC’s ancient cone this afternoon, and I’m going to try to befriend my neighbor with a lathe.
And yes I waxed the Konis. On TWO buses today nonetheless!
Robbie |
hahaha, that's beautiful. Buddy has been doing great in my opinion, even relative to the care he receives. He is almost 50yrs old after all. _________________ Brutis Patches Izabich: 1970 VW Transporter - 1776cc DP
Current State: Projects never truly end...
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Other cars: 2003 F150, 2003 Jetta GLI vr6-6sp
Sambastic: adj; the quality of being nit picky, elitist, expecting everyone to do things the way they believe is best with no regard to situation, "sambastic" |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Abscate wrote: |
Love the playing card trick on the rims.
Too much information on waxing things |
Large alphabet, number or Uno cards work better for those of us with aging eye sight.
Remember what your dad told you Abscate. |
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70Crew Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2006 Posts: 776 Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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Don't think for a moment we're going to be playing Euchre with you any time soon. I know an elaborate card marking scheme dressed up as a bus maintenance story when I see one. _________________ 1970 Crew Cab |
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AlmostHeavenWV_VW Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2017 Posts: 1965 Location: WV
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:49 am Post subject: Re: Fourteen States in Seven Weeks? |
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asiab3 wrote: |
And a Yank N' Paint? Got that too! Read on… |
Yank n' paint! Wooo!
Love me some good 'ol rattle canning in the afternoon. Something really satisfiying in making an old beat up item look shiny and new.
asiab3 wrote: |
Make sure you take the time to spend nights like this, even on a deadline. We don't get too many of these, I think.
Robbie
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