What did you do for your Bay recently?

[ivwshane]

[stevespeirs]

[Zambia]

Wanted something like the club plagues from the 50's and 60's. Couldn't find what I wanted so decided I would start my own club. LOL, meetings at my house.

[Spike0180]

[Hikelite]

looks cool

I think there might be a club with that name. I think I've seen that somewhere before. Maybe you can be the NC branch of the national (global?) organization.
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My 1968 Campmobile

[Zambia]

Picture of my first club meeting lol. I have had so many people come up to me over the new decal and tell me how much they like it. Or I see them in my review mirror pointing to it lol.

[airkooledchris]

[LazyLightning75]

I decided to use the plastic glovebox replacement. It blends well with the rest of the dash and the fiberboard, although original, just seemed like it was destined to fail with time.

It was a tight fit, but like others have noted, the factory strap is too short to fasten the plastic glovebox in place. I used “plumber’s tape” as an extension and fastened it to the old strap with a rivet. Not the prettiest thing but it’s behind the dash and could be easily reversed by drilling out the rivet if a future owner wants to return to the fiberboard and use the old strap.

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1975 Riviera 1.8L FI

[Zambia]

Rearranged my middle seat and added a homemade longboard coffee table.

[Kabasue]

After three years of working on it, restoring it, cleaning it, fixing it, buying new parts for it, welding it, painting it, I finally got to the point where I could......


start it.

it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started. it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started.it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started.it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started.it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started.it started, I started it, it started up, I made it start, the engine started, it actually started.


I probably should go put the axles on now so you know actually drive it ^.^
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71 SB convertible (Finally Finished!)
73 Transporter (next project)
73 Westy with a 411 engine (Finally Finished)

[cdennisg]

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[white74westy]

[sioux888]

Just finished my parcel tray

[TurtsMcSlow]

[sioux888]

[airschooled]

…Chopped up an early bay wiper switch for a relay-controlled electric washer system.

The microswitch controls a relay, which is hot all the time, so I may squirt when I please, as VW intended it.

I also realized my slider door sill was showing it's age. I've missed two years in a row of painting it, so I finally got around to that. Here's after filling the divots with the first coat of paint…

After the second coat:

And at the end:

Hit the wheel wells with a scrubbing and undercoat touch-up, replaced a blown fuse in my backup lights(?) and washed the rims. See you at BBB!!!

Robbie
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[Davydomes]

[airschooled]

The worst job I've done on my bus since 2016…

Front torsion leaf replacement. Thanks to Yarkle and 'Leb's reconnoissance, I was able to get the leaves installed by myself. What a miserable eight hours this was, though, with enough grease to eliminate half a box of Harbor Freight gloves…

Picking up the donor beam, going into Wanderglobe's bus tomorrow:

Screwing up the first of nineteen attempts at leaf installation before tripling up o my zip ties and backlighting…

And indexing the old leaves for anyone that wants to lower their bus with weak leaves and garbage handling:

Now I can set my wheel alignment, which for some reason has never allowed the proper positive camber in the front.

Interestingly enough, my pull during braking has also subsided. I wonder if the leafs were broken on one side, instead of in the middle as I thought. Too much grease to take apart the old ones right now…

Robbie
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[dcsheppard]

I installed a pair of Arteb tail lights from Busdepot which fit like a glove. My only complaint is the difference in the running/blinker socket, but like somebody else said, you can reuse your old ones if you are set on using the smaller disconnects.

Installed all new exterior bulbs. I have owned this bus for ~9 years and have a license plate light for the first time! All tail and side lights are now luminous.

At some point I lost low beams on the right side, but highs worked fine, and left side was all good. When the bus was resprayed before it came into my possession, I think the connector was cut and the re-connect job was shoddy. 3 orange twist connects and a new 8a fuse, back in business.

All new fuses. Now I have a complete collection of fuses I'll never use because I only had the patience to find the set of "assorted german fuses" @ AutoZone. I have mostly 8a fuses, that's right, right?

And now, it wont turn over. It ran perfectly last month when I used it as a daily for 2 weeks. Actually, it's always ran well. I pulled the fuel pump connector off of the coil while I was working on it, and I think one or two of the other connectors. Now I'm not sure if I have them all back on the coil correctly. Fuel pump has power, I have all other elec *lights, radio, etc). The battery died during surgery, but it was recharged recently and read ~11.75v, so that should be good, but I pulled it and hooked it up to the charger when I was done last night just so I could make sure this evening. Perhaps its spark, but I think it has to be due to wiring, unless I fried something hooking up the coil incorrectly.

1979 westy deluxe. I should make a proper intro post I guess to document some of my work, but here's my intro to Aircoolers looong ago with pics of my mexican beige beauty.

https://www.aircoolers.org/v/showthread.php?20580-...post244761
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1979 Campmobile Deluxe

[tommu]