My buggy project.

[Glasser]

[oprn]

I too have a rear facing fan inlet and I worry about hot air and exhaust recirculation. My oil temps have been running at the higher end of comfortable, I need to get my cylinder head temp gauge working to confirm whether or not the whole engine is running warm or just the oil.

To me changing to a rear facing fan is not a wise move, mine came that way stock and I may have to go upright yet.

[oprn]

[veeweeman]

I had rancho build me a 67 bus transaxles back in the late 90's with a overdrive 4th gear, after about a week it started popping out of 4th gear so I called them and told them what was going on. ...let's just say. ...their warranty ain't worth shit! ....they just told me that it was driver abuse and they wouldn't warranty my tranny. ...this was before youtube of course, I wish you luck on getting anything fixed under warranty. ...I will never deal with rancho ever again!...they use a lot of used parts in their rebuilds from what I have read in other forums and also use cheap labor. ...hence the cheap prices and fu (% it warranty...their warranty is to their description. ..my bus still had reduction boxes with a stock gearing with a 1641 single 34 pic carb!...how, after a week of just breaking in a new tranny with stock RB's am I abusing the tranny in a 2+ ton bus?...I strongly believe that my syncros were not new or replaced. ..and for you to hear a screaming sounds like it's going to blow up just proves that they never replaced your main bearings. ..I wish you all the luck getting them to fix anything.

Nice donut video BTW!
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[slalombuggy]

[oprn]

Thanks!

[Glasser]

Well still no reply so I guess i'm on my own. Rancho you just blew it, fools......
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Brent
My build up http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265364&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Project#2. Neighbors build up. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=327008

[oprn]

[oprn]

I got my tranny last Saturday and it looks pretty clean for used unit. If it works as good as it looks it should be all I need. And the warranty is the same as what you got!

Glasser did you convert your pan to IRS or was it one already?

[Rockbound]

just read through this whole thread too. man this was a nice build. So much of what i just read i already wanted for my buggy. its gorgeous. very well done done.

i do have one question on those rear torsion adjusters. what keeps the torsion from traveling down. under load i understand the tabs hit the screws and that sets your height.. but when you jack it up do the torsions just keep falling?

[oprn]

Glasser is does check in here now and then so have patience and he will likely respond in time.

[Glasser]

[Glasser]

[Glasser]

[Glasser]

Well I haven't been around much. Buggy has been parked. A drum tired beating itself into the bearing (Was torqued properly) and came loose.. I'm chalking it up to cheap parts....

SOOOOO Wasn't going to waste any money on more drum brake parts. The car is evolving and I need to make some changes. Took some time but I got enough funds together to do a substantial upgrade. Car is going up on blocks soon and I’m going disc brakes on all four corners with 4 piston Wilwood calipers. New master cylinder, rotors, calipers and narrowed rear IRS arms (narrowed by 1.75). And some other goodies.

I also found one piece of my gas line was hard as a rock! So much for asking for fuel safe hose and getting this crap. Can’t trust anyone these days!! I suspect this was the problem all along for my jets getting clogged even though I took everything apart and looked for foreign matter in the floats etc. Fingers crossed this was the issue. I’m now second guessing all my bradded line from my tank back as well. It seems soft still so fingers crossed.

I’m excited to blow the dust off the car and work on it. Hopefully get some seat time this summer but I’m not going to rush this upgrade. I’m going to enjoy wrenching on it.


Some of the parts on my IG page.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYy-FVQlm5e/
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My build up http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265364&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Project#2. Neighbors build up. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=327008

[oprn]

Good to hear from you!

My Buggy too didn't see much action last year. Partly due to COVID and partly because I haven't changed out the transaxle yet. Nothing happened on it over the winter but I did get my garage back from the dark side of a 10 year clutter, the ceiling reinsulated and plywood up. Added new lights and more plugins too.

An ongoing house issues (major kitchen renovation, moving walls and electrical to make it happen) took up a lot of this last winter plus some long overdue work on the sand rail. The work on the house is about to stop for the summer for yard and garden work, the sand rail is at the point that it can stay for now and be used.

The Buggy comes out of the hay shed this week to finish a throw out bearing change and the relocation and tidy up of my crank trigger components and wiring. Once I see it running properly again we will see if the transaxle change to IRS and Porsche brake upgrade is going to happen before summer.
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[Glasser]

I hate when life gets in the way LOL Fingers crossed they both get some use this summer.

[oprn]

Sure does! Now I got a call to fill in for an operator who is getting knee surgery starting on Friday. That is going to be a 6 week full time gig so there goes my hopes of changing the transaxle this spring! That was supposed to happen in July.
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[slalombuggy]

Hey Brent.

You wont regret going to 4 wheel disks. They make driving so much more fun. Even my cheap empi disks were a huge improvement over drums.

I daily drove my buggy to work on sunny days all last summer and went on some long drives out in the country. I think I put about 2500km on it last year and the year before also.

I think I'm going to park my buggy this summer as well. I need to properly redo the wiring and the grommets gave out on the master cylinder and it constantly leaks DOT5 brake fluid. I bought back my ex-Bonneville racer 57 Oval last fall so I think I'll drop the engine and gearbox from the buggy into that for the summer. Once I get back from Bonneville in September I think the race engine will go into the 57 till it's time to head south again.