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srfndoc Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 3270 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:38 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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LAGrunthaner wrote: |
How is the canvas poptop tent secured to the wooden frame in this photo? It appears to be behind it.
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Its stapled as usual, just hard to see in that photo as the canvas is similar color to the wood:
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These photos are all from Clara's gallery if you want to take a closer look. _________________ RPM=(MPH*336* (R&P*4th*1.26))/Tire Diameter in inches |
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19670 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Must be a later addition- there isn't one in my 4/65 SO42 Pop Top _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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I slept on crofty's tent once. I passed out drunk from two bottles of Everett's brother's wine. |
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19670 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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I think that diagram is both pop top and non pop models. In a pop top there is no #23
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Hi Crofty
I did some research and another previous 67 owner has confirmed he had this part too. It supports the roof panels.
I found an old thread (https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146337), where it is pictured as well:
What I don't understand yet. In the partslist for SO-42 there is mentioned, that another woodbow is on the roof (number 4). I don't have it, but I also do not know, where there could be any place for it...
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_________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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I slept on crofty's tent once. I passed out drunk from two bottles of Everett's brother's wine. |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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I tried to make a drawing of the bracket with an app on my mobile. Not the best experience, but I hope it helps someone.
All measures are metric. Metal is around 1 mm thick, 20 cm long and 1.5 cm for each arm. Upper part is riveted to the metal bow with the same style rivets as for the curtain rails. The bracket is around 2 mm up from the bow. Rivets are 3.5 cm from both sides each and 0.7 cm from the top. The screw hole for the panel might be differently drilled on every bracket. Mine is 9.2 cm from right and 1.2 cm from the bow. |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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It is quite a while ago I posted the last time on my build thread. It happened a lot behind the scenes. I bought a good stack of parts including some nice stuff like an original Neiman steering lock and some ambulance fans. But I didn‘t focus enough on the build itself. I was really good in disambling everything, but now I will get to the harder part. Start rebuilding stuff and weld sheet metal. Also I needed to buy a lot of tools for my garage, but finally I have a solid base. With a workshop press, a sandblasting cabin and the necessary air tools.
What happened in the meantime. I removed the engine and gearbox. The transaxle was a small nut version, so not correct for my bus. Not far from me I found a guy who wanted to trade with me and I got a correct H-coded one with 46mm nuts. As I didn‘t know how the transmission was handled and I want to put everything back to 0 miles (or at least as good as possible), I decided for a rebuild. Well, removing the brake drums was the first hurdle. One side was going fine, with some pressure on it. But the other side was so rusted, nothing I did helped. What does a dumb man do? Yes, I took my angle grinder and killed the axle shaft.
As result I had to find another transmission as the only one in the area who had an axle shaft wanted 350$ for it . I got another complete setup for only 100$ more and now have a lot of spare parts . But also the spare one has it downsides as those bearings clearly show.
But again, I found some NOS German SKF bearings and will renew everything. It was also the first time I could test my blasting cabin. I will soon blast all the parts and get them some nice new paint.
Last but not least, I used a plan for a rotisserie from this site and built me these great helpers:
Hopefully my posts will show more progress in the near future. I have to anyway as I heared from the property owner that the land was sold and there is a plan to build a few houses on it, where I rented my garage. They still have to wait for some more acres still not in their hands, but I have to make progress now. Hopefully, I can stay for a year or even longer. It is nearly impossible to find a payable spot in my region to work on such a project... |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14216 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:35 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Can't say I've ever seen a drum removed like that ever before but it proves you can cut through the spacer/slinger and shaft.
Maybe don't blast the mating surfaces of the RGB halves then lap them on a sheet of glass with 320 grit if you can get the dowels out. |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Thanks BarryL, I tried to move the blaster around the mating surfaces to leave them untouched. Going forward I will even tape them so the chance is smaller I hurt them. Is a 320 grit fine enough to seal properly with the gaskets back in place? _________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14216 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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swiss_bulli wrote: |
Is a 320 grit fine enough to seal properly with the gaskets back in place? |
Finer might be better. 320 is ok. Perfectly flat to mate is where it's at. |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:40 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Long time no update. I was always working on stuff, but not too focused and this means less results. We worked out a small plan now and do focus more on one thing at a time.
I was so proud finally having rebuilt my transaxle. Unfortunately, there is still one issue left .
After cutting down the axle shaft and buying a second transaxle for spares, I started cleaning, blasting and painting things. The core was given to a local VW specialist with the correct tools for rebuilding a transmission. Without the internals I could blast the shell with glas.
I also did fix a previous bad welding job for the handbrake cable inlet on the backing plate. I needed to bring everything straight again and simulate the spot welds.
Blasting with my small cabin is a lot of work, but seeing the parts nicely shining in the end is rewarding .
Well, probably due to some poor drying or the rust prevention product my paint was not holding good at some places. So remove paint with a paint stripper and do it again *yipiii*.
I'm learning so much about all this stuff and I think my next piece, the front beam, will be less of a pain due to my gained process understandings...
It makes me so happy every time I bring back a VW logo on the parts
Some tools I used during my work:
Oil pump removal tool can be used as plug extractor when welding on two nuts
To bring the outer upper bearing of the RGB on the axle shaft, I used a T-pipe connector with a threaded bar, some spacers and nuts. Worked really well. You can put e.g. a wooden piece in the T part to have more leverage force.
And the threads on one axle shaft wasn't good to easily put a new nut on. So I bought an oversized threading tool.
The brake assembly was quite straightforward thankfully. After putting mostly everything together, it looks so nice!
Of cause, the learning is not yet over and maybe someone can answer to my problems question.
Well, what do you do after you put everything together? I fastened the nuts and put oil in it. After that, I checked if everything is turning fine. And what a surprise, the axles are not moving anywhere . Tightening them down, caused the drums to get in touch with the backing plates. Lock down...
I'm thinking of removing the brake parts again and grind down the channel of the backing plate where the drum slides in. My only explanation right now is, that I have added three layers of paint, which is just to thick now.
Is it normal, that the gap between the rear ring face of the drum and the backing plate surface is such small or should there be more freeplay? _________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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Peter_N Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2014 Posts: 321 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Nice job on the gearbox! Funny to see you also used an oil pump puller and two welded nuts. It’s the perfect tool for that
I know that if you replace the oil plugs with new (taller) ones on a small nut gearbox, you can jam up the gears and you can’t spin the axles anymore.
Good luck with your project and keep the updates coming! _________________ My 1958 PGSG project topic |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 9:59 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Thanks Peter! The oil plugs are not an issue (big nut by the way) as it turns nicely when the crown nut is not fastened to 300NM. The drum touches the backing plate actually. I‘m still not sure, if such a tight fit is normal?! _________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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I removed the paint layers from the backing plate area where the drum touches, but it is still a too tight fit. I‘m wondering if the axle spacer should come more outward, so the drum would have more clearance. What do you think?
_________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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I can‘t imagine that already two years past since my last update. Well, I start getting the feeling for a life long restoration… I shouldn‘t mention that to my wife. She still hopes we’re going to camp with the bus next summer.
Anyway, I wasn‘t doing nothing, but the ups an downs of a hobby hitting my project too. If the COVID situation wouldn‘t be stressful enough, we had a big hail storm passing our neighborhood last July. It created tennis ball big holes in the roof of my rented garage building and flooded the space. I was on holidays far away that time and it rained two weeks without longer breaks. The owner of the property didn‘t close the holes in the roof and so I had much trouble getting all dry again and stopping rust issues.
Finally, I found a new place where I can work on my project. The current situation wasn‘t good anymore and the building will be replaced with a big complex sometimes soon anyway. Therfore I had a lot of work to bring my new garage up to my requirements, but finally I‘m back working on the bus. Slowly, but regularly at least. _________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Update to my post two years ago. I found out what the issue with the break drums was. I had used some nice NOS drums, but I didn‘t look close enough to the parts revision letter. They were for early bay window buses, which have a shorter center piece. So I went to a shop to get my correct good used drums machined and all went well. My rear axle is sitting now, ready to go camping somewhen. I have a set of never used bay drums, if someone in my region is looking for those .
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_________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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I did work on my front axle after moving the rear one to the shelf. Thanks to Michael, a fellow member of thesamba with his nice former fire brigade bus, I could borrow the press tools from him to rebuild all the parts. Thank you!
Taking off all the dirt first and preparing the big tube for the blaster guy (making sure nothing goes inside).
Nicely shining back and ready for paint work.
In parallel working on the smaller parts.
All painted and starting assembly.
Decided to use new ones as there is a lot of pitting on the components.
Got the king/link pin revision kit from BBT, nice set but used some NOS rubber rings as the provided ones were not up to my expectations.
The center pin worked well with the right reamer and is moving perfect. I just opened up those groves at the end of the bushings. Lower is how it came and the upper is grinded. I thought there might be issues with the grease flow without taking of some material on the edges.
Pushing the arm up with my jack to put the rubber stop in place. The leave springs are still in good shape and well packed with new grease.
I made a simple fixture to make it easier to assemble everything.
Question to the rebuilders out here. What did you use to press that round bottom plate on here? I had so much trouble to try bringing that in and having it a really tight fit.. _________________ Recent pics from my SO-42 rebuild: https://www.instagram.com/anni_vintage_bus/ |
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chrisflstf Samba Member
Joined: February 10, 2004 Posts: 3413 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Swiss cheese - 1967 westy |
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Where did you get the Bilstein shocks? |
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Huetti_1989 Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2011 Posts: 1121 Location: Austria
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swiss_bulli Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2017 Posts: 123 Location: Switzerland
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