What did you do for your Bay recently?

[cdennisg]

[kokanee]

[kokanee]

This one just a carb tune and drive any chance I get

[Hikelite]

I undid this

All back together with nearly no splices. At least there is no more electrical tape. I added clear shrink tubing over all the correct brass connectors. I also replaced all the bulbs and holders on the dash. Except K10, but it wasn't connected before I started.

FYI, don't insulate the small ones for the dash lights. (The K's on the diagram) They still go on, but not as easy. You don't need it there anyway as the bulb holders insulate the connectors somewhat.

Anyway, I started her up to confirm I connected everything back together right.

No sparks or magic smoke yet. I haven't tested everything, but at least it can move now.

Phone died so no after pic.
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~Kevin

My 1968 Campmobile

[notchboy]

[SLVRSRFR]

Vanagon seats and retractable seat belts, made up some brackets for the seat belts at work - 3/16" steel, laser cut, formed and powder coated.

I can't believe how much of an improvement these two changes make to driving my bus!

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Brian

'78 westy, '64 sedan

[cdennisg]

I like the design and shape of those brackets. Did you have to modify seat tracks for those seats?
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[NorCalWeekender]

Yeah, that set up looks good! I was also going to ask about the tracks.
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9th Owner of a 1971 Tintop Westy

"Eventually, we sold to a guy for $500 who towed it away to live in it in his parents' driveway. We didn't think it would ever avoid the junk heap on that day." -The 3rd Owner, 1995

[Angus II]

Hello,
Early vanagon seats will fit Late bay seat tracks not early bays tracks...
Since, he has a late Baywindow, he just had to slide them in.

[SLVRSRFR]

Correct - they just slid right in. I can't believe how much more comfortable they are.
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Brian

'78 westy, '64 sedan

[cdennisg]

[SevenOaks]

Bought a MIG welder, learned to weld (sorta), and welded in a new battery tray in my single cab.
Before:

After:

Got the engine bay cleaned up and painted and FINALLY got my refreshed engine reinstalled!
Before:

After:

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David
1974 9-passenger bus
1969 Single cab
1966 Beetle

[Angus II]

Hello,
Way to go David. That is one great improvement to your engine compartment, looking good.
But, you do need to get a better way of an engine support. A tranny cradle on a floor jack works great for a vw engine.

[SevenOaks]

[Angus II]

Hello,
Ha, I just noticed your old coil assist/over shocks. My bus had those on it when I got it(they were shot though). But, I couldn't find a replacement for the old Midas shocks by part number. So, I had to go with some KYBs instead.... to get it done and rolling again.
Anyone know of a replacement shock like that for an early bay, 1971 to be correct?

[cdennisg]

[2fast4me]

Man oh man ... we had a FULL day yesterday. Robbie (asiab3) popped by the house promptly at 9:00 as a stop on his Air School 2019 Tour. Our morning started with a quick walk around / through the bus, a solid discussion in the kitchen over coffee / doughnuts about how a four-stroke engine works, various tune up specs and that black magic voodoo device that is the distributor. Following this session it was time to get our hands dirty!!

- We adjusted the valves
- Adjusted the points on the distributor
- Swapped OUT the distributor (the one in my bus would no longer advance the timing which was causing all kinds of issues)
- Set the timing
- Adjusted my dual carbs
- Nice long test drive to make sure everything was adjusted and operating properly
- Changed the transaxle gear oil (my forearm still "thinks" it's pumping oil into the transaxle ... )
- Took Buddy (Robbie's bus) for a spin to snag street tacos and a burrito from the local taco truck
- Adjusted the front breaks
- Removed the rear drums, removed and cleaned the seized adjusting stars and adjusted the brakes
- Adjusted the hand brake to remove a pretty significant amount of slack in the cable
- Adjusted the clutch cable
- Wrapped up by lubricating several other chassis components

It was a solid 10 hours of working on the bus and she hasn't ran this good since I bought her!! Thanks a ton Robbie - I learned an incredible amount yesterday and I look forward to putting all the knowledge to good use in about 3,000 miles!!
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1970 Deluxe Bay Window Bus
OG Paint - Montana Red / Cloud White
Current Paint - ??? Red / ??? White

[cellobus1]

I wanted to install a cigarette lighter, not for lighting cigarettes so much as for putting in a phone charger. I found this metal bracket, one of a pair that came with a pair of training wheels that I took off my son's bike in the late '90s. Turns out the bracket is shaped to EXACTLY fit in the lower face of the dashboard of a bay bus, and the cutout in the other end is EXACTLY the same size as the lighter socket. The socket may have come with a threaded lock ring, but it is such an exact fit that I deemed it unnecessary. The hot wire is piggybacked on to the rear window defroster switch (which I have used twice in 30 years). The bracket grounds the socket to the dash, but I think I will put a ground wire in just to be thorough.

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1976 unrestored daily driver Standard bus, "Stella"
formerly, 1959 Standard bus
formerly, 1973 transporter which was 4 years old when it taught me to drive

[NorCalWeekender]

Got the shore power unit reinstalled today. Going to have to do a little weather proofing for it before fall, but stoked to have it back in!

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9th Owner of a 1971 Tintop Westy

"Eventually, we sold to a guy for $500 who towed it away to live in it in his parents' driveway. We didn't think it would ever avoid the junk heap on that day." -The 3rd Owner, 1995

[cdennisg]

I put it to work.

Hauling 14' and 16' 8x8 posts for my deck. The first 16' post had already been hauled out back and stood in place. Truck deck is currently stacked with ten foot 2x8 joists and serves and a cutting stand while I finish framing.

We also used the truck to stand the final post. If I could figure out how to deal with video posting, I would share that, too.

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