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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24764 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Make sure to install foam rubber tape over the dog house oil cooler to seal it to the fan shroud. You need all the cooling air going thru the cooler.
Take the fan shroud and a couple of nuts to your local muffler shop and have someone weld one of the nuts into that ragged hole to mount the coil properly. Second nut is in case you or the shop person loose the first nut.
Have you checked the valve rocker geometry??? Rocker adjusting screws need to become parallel with the valve stems halfway thru the push rod travel. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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Andrew oval Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2008 Posts: 78 Location: Oxford, UK
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:31 am Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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I would check whether the associated push rod has been become bent as a result of the stuck rocker arm. _________________ 1954 Deluxe oval 'Gertie' - barn stored for 20yrs, work in progress. |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Andrew oval wrote: |
I would check whether the associated push rod has been become bent as a result of the stuck rocker arm. |
I had all the push rods out, both sides. They are all straight. I have not found any damage other than on the stud. |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Any thoughts on what the noise in this valve may be? I was rolling the motor over by hand, to listen for noises, and this one popped up. It is on cylinder #2
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lsPp3mJpPl8 |
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24764 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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blobaugh wrote: |
Any thoughts on what the noise in this valve may be? I was rolling the motor over by hand, to listen for noises, and this one popped up. It is on cylinder #2
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lsPp3mJpPl8 |
Is that head stud rubbing??? Those head studs are sticking WAY too far out. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Noise fixed. Buddy came over, listened to it and said, “valve lash is off.” Womp womp. Sure enough, the lash was off enough that it was making that noise. Redid all the valves and no more noise…. |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Eric&Barb wrote: |
Is that head stud rubbing??? Those head studs are sticking WAY too far out. |
Yeah, it was
For giggles, I swapped the rocker from the other side and it is fine now. Plenty of clearance. Yes, that stud does stick out further though. It seems to be deep in the case though. Meh, dunno. I suspect that when I put this motor back together that I switched which sides the rockers were on. |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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I heard something a while back that I finally got to try out….
For several years I lived next to a cement place and it wreaked havoc on paint. I had been living with heavily oxidized paint that would turn you blue if you brushed against it. Randomly, I ran across a person recommending the Magic Eraser for taking out the oxidation. Figured I would give it a shot. The results are astounding! The oxidation came right out. Even some of the shine came back to this tired old paint (it is a single stage repaint). I have gotten prematurely excited about other products, so this sat for a few weeks and is holding up perfectly fine.
Here is a before photo
And a shot after
BTW- a buddy of mine is a pro detailer. I previously had him look at it, and due to the age and single stage of the paint, said not to attempt a buffer because it would rip the paint right off. True or false I dunno, that is just the guidance I had been living with!
Also got the motor all ready and prepped to go back into the Bus. Added some pink, because why not. It was at hand from a project I had done for my daughter. Makes the oil drips easier to see . Though I did run out before the top tin…. Oh well. Planning on replacing that with a ventless tin soon anyways.
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zozo Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2005 Posts: 5217 Location: South of Ol' San Antonio
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:44 am Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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I used a buffer. Same paint, before and after. It may thin at places where you’d expect, but it’ll shine. Is yours original paint?
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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zozo wrote: |
I used a buffer. Same paint, before and after. It may thin at places where you’d expect, but it’ll shine. Is yours original paint? |
Not the original paint. My detailer buddy said it was repainted with a thin single stage paint. The original paint is still underneath though!
I am going to attempt to buffer it myself. My assumption is that with the crud gone the paint is more likely to survive the attempt.
Amazing job you did cleaning that paint up! |
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blobaugh Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2007 Posts: 102
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:44 am Post subject: Re: blobaugh's 65 Deluxe Transporter Resto-ish |
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Got the motor back in. It is running strong!
Link
And true to how this build has been going.....broke something else on the first drive.....
Did my transmission just break?
So next up on the project list is....remove the motor again. haha. Some day this Bus will be drivable again....... |
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