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LJay
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Gear linkage parts all in with new couplings,bushes n boots, they aren’t pictured but they are lock wired now. I think Ross Wulf? do better bushes now, I wish I had known about them at the time as these plastic bits from WW although fitted fine don’t seem built to last! It adjusted well and shifts really smoothly.
Buttys bits throttle linkage,thought this was a worthwhile upgrade to the stock pivot.
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LJay
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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I haven’t updated this for ages-I got pulled up by a friend and forum member who said it had not been updated in over 7 months! Time flies when you are having fun….hmm
In that time I’ve not just doing the split, ive been painting and help assemble my dads Citroen 2cv,Craig’s blue beetle needed a clutch and various other things, I’ve done a full recommission on a 67’ Triumph vitesse that seemed to need everything as it hadn’t been on the road for 15 years,a few Alfas have been through the workshop and now have 1955 Morris minor in for a recommission-if only it could just be full time on the bus!
In with a dual circuit master and lines, we allowed to use full copper lines in the uk, I believe it’s not permitted in some US state?
Had bother with the brake light switch leaking, I ended moving the switch to no avail then buying a different brand of switch to cure it.
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LJay
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:36 am Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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Prepping the other cargo door, took a few dents out and welded up all of the random holes took it back to bare metal but ran out of time to do any painting so put on a couple of doors that I had painted, didn’t spend a crazy amount of time adjusting them but it keeps them out of harms way. Seeing them on feels like a massive step to being finished.
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LJay
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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Yeah I was thinking as soon as you had mentioned it I could run a cable through the floor/bulkhead area but I’ don’t want to cut non standard holes…..I would prefer to have it fitted like it would be on a stock earlier bus, I’m not actually sure where they went on walkthrough type front ends but that’s too much work for this year to run conduit etc.
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Look at the front of your driver's side bulkhead next to the heater control knob. Since this is a 62 it may still have the stamping for the fuel tap, but not being drilled. I know the manual choke cable stamping continued after they were being used in the USA.
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Right enough the pressing is still there, I wonder what they dealers did,surely they didn’t go to the bother of fitting the conduit etc…
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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What piece is this? |
The roof hatch aka "subhatch".
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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| LJay wrote: |
Yeah I was thinking as soon as you had mentioned it I could run a cable through the floor/bulkhead area but I’ don’t want to cut non standard holes…..I would prefer to have it fitted like it would be on a stock earlier bus, I’m not actually sure where they went on walkthrough type front ends but that’s too much work for this year to run conduit etc.
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Look at the front of your driver's side bulkhead next to the heater control knob. Since this is a 62 it may still have the stamping for the fuel tap, but not being drilled. I know the manual choke cable stamping continued after they were being used in the USA.
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LJay
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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Painting…..bare metal, fill, epoxy, high build, 2k. Happy with the way everything came out bar the tailgate, it’s a bit orange peely so I’ll see how well it knocks down, I might repaint it.
Fitted the tail lights my missus bought me for my birthday just for hell of it, the seals were supposed to be the best quality-they fit where they touch 
Also got a new to me 4 post ramp so hopefully should help speed things up, a lot of other peoples cars rob my bus time! I really need to remember to take more photos as I go.
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LJay
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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So I’ve fitted the transmission which was a bit of a fiasco, I bought a used trans from a chap local who said it was fine and he had taken it out to change to straight axle, a bit of preemptive checks and maintenance proved he was a lying git, I had fitted it previously so I could move it to get it to Jeff for welding so it was easy 2 years after so not like I could go back and complain but I found one of the driveshafts was missing! That’s what you get taking people at their word.
I didn’t want to use that gearbox so I found one In Sheffield in England so I went to get that and looked at it a bit better this time, re-sealed the side plates,RGBs,fitted a new nose cone and input shaft seal along with new rear brakes,replacement spring plates and new torsion housing bushes/covers fitted with rubbber grease,I still have to replace the spring plate bolts for a proper matching set.
The gearbox is large nut with the bigger rear drums, I had fully intended to fit disc brakes up front but as I’ve been doing this,the beetle and the workshop up money has been tight so let me know if this is a stupid idea with stock early front brakes-I did search in the samba and I’ve not found anyone say not to do it
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Eric&Barb
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Well there are plenty of holes for cables to run thru for that. Our 1960 walk thru would be a good one to trace route for the reserve tap. As long as you have the tap installed the rest is easy to install later. Heck have the reserve tap in our 1963 single cab without the cable, we just slide under to flip it by hand directly.
Probably being a repro tank, not a big problem as long as you can operate the tank cap without a fuss.
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LJay
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Yeah I was thinking as soon as you had mentioned it I could run a cable through the floor/bulkhead area but I’ don’t want to cut non standard holes…..I would prefer to have it fitted like it would be on a stock earlier bus, I’m not actually sure where they went on walkthrough type front ends but that’s too much work for this year to run conduit etc.
It used to have an electric fuel pump fitted so a shut off valve would be cool but I think I’m going back to mechanical pump.
Re fuel tank position,Old photos- this is what it looked like before,funny I had forgotten I had kinda went through this area with seals and cap before, I can’t remember if I had taken that Vw cap out and that is the one which is fitted now or not but i did have an issue with a leak when parked on a hill and that replacement USA made one got roasted which is a shame as it was cool.
It does look low in them photos so maybe it’s just the way it is, it is a Wolfsburg west tank and fittings.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 11:52 am Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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I purposefully fitted the single tank outlet as it has less to go wrong but had not considered the fuel shut off ability-I think I’ll change that. |
The standard bus (trucks are lower down mounted than this) tank is so high up that it gravity feeds about the upper half of the gas tank to the carb. Have had the mech fuel pump fail on a back road where it was not a nice place to be stuck. Once it was figured out that the carb was not getting fuel, pulled out a section of extra flex fuel line and connected from the metal fuel pipe just before the pump and directly to the carb bypassing the fuel pump. Then poured fuel into the fuel tank from a spare gas can to get the tank over halfway full, and drove off to a much better safer spot to rebuild the fuel pump. Yes we carry fuel pump rebuild kit to CYA.
Ambulances kept the reserve tap as a stock factory installed item thru at least 1967. You could get reserve tap installed as a dealer item for 1962-67 bus.
Could even just use a vintage short mower cable to have the handle in the closet. That would add a theft deterrent when in shut off setting the engine only has one or two minutes of fuel, and that leaves your bus dying out on the road to freak thieves out of trying to keep stealing your bus.
Only real downside to having the reserve tap is fuel can jell up in the tap if not switched often enough to the other position. So the reverse fuel can not flow when you need it the most. Switch at least every six months, more often is better.
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LJay
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| Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 11:04 am Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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That is the stock gas cap. The tank neck seems to be a bit short under it. Wonder if the tank needs to be shifted over to the right a little.
Are you going to install a reserve tap?? That makes for an easy way to shut off fuel flow. |
Great, I want to get most details correct but make it work as well as possible,the tank neck does look short, I’ll check that too, I think it is bang on where the straps sit, I was in the garage last night but only to do a starter on my friend’s Mercedes van 
I purposefully fitted the single tank outlet as it has less to go wrong but had not considered the fuel shut off ability-I think I’ll change that.
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That is the stock gas cap. The tank neck seems to be a bit short under it. Wonder if the tank needs to be shifted over to the right a little.
Are you going to install a reserve tap?? That makes for an easy way to shut off fuel flow.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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| fitted a new seal to the cap-if anyone knows if this is cap is correct or not-it’s one I had lying around , I don’t think I’ve ever had a split with an original one,maybe it’s just an oil cap? |
Not seeing an image of the cap.
Tank straps are a bit too long. Should be about 1/2" (13mm) shorter and leave a gap from the shelf to the rear end of each strap. |
The picture is added now.
The tank straps, i think the drivers one doesn’t quite touch but the passenger side one does, i did add a nut to the underside of both bolts, they both have a lot of “stretch” they both really tight, I will double check tonight.
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| ...you couldn’t tell it had been attached to this bus in the fire,... |
Amazing recovery you've ensued. |
Thanks, I feel I owe the bus it!
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| fitted a new seal to the cap-if anyone knows if this is cap is correct or not-it’s one I had lying around , I don’t think I’ve ever had a split with an original one,maybe it’s just an oil cap? |
Not seeing an image of the cap.
Tank straps are a bit too long. Should be about 1/2" (13mm) shorter and leave a gap from the shelf to the rear end of each strap.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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| ...you couldn’t tell it had been attached to this bus in the fire,... |
Amazing recovery you've ensued. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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Been meaning to update for ages….
Fitted a new tank with all of what I think is correct, I believe originally it would have two felt strips under the tank either side and two and one on each of the corners of each strap but I couldn’t help myself,I used wide rubber pads at the rear of the tank-easier to position where I wanted them-hope I don’t lose points at pebble beach!
I’ve fitted the more modern type cylinder fuel sender,it didn’t look amazing quality so we’ll see how that works out and fitted a new seal to the cap-if anyone knows if this is cap is correct or not-it’s one I had lying around , I don’t think I’ve ever had a split with an original one,maybe it’s just an oil cap?
Sorry the pictures are a bit dark, you should see I’ve done the rear brake pipes and flexi hoses too.
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The front beam has been in and out for a clean,scuff and shoot, it is all nice and tight as it was before,you couldn’t tell it had been attached to this bus in the fire, I popped it back in and re-greased it all, something I hadn’t noticed before was one of the steering damper bolts was too short with no shoulder or locking nut so replaced it with a correct size/type bolt with a nylock nut.
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LJay
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: SO-34 Westy from Scotland |
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The front beam has been in and out for a clean,scuff and shoot, it is all nice and tight as it was before,you couldn’t tell it had been attached to this bus in the fire, I popped it back in and re-greased it all, something I hadn’t noticed before was one of the steering damper bolts was too short with no shoulder or locking nut so replaced it with a correct size/type bolt with a nylock nut.
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