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rjonas
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Location: Chandler, AZ
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I have just broken the westy only interior slider handle so far but it's only been on the road since mid May '08. Almost have 1000 miles since resurrection.
That part is not reproed yet as I understand 
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Redd73
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- The seal on the small vent window in the rear drivers side of mine is broken. I sealed it with some temp stuff until I can redo the whole thing.
- The rear seal on my hatch broke. Its been replaced.
- The sliding door seal is not leaking but im not sure how. It has more cracks than the polar ice sheet. It will be replaced soon.
- The fuel pump was broken when I got her. I replaced it with the wrong kind but will be changing that (which leads us to the next one
- My pass side carb broke and im pretty sure it was due to a surge in pressure from the fuel pump and the seal on the carb also failed.
- The inside sliding door handle broke.
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Tri-Bus
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Location: Butler PA
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Any part that says "Empi" on it
Annoying hard to find parts like westy door handles |
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calebmelvin
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josh
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Location: laid back in the tall grass
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I don't think I've ever bought a bus that had the stock windshield washer working. I've fixed them but they initially always seem to be broken.
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Stoner A is cylinders #2/4 B is #1/3 The plugged bowl is the throttle, the bong is the manifold |
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theizzardking
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Location: seattle
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| I don't think I've ever bought a bus that had the stock windshield washer working. I've fixed them but they initially always seem to be broken. |
hahah that seems to be very true, are you sure you haven`t broken more with that pic of your bus looking like a turtle on it`s back.....   |
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Wildthings
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| josh wrote: |
| I don't think I've ever bought a bus that had the stock windshield washer working. I've fixed them but they initially always seem to be broken. |
Bays have a windshield washer???? I always thought that was something for washing your pants leg or something. |
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vdubyah73
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FUEL LINES. read the sticky.
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1977_L63H_P27
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It's the sun visor clips!! Peace!
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calebmelvin
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tinyacres
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Seat Belt Hangers, often break, made of plastic.
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TRN9
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| The engine if it has a GEX Sticker on it! |
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GeorgeL
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Door pulls. The plastic ends crack and screws work loose.
Those annoying little springs in the door latch mechanism that allow you to close the locked door by pulling the trigger. Not a problem in themselves, but if you don't replace them you end up breaking the lock cylinder.
Clutch and throttle cables. |
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ccpalmer
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Those annoying little springs in the door latch mechanism that allow you to close the locked door by pulling the trigger. Not a problem in themselves, but if you don't replace them you end up breaking the lock cylinder.
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Yea - I just had to replace those the other day!
My replacement window cranks keep breaking - I even tried the Vanagon versions. And my visor clips too.
My only broken items while driving - accel. cable, coil, valve, and of course steering pivot. (luckily I was only going 5mph. Too much fun in the Rocky Mountain back roads!)
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Karl
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Hippie
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Valves
Oil leaks
Brakes
Electrical
Rust
Rings and bearings
Transmission |
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GeorgeL
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| On early bays, steering boxes and transmissions. |
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twinfalls
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I had:
_Clutch cable.
Broke on a German highway ( repaired on the emergency lane with trucks full speed near my feet ).
_Parking brake cable.
Broke while lauching a boat in Northern Manitoba.
_Heating ducts, bellows flaps and their control cables under the bus, eaten by rust.
_CV joints ( just asking for grease repacking ).
_Breaker points ( just reminding me, it doesn't last forever ).
_Foam seal around the engine ( lack of it, is overheating engine in the summer, mostly when stuck in traffic jams ).
_Front brake calipers. Stuck solid with rust, from bus storage too long under a leaky roof.
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Napoleon Resurrected
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The brake fluid resevoir. @#%*ing thing crumbled today as I was trying to bleed the brakes. Any idea where I can find ANY resevoir that will work? I will exchange with an original at a later date but for now, I would just like to take the bus and its new engine out for a test drive. ( I know, use the search feature. Been doing that for about an hour now and still reading)
thanks
Tim
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Karl
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| Napoleon Resurrected wrote: |
The brake fluid resevoir. @#%*ing thing crumbled today as I was trying to bleed the brakes. Any idea where I can find ANY resevoir that will work? I will exchange with an original at a later date but for now, I would just like to take the bus and its new engine out for a test drive. ( I know, use the search feature. Been doing that for about an hour now and still reading)
thanks
Tim
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Find the square one behind the seat of 71-73 buses. MUCH better material.
I found 45 posts on reservoirs in about 5 seconds. Keyword: reservoir
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