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wcfvw69 
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| brettsvw wrote: |
I have pulled dent in a similar repair.
Attach a pulling clamp (the type that tightens with pulling force) at lip chained to a redhead concrete bolt in cement floor.
Used a floor jack in a strong location to lift vehicle to pull dent.
Not for everyone but worked for. |
This is a great suggestion and the route I'd take if I was doing it at home ^^
When I worked at an automotive frame/alignment shop a couple of decades ago, I'd do a similar type of pull/repair. We had body clamps that went on the body seem. We also had different pieces of metal that we'd weld onto a body/frame section that needed to be pulled down. Our 60's style frame rack had sliding beams under it. I'd use a porta-power that pulled in and pull that right out while working the surrounding metal back into place.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Think I can just ask a frame shop to pull the seam and hit the rocker back in shape without me having to paint anything above the seam?
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| don.ville wrote: |
| Think I can just ask a frame shop to pull the seam and hit the rocker back in shape without me having to paint anything above the seam? |
Absolutely. The clamp is going to damage the paint on the seam but it would pull back out like butter.. 
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don.ville
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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My ride home from Bulli Brigade was pretty rough due to drivetrain vibration. (That's what I was trying to inspect when I jacked up my bus. I really jacked it up)
My fuel tank was also leaking from somewhere, so I decided to pull the engine and inspect and check out everything....
Engine out and tin removed
Tank out for inspection
Paint damage caused by fuel leak...
Inspection pics...
Checking driver side axle boot
Leak free...
Passenger side a mess on either end of the axle tube.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Then I removed the driver's side rear tire and found this 
Tread separation and bulging on the tread...the tire is severely deformed!
I dropped of the fuel tank for the guy to pressure test it and he just picks it up and says, here is your leak right here... right under the filler neck where it enters the tank...
So he welded and painted it for $30...
My passenger side axle tube needed to be replaced, but I picked up the wrong type as I really need a tube with the short end casting...
My old one is at the bottom.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:24 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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2 things:
Might want to move that hot start relay into the engine compartment so your bus will not drive away on the starter motor.
Where are your rear soft lines for the brakes? |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| ToolBox wrote: |
2 things:
Might want to move that hot start relay into the engine compartment so your bus will not drive away on the starter motor.
Where are your rear soft lines for the brakes? |
Drive away on the starter motor? Wait, I don't get it...
The soft lines are right at the edge of the pic out of the shot😀
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| ToolBox wrote: |
2 things:
Might want to move that hot start relay into the engine compartment so your bus will not drive away on the starter motor.
Where are your rear soft lines for the brakes? |
Drive away on the starter motor? Wait, I don't get it...
The soft lines are right at the edge of the pic out of the shot😀 |
i think putting the relais inside where it is better protected makes sense, since it would not take much juice to fire up the starter, and your bus WILL drive off in first....
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ToolBox
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:35 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| ToolBox wrote: |
2 things:
Might want to move that hot start relay into the engine compartment so your bus will not drive away on the starter motor.
Where are your rear soft lines for the brakes? |
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If the relay get water in it , that can cause it to engage and the starter will spin. If it is in gear it will "drive" till the battery goes flat or the vehicle hits something.
Your soft line is supposed to go between the bracket on the frame that hard line is going thru and a bracket that is welded or clamped to the axle tube.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:57 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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It's been like that since the bus was restored about 20 years ago.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:57 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| brettsvw wrote: |
May be OK the way you have the soft line. Keep an eye on it, could be getting extra workout with the current location. |
I see what you mean.
The stock location has the flex hose farther away from the wheel where axle swing travel angle is smaller so the line flexes less.
Where mine is (PO put it that way), the axle swing travel distance would be larger.
I guess if my bus was stock height and climbing curbs an such the brake hose could get more stress, but even when I use a jack to force the axle lower, it has been OK.
Thanks
Also, it also seems that if I do a swing axle conversion, this way may be better. 
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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I picked up a new axle tube since my bearing cap bolt threads are messed up, and realized my axle tubes are not stock and have been extended..
I found this thread and it looks exactly like what was done to mine:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=242334
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| Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Found the axle tube retainer o-ring from local Fastenal
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Got the swing axle tube re-installed with new FEBI boots that come with screwless clamps.
Soem randome pics of what appears to be gear oil leaking and messing up underside of trans and engine.
Crank seal area pic
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| don.ville wrote: |
Got the swing axle tube re-installed with new FEBI boots that come with screwless clamps.
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You probably already know this and have a reason to do it differently, but the screws on your boot should be facing forward or backwards, not up or down. Because of the up and down movement, and flexing, etc
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Yes I do.
My bus is lowered.
I decided that my axle does not flex enough for me to need to mount it sideways and deal with risk of leaking.
My driver's side has not leaked since I put it on years ago.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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fair enough
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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My new muffler from Wolfsburg West required some awkward filing to get the exhaust tip to fit all the way in.
The bottom section of the inlet pipe had welding buildup that I had to file down
Then I had to scrape the powdercoat from the exhaust tip so it could fit into the muffler.
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