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don.ville 
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Installed BRV split swing axle boot (the kit was missing 2 nuts so I had to use 2 from the old boot).
Fits nice and tight.
Looks good.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Spent some time cleaning up the undercarriage with degreaser and brake cleaner.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Drained all the old trans fluid, cleaned lots of gunk from the magnet on the drain plug.
Filled with 2 quarts of Valvoline 80W-90 gear oil.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Replaced fuel line and filter under the bus.
Decided to skip using the worm clamps.
This hose was much tighter.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Replaced the piece of rubber I used as a gasket under the vented gas cap.
It was dried up.
Used a new valve cover gasket as a fuel cap gasket after cutting it to fit.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Put my overriders back on the rear bumper and installed my street sweeper mud flaps.
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don.ville
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| don.ville wrote: |
Replaced the piece of rubber I used as a gasket under the vented gas cap.
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You can use the gasket for the oil cap too, no seam |
Ah, ok. Good to know.
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don.ville
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I had such amazing success with the Wolfsburg West oil drain plate gaskets that I decided to try their valve cover gaskets.
No such luck.
Maybe I got a bad one but one side leaked just sitting in the garage.
The other side was dry.
I switched back to cork.
Never had problems with that as long as I changed them after each valve adjustment
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Time to make some panels out of plastic cardboard.
Don’t have to worry about getting them wet and warping
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LAGrunthaner
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don.ville, I wish I still had my original kick panels as I would have sent them to you, although I did send them it to a Veteran several years ago to complete his bus.
You are very inventive with that corrugated plastic.
Thinking of your peach bus today, I just received a set of VW Trends 1996 and your beauty is in it. Keep up the good work.
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Time to make some panels out of plastic cardboard.
Don’t have to worry about getting them wet and warping
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:35 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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don.ville, I wish I still had my original kick panels as I would have sent them to you, although I did send them it to a Veteran several years ago to complete his bus.
You are very inventive with that corrugated plastic.
Thinking of your peach bus today, I just received a set of VW Trends 1996 and your beauty is in it. Keep up the good work.
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Thank you Linda 🤘
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Did a recent cruise with the Treasure Coast V-Dub Club to Port Mayacca, FL
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VW Trends needs to update their cover photo for a retrospect 
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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The wiring on this bus is totally hand made by the customizers that made it.
Many parts are from different year VWs.
Recently the turn signals started to flash really fast even though no bulbs were out. This usually happens because of low voltage/bad grounds.
I did some voltage checks and noticed there was a voltage drop on the ignition circuit.
I also wanted to clean up the wiring behind the speedo as it looked so untidy.
I can’t replace the wiring with a new harness without putting back all the factory switches and lights which I don’t have.
The start:
Some of the aftermarket wiring used in the bus have gotten buildup on the internal copper.
Gettin closer
Finished product:
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| Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:45 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| Way more copacetic. Now the flashers work normal? |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:37 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| Way more copacetic. Now the flashers work normal? |
The flashers always worked great, and still do.
Note: for some reason the previous owner installed euro style tail lamps.
The turn signal is a separate bulb in the lower half of the taillight, NOT combined with the tail/stop bulb.
So the wiring is different due to that.
The flasher relay is not the 9 prong bus version, neither is the hi/low beam relay.
The turn signal switch is from WW which seems correct for this bus so I had to wire it differently to match my bastard bus
The turn signals were always flashing fast (like a bad bulb) even with all the bulbs working. (Especially when you pressed the brake. )
At night with the headlights on, if you pressed the brake the GEN light would come on very dim.
All seemed to be symptoms related to low voltage, poor terminations, poor grounds.
Cleaned and tightened up connections, removed redundant crimps, terminations, wires, and reduced voltage drop across various points.
Drove it last night and didn’t see any of the previous issues.
Fingers crossed 👍👍👍😀
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| Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 11:10 am Post subject: Re: 67 Standard Peach Kombi, West Palm Beach, FL |
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Evolution of the face of this bus.
1996
2008
2014
2019
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