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Wildthings
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| Aircooled.net list several as does The Type 4 Store. I would think Busdepot and the CB Performance likely would as well, I am sure there are others. |
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TrollFromDownBelow
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:59 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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From the research I've done, this manufacturer (link below) is supposed to be a source of some of the best quality camshafts for Type IV's. I put a stock grind along with their lifters in my Type IV rebuild.
Do some google shopping to find the best deal.
http://www.webcamshafts.com/
Regards,
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mike77777
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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webcam with new lifters went in mine. trouble free, good power, stock grind. quick shipping. follow their directions regarding initial breakin. 
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Thrasher22
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:38 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Real basic question - does the heater fan run all the time or is it somehow switched? The electric one that mounts to the roof of the engine bay.
My bus didn't come with any of the cabin heating parts so I've never seen them in action.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:46 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Thrasher22 wrote: |
Real basic question - does the heater fan run all the time or is it somehow switched? The electric one that mounts to the roof of the engine bay.
My bus didn't come with any of the cabin heating parts so I've never seen them in action. |
It's switched by the heater lever in the dash, runs when the lever is down and the engine is running (some later models don't need to have the engine going for the fan to come on).
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/75bus.php
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:59 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Thrasher22 wrote: |
Real basic question - does the heater fan run all the time or is it somehow switched? The electric one that mounts to the roof of the engine bay.
My bus didn't come with any of the cabin heating parts so I've never seen them in action. |
The heater booster fan only supplements the air flow at or near idle and does almost nothing when the engine is revved a bit. If you do not have the fan just block off the tubes coming up from the heat exchangers so you don't waste your precious heated air.
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Thrasher22
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:33 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Thanks guys! I didn't realize there was an electric switch attached to the heat lever in the dash. I've tracked down all the parts, just figuring out how it all ties together.
Super excited to have even a tiny amount of heat.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:51 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Thrasher22 wrote: |
Thanks guys! I didn't realize there was an electric switch attached to the heat lever in the dash. I've tracked down all the parts, just figuring out how it all ties together.
Super excited to have even a tiny amount of heat. |
Search out the Blumaxx thread, it is possible to get many times the heat into the cab as a stock system puts out. |
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brandt
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:27 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| I have a type 4 cam and lifters that have been mixed up and need to be resurfaced. Would this be something any common local machine shop should be able to do or do they need to go to a VW specific machine shop? And is it just the lifters or the cam too? |
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Thrasher22
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Back with another stupid heating system question!
How hot do the heater/blower pipes that come in and out of the exchange heater get?
To be more specific, do they get hot enough to need high-temp paint? There's lots of airflow, but they also connect to the exhaust.
I'm referring to the parts painted black in this photo:
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Maybe 400°F on a long hard pull. |
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Thrasher22
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maz-o
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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1973 late bay. (production date 11/72) late style ATE calipers.
so here's a REALLY stupid question: Which caliper goes on which side?? I'm finding conflicting information wether the "shoulder" bolt should be in the upper or lower hole?
photo of the right hand side, is this correct? (shoulder bolt on the lower end)
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Angus II
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Hello,
As per Bentley. The "locating (lower) bolt" goes in first.... |
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NorCalWeekender
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Can the rear (left side, in this case) vent window and rubber be replaced without replacing the rubber of the fixed window next to it? Or is the only good way to get the vent window portion in is to have the fixed window out?
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:41 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Can the rear (left side, in this case) vent window and rubber be replaced without replacing the rubber of the fixed window next to it? Or is the only good way to get the vent window portion in is to have the fixed window out? |
The vent can be removed separately, Bentley describes the procedure well.
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NorCalWeekender
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:42 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| Can the rear (left side, in this case) vent window and rubber be replaced without replacing the rubber of the fixed window next to it? Or is the only good way to get the vent window portion in is to have the fixed window out? |
The vent can be removed separately, Bentley describes the procedure well. |
I'll dig out my Bentley. Thanks!!
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:37 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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| . We’re right hand carbs mistaken for single carbs? |
Plausible, when I worked at a Japanese wrecker years ago buyers for mass rebuilders would come by and purchase piles of calipers, starters, carbs, etc.. for cores, maybe they were the "non oddball" looking ones and went into the heap with the rest of them?
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airschooled
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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How did late late bays attach the rear armrests? I have a 77 here with holes in the panels but no attachment points like Bentley shows... Fgure 6-6, body and frame.
Thanks!
Robbie
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