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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: 79 sage green/mexico beige kombi |
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Well, i found this old bus recently & figured i'd post a thread on here. It is a 79 sage green & mexico beige kombi. Has what seems to be the orig. fuel injected engine, & has the air conditioning unit & gas heater still hooked up so i may have some questions about that stuff also. Here are some pics as found.
Hauled her home, put in a new battery, cleaned her up, flushed the gas tank, and installed a new fuel filter & a couple fuel lines. Then removed a small rats nest from under the rear seat, and beat the front end out a bit with a 2x4. here she is now.
The engine seems to run great, has plenty of power (gave it a fresh oil change) & trans shifts beautifully. I noticed my hazard switch is busted so i'm guessing that's why my turn signals don't work, i'd like to try and test out the gas heater |
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bugsy95 Samba Member
Joined: December 18, 2009 Posts: 275 Location: chicago
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Nice score dave 1973 bus |
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eche_bus Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2007 Posts: 1318
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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That's a great color combination and that bus looks like a good restoration candidate. Would be exciting to see it returned to its former glory! |
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tootype2crazy Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2007 Posts: 1276 Location: St. Louis Missouri
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Wow a gas heater and air conditioning! Somebody paid a lot for that bus back in the day. On your gas heater all you have to do is take out the fuel pump and apply 12 volts. If it clicks thats great. If it doesn't spray carb cleaner in either end and tap on it with a hammer until it clicks when 12 volts is applied. Also take off the combustion fan and clean and check the gap on both sets of points and I bet it would fire right up. Mine did anyway. Also that DPD air conditioning works really well when it is up and running. It would probably be good to update the compressor.
These are the guys for all things air conditioning.
http://www.gilmore-enterprises.net/GH/index.htm _________________ air-cooled or nothing for me
1978 Sunroof Deluxe Bus (daily driver)
1978 Transporter (mom's, making into a camper)
1970 Single Cab 2.1 turbo/EFI 6 Rib, 78 front beam, vanagon backing plates on rear (project)
2001 GTI VR6 (wife's) |
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, thanks for the encouraging words everyone. I will try that out with the gas heater tootype2crazy. Today i fired up the AC & the overhead fan was a bit noisy, i think there are a few wasp nest left in there or something. Spent most the day at my friends loading up to go get another bus for him tomorrow, but got a few detrimental things done to the bus today!!!
Changed out points, cap, & rotor. Replaced air filter with a new one i found in the back of the bus.
Then glued the hula girl back together that was floating in the glove box in pieces
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a short video of the bus, The generator light just quit working all of the sudden & the engine compartment needs a good cleaning along with a new foam seal, but she should be road ready very soon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_UWP3ycEXc |
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Westfabulous Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 4207 Location: The tropic of Canada, dodging the giant flying moose of Surrey!
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet. That has a lot of potential, and is one of the beautiful color schemes to be had. _________________ *****************
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." |
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1967250s Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2007 Posts: 2137
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Dang, you got a nice deal. I guess you know what to do about the rust, too, could probably get a pipe welded on the muffler.
Green with envy. |
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, i'm pretty happy with her. We picked her up with no known history, so was expecting the engine to knock or something, but when it fired right up i was shocked!
Yesterday i blasted the engine compartment out with the hose & cleaned it up a bit, installed a new foam seal.
Then i found this muffler in the backyard that was decent, so i painted it, bolted on a new tail pipe & mounted it up.
I think i mounted it up there wrong, but i found another big hole in the exhaust pipe behind the CAT so it will all come back off eventually.
Then i took her for about a 25 mile drive today, and was going 70+ mph with plenty of power to spare Just didn't want to push it with those old tires on there still |
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Took some pics of the mplate but it was not working, but i took two relief prints with some tape & a crayon & it worked out great.
This web site kicks @$$
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:40 am Post subject: |
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put on some new brake hoses & new ATE pads up front. Then started cleaning under the wheel arches.
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1967250s Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Man, that is so clean under there! Still have the numbers on the cross beam, too! Don't paint over those. Are those gas adjust shocks? |
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22416 Location: Escondido CA
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tootype2crazy Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2007 Posts: 1276 Location: St. Louis Missouri
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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notchboy wrote: |
So what does one use to clean up and in there? I have old undrcoat I want to remove. |
I am in the process of removing the old rubberized undercoat on my pristine 78. I am using a needle scaler to knock of the heavy stuff followed by a wipe with gasoline. Leaves it beautiful under there. _________________ air-cooled or nothing for me
1978 Sunroof Deluxe Bus (daily driver)
1978 Transporter (mom's, making into a camper)
1970 Single Cab 2.1 turbo/EFI 6 Rib, 78 front beam, vanagon backing plates on rear (project)
2001 GTI VR6 (wife's) |
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marmauk Samba Member
Joined: July 10, 2012 Posts: 1 Location: Riverton, WY
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! I have a '79 that used to be sage green and Mexico beige. Until someone put an extremely thin layer of metallic brown over the top of the green. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take it back to the original color, but now I think I'm in love! Mine has a gas heater as well, but no air conditioner. Very nice! |
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22416 Location: Escondido CA
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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tootype2crazy wrote: |
notchboy wrote: |
So what does one use to clean up and in there? I have old undrcoat I want to remove. |
I am in the process of removing the old rubberized undercoat on my pristine 78. I am using a needle scaler to knock of the heavy stuff followed by a wipe with gasoline. Leaves it beautiful under there. |
So gas makes it look like this?
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Jason "notchboy" Weigel
1964 1500 S
1964 T34 S Convertible
1977 Westfalia Camper pop-top |
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consvws Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, sage green is such a beautiful color. I could crawl under my bus & just scrub OG paint all day! Luckily in my case here i had no undercoating, just a layer of dirt & grime that came off with some AJAX and lots of elbow grease.
I have removed undercoating before using a propane torch & a scraper, i'm sure gasoline would work as well |
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tootype2crazy Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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notchboy wrote: |
tootype2crazy wrote: |
notchboy wrote: |
So what does one use to clean up and in there? I have old undrcoat I want to remove. |
I am in the process of removing the old rubberized undercoat on my pristine 78. I am using a needle scaler to knock of the heavy stuff followed by a wipe with gasoline. Leaves it beautiful under there. |
So gas makes it look like this?
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It ain't gonna be that shiny, but it is very, very clean and nice. I suppose you could wax and buff your underside if you want. _________________ air-cooled or nothing for me
1978 Sunroof Deluxe Bus (daily driver)
1978 Transporter (mom's, making into a camper)
1970 Single Cab 2.1 turbo/EFI 6 Rib, 78 front beam, vanagon backing plates on rear (project)
2001 GTI VR6 (wife's) |
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consvws Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2009 Posts: 949 Location: Roseburg, OR
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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The rear cylinders were leaking & the adjusters were all frozen, so i through in some new ATE cylinders & cleaned up inside the drum a little. Freed up the adjusters.
Got the new rubber hoses put on the rear, & as you can see the new CV's are going on the list....
swapped out the plugs, wires, and coil with all new BOSCH, and gave it another oil change with some Castrol 20/50
Here is a look at some of the old stuff
I think my thermostat may be blown out as well
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curtis4085 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2011 Posts: 4806 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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If the engine cold then that thermostat is toast!!
Get a new one!! They are forsale in classifieds. New!!
Your Plugs seem to show your runnin lean?? I would get her sniffed and adjust mixture accordingly. _________________ Special Thanks to:
Headflow Masters - Vista, CA
www.headflowmasters.com |
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