My Mean Green Camping Machine ('69 Camper)

[FireBrush]

Just introducing the newest member of our family. She will be fun to work on.

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1969 Camper Van - 1600 SP

[aeromech]

Nice looking bus and welcome to the samba. There are a couple things about your engine that need fixing though.
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[FireBrush]

I am aware of the fuel filter and lines as a priority.
What else?
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1969 Camper Van - 1600 SP

[Joey]

Very nice!

You may want to move your fuel filter to under the bus or at least put it before the pump not after it.
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Joey

‘60 Kombi - '74 Bus - '79 Panel - '65 Beetle

[aeromech]

What else?

Well if it was me I'd replace the engine driven fuel pump and remove the aftermarket electric pump. I'd relocate the filter to above the transmission for fire safety and install a new one. I'd turn around the coil just cause it's upside down from how it should be mounted. I'd replace that crappy air filter with an original oil bath filter. Probably replace the crankshaft pulley with a degreed one. Your distributor isn't clocked correctly but it can still run well like that. Check your timing though. Oh, and as you said replace the fuel lines.
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[FireBrush]

Aeromech,

Thanks for the tips.

I have a shifting problem that I cannot for the life of me find a similar post in the forums. (I have read probably 50-100 searched posts). Shifting 1-4 is great but just a little bit sloppy. If I go into reverse it is very, very hard to get back into a forward gear.

So I am starting at the shifter and working back. I noticed a bunch of washers under the reverse stop plate and I do not see them in the manual??? I will be getting a shift rod bushing kit and hope this works. The round disc above the ball on the shifter has a flat wear spot on it. Will this be an issue?
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1969 Camper Van - 1600 SP

[Jim Bear]

That right there is a really nice looking bus. I really like the interior. Fun and ood roads...
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[aeromech]

Will this be an issue?

Could be. There shouldn't be any washers under the stop plate. Be sure you have it oriented correctly.
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[Tcash]

I noticed a bunch of washers under the reverse stop plate.
Aeromech, I like how you changed the font. It states the question without needing to read the complete quote.

The washers may have been someones idea of a short shifter. Or they where addressing a problem. At any rate as Auromech stated they do not belong there.
Good luck



Shifter Parts ID

[aeromech]

You can call me Gary Mr. Cash
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VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
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[Skoolieman]

My 69 2ws modified by the po to use a split bus shifter bushing setup due to a broken guide pin and therefore had s8me heavy washers under it like you describe got any pictures of your setup?
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1600dp with H30/31 carb 009 distributor and alternator conversion

[FireBrush]

I took off the front linkage last night and the guide pin looks good.
Here are some photos of the wear spots I mentioned earlier.

On the Shift Rod

On the Reverse Stop Plate

Here are the extra washers as I found them.

Everything else looks good.

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1969 Camper Van - 1600 SP

[aeromech]

Did you look the reverse stop plate over well for cracks. I've found them broken before. I'd say lube everything up and put it back together without those extra washers and see how well it works.
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VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
Capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound

[Das Awesome]

Wow, that's a nice bus! I hope the Hulk didn't drive that ! Nice find and congrats!
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[Tcash]

Shifter Parts ID

[Lionhart94010]

RE your engine-

FYI, you are missing a number of clamps, seals and tin pieces, they all need to be there for the bus to stay cool, there are a number of samba post that have pictures of all the tin and seals and clamps that where on your engine when it left the factory

The ones missing I can see from your (1) engine picture are;

Heater tube clamps(top and bottom) and rubber rings on the bottoms-
Heat riser connector and seal from front tin to cylinder tin, as well as the seal that goes in it-
Oil tower drain tube bottom seal-
Does not look like your have the air flaps installed(Quite important piece for cooling)-
Missing Spark plug wire holders?
Pulley nut cover Tin-

PS, you have the wrong exhaust system on it(from a Bug) that may allow Carbon Monoxide to get sucked in the heating system due to the missing tin… and aerodynamics of the bus; bus exhaust exits on the side, so exhaust is left behind with turbulent air flowing down the sides of the bus…

Lot of things to be wary about that previous owners may have done to your bus, I do not see seatbelts in the back, and the modifications that they have done to the interior may not be so great in an accident(be weary of loosely installed furniture or sharp corners/hard objects near passengers ;0)

If you have not already; I highly recommend you check out Richard Atwells Baywindow Guide to Upgrades, you will not regret reading it or anything else he has written about T2 Buses, it will save you lots of time, money and frustration :0)

http://www.ratwell.com/technical/EssentialUpgrades.html
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