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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:49 am Post subject: Whatd you Destroy on your Bus today? |
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Living up to my name, i thought i would share what i have broken on my bus lately...staring with my most recent need, my transmission...
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and continuing to my bent NEW HD sway bar (pulled back out with a tow rope and a light pole....)
and on to my vaneer on my cabinets coming off in a few more places.
what did you break on your bus today? _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
206-841-7324
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm....nothing today. Or yesterday. But I've definitely tasted the many flavors of defeat. Most recently, my 1970 bus' rear view mirror just sort of crumbled when I was adjusting it.
And the night/day shift lever broke off on my 1977 bus rear view mirror.
And I broke my bank keeping them all alive. |
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FlatfourFrenchy Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2013 Posts: 297 Location: Boonville, MO
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Not to long ago I bought my (first) bus out of a field after it sat for 25 years. I really wanted to get a better view of westy interior but could only get in passenger front door and wasp nests wrre everywhere. So with my infinite ignorance I reached in to give sliding door some help with a good whack from the inside. Hit it right on joulesie window knob turning it immediately to dust. The next event was even more costly as I tried to use the interior handle for leverage and snapped it in two. It is or should I say, was, a westfalia only item. _________________ 1971 Tin Top Westy Campmobile 70 |
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JDub113 Samba Member
Joined: June 08, 2009 Posts: 758 Location: Reno
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:25 am Post subject: |
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I havent had it long enought to break too much, but the first day I had it, I went to put on the aftermarket passenger mirror and snapped off the bottom by tightening it too much. PO probably threw away the original one and had the aftermarket one in a cabinet drawer. That was followed by accidentally ripping off an old valve stem on the rear tire. The whole thing came off. Other than that, so far so good. _________________ 84 Wolfsburg Edition Westy |
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dugfresh Samba Member
Joined: November 04, 2012 Posts: 651 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:28 am Post subject: |
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I guess since I own the dogs and had them in my bus over the Independence Day Weekend... Toby ripped all of the OG riviera curtains off the tracks, will need to be resewn. Toby chewed on the chrome trim around the drivers door window... Toby chewed the drivers side mirror cracking the mirror and denting the mirror body! Toby also chewed on the slider door handle, nothing too bad tho.
Toby will be wearing a muzzle very soon! _________________ 78 Riviera
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Thrasher22 Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: |
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dugfresh wrote: |
I guess since I own the dogs and had them in my bus over the Independence Day Weekend... Toby ripped all of the OG riviera curtains off the tracks, will need to be resewn. Toby chewed on the chrome trim around the drivers door window... Toby chewed the drivers side mirror cracking the mirror and denting the mirror body! Toby also chewed on the slider door handle, nothing too bad tho.
Toby will be wearing a muzzle very soon! |
_________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
206-841-7324
[email protected] |
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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cut a hole for a fuel sending unit access today....on the 72.
but on the plus side, now its working! _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
206-841-7324
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Jalabert Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2005 Posts: 630 Location: On the coast in NZ, somewhere...
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Currently f*cking about after a steering box replacement trying to get the horn to work - know there's a loose spade connector somewhere I can't get to - know it doesn't count as broken, but it will be soon unless the old cow starts to cooperate! _________________ http://thickrubber.blogspot.com/ Writing, Surfing, and Exploring NZ's deep south by VW...
'73 westy, 1700 type 4 with 34icts |
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Thrasher22 Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Jalabert wrote: |
Currently f*cking about after a steering box replacement trying to get the horn to work - know there's a loose spade connector somewhere I can't get to - know it doesn't count as broken, but it will be soon unless the old cow starts to cooperate! |
What year bus? Early bays have a wire that come out the bottom, on late bays the column itself is grounded. _________________ 1975 Westfalia - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=516701 |
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Jalabert Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2005 Posts: 630 Location: On the coast in NZ, somewhere...
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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It's a '73 - I cannot get to the spade on the bottom of the steering column tube without:
1) fingers like E.T. or
2) pulling the steering wheel etc, and sliding the steering column up to get access.
There is a cold place in hell waiting for the person who designed this. Although, given the age of these things, they're probably there already...twenty minutes ago, that would have made me feel better... _________________ http://thickrubber.blogspot.com/ Writing, Surfing, and Exploring NZ's deep south by VW...
'73 westy, 1700 type 4 with 34icts |
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77VWBusDude Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2008 Posts: 772 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:53 am Post subject: |
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JDub113 wrote: |
I haven't had it long enough to break too much.. |
Enjoy the honeymoon _________________ '77 Bus auto EFI(stock)
WendyArmbuster wrote: |
Oh man, I had forgotten the smell of a running bus. Sort of like a combination of old things and burning dust. Smells like... victory. |
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Campin68 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2014 Posts: 79 Location: Issaquah, WA
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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The brake fluid reservoir on my 68 crumbled in my hand today, so taking some advice on this board, I'm modifying with the 69-70 version. Between my rudimentary mechanic skills and some of these fragile old parts, it sometimes seems like everything I touch is going to break... _________________ I'm doing all of this for the first time.
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12687 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Campin68 wrote: |
The brake fluid reservoir on my 68 crumbled in my hand today, so taking some advice on this board, I'm modifying with the 69-70 version. Between my rudimentary mechanic skills and some of these fragile old parts, it sometimes seems like everything I touch is going to break... |
If it makes you feel better, brake fluid is one of the most corrosive materials we work with on our buses. Don't be sad, be glad that we have replacement parts available _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
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old DKP driver Samba Member
Joined: March 30, 2005 Posts: 4145 Location: Los Gatos,Ca.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:26 pm Post subject: horn column connector |
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Jalabert No ET fingers needed just long needle nose pliers and patients _________________ V.W.owner since 1967 |
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Tom Powell Samba Member
Joined: December 01, 2005 Posts: 4855 Location: Kaneohe
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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I recently destroyed the threaded end of the OG drag link bolt.
http://octopup.org/img/sportsmobile/steering/m/200...nt--02.jpg
The removal tool/ puller, mushroomed the end of the bolt down to the cotter pin hole. I had the nut loosely installed to keep it from flying when it popped. I hacksawed the bolt to get it apart after it popped.
Aloha
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collinVW32 Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2012 Posts: 186 Location: Wichita, Kansas
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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At the beginning of my restoration process I needed to remove the steering wheel which was kinda seized on. So me and my dad beat the holy living crap out of this steering wheel not knowing the price of a new one or the fact that we couldn't just throw any steering wheel on
So for now I'm driving around with a busted up steering wheel, but hey, at least it still does it's job.
This also taught me and my dad we should probably look into what ever it is a little further before we take a hammer (or two) to it. _________________ My '71 Bay Build:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=513427&highlight=
The only peace sign I will ever have on my bus is one that is upside down. |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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I wanted to modify the behavior of the fog light switch on the Mexican single cab. In the original wiring, the fog light relay is grounded through the headlight switch, so that if the head lights are on the fog lights will not come on.
Since I wanted supplemental driving lights instead of fog lights (not a lot of fog in New Mexico), I wanted to wire it so that they would not turn off when the headlights came on, wiring the ground to a simple vehicle ground instead. However, since the fog light relay is part of the fuse box, I had to remove the previous wire from the relay to the headlight fuse, and managed to break off the connector that was feeding into the relay (one of those captive electrical female connectors with the little tab on it.). Grrr. Well, at least now I don't have to worry about that disconnected wire hanging around in the fuse box, going hot whenever the headlights are turned on.
So, that one is not too bad.
Here's a worse one: I knocked off the bench an original ignition housing on the floor, and the fall knocked off one of the four rather delicate mounts for the turn signal switch screws. I cursed a blue streak at myself for that one. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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So for now I'm driving around with a busted up steering wheel, but hey, at least it still does it's job.
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
cut a hole for a fuel sending unit access today....on the 72.
but on the plus side, now its working! |
This:
Needs this:
And requires most of this to do that:
But it won't be the same...even after all those hours.
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