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airschooled
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 Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Seriously, having a third person to catapult over the bus really helped lower the rooftop tent on Sunday morning!
I think we took care of the water leak into the rear compartment by sealing the Volkswagen script with some silicone, and oh yeah, filling the holes that just so happened to rust through the rear hatch! 
What the photos didn't show, was a cleaning of the engine compartment, new battery swapped in, wiper assembly pulled, cleaned, and greased, rust treated under the electrical inlet, passenger door striker adjusted, all lock tumblers graphite lubricated, all latches oiled, carb tune dialed in even closer, stock damper/tail pipe and muffler acquired, wiper switch escutcheon secured, and local Chinese food devoured. Plus, there was beer and a hot tub in there somewhere.
Nice to have you two over, travel safe!
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KentABQ 
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Now that it's been a couple months since Sunny was released from rehab (  ) in San Diego, how is he/she running?
And more importantly, are you finding all the surf spots you've been looking for?
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Even after launching six of my own, i still get the Dad nights worrying about young ladies doing the " bus life"
,even though NYCynthia has all the right stuff to take care of herself just fine.
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OB Bus
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| Even after launching six of my own, i still get the Dad nights worrying about young ladies doing the " bus life",even though NYCynthia has all the right stuff to take care of herself just fine. |
I have the same thoughts! I heard from her recently and she is doing fine. While we understand that she gets plenty of parental concern from her own parents, her foster family here wants her to be safe.
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KentABQ
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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A tough NYC girl can kick any Californian's butt without raising her blood pressure. So, not to worry! lol
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aeromech
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Time for an update Cynthia. It's been way too quiet.
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Bleyseng
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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I saw she is in NYC now
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NYCynthia
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Hey guys,
I was back in NY for a bit but now I'm back in LA. It's a long story but I had to abruptly go back to New York for a while. While I'm in LA, I'm storing the bus in the LA area and im driving my Honda to Santa Rosa. Robbie is joining me for the ride north. Being in California was great but I need to go home and take care of things there before I can come back.
The bus has been running great. I booked an appointment in august with Collin which I'll have at Robbie's place. Everything is going great and I'm pulling out of my California project and I'll still be bicostal 
I've met so many good people along the way. Thank you vw bus community.
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OB Bus
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chabanais
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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So what happened to the Bus?
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Brian
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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I heard she sold it and moved to Mexico. Dunno
(you still coming down Sunday?)
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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| Brian wrote: |
I heard she sold it and moved to Mexico. Dunno
(you still coming down Sunday?) |
well that was short lived
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aeromech
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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If she did I’m waiting for my cut
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Brian
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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kidding. She still has the bus, rumor has it that Sunny is near the socal area.
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aeromech
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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I know
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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I kidnaped Sunny 
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Tom Powell
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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I kidnaped Sunny
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And now she's living in the basement.
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chabanais
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Such a whirlwind romance then nothing.
Thanks for the update.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:43 pm Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Cynthia lives pretty off-grid... I'll tell her to post more when I see her this weekend.
Two months ago we transcended on Portland around the same time at Xevin's house. There was much bus work, and even more beer.
Then she met with Colin at my parent's place in LA, at which I took no pictures. We spent two days sorting out exhaust issues and non-issues, dealing with a creaky steering column, cleaning and repacking front wheel bearings, and adjusting front brakes.
On Sunday, we're removing the engine to figure out why the clutch pedal suddenly lost three inches of bite, and replacing the clutch cable didn't help. (Anyone else guessing throw-out fork arm issues? Because I am...)
Robbie
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Bleyseng
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:12 am Post subject: Re: Story of a girl and her new Volkswagen Bus, Sunny |
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Failing clutch release arm is my guess too....Reweld it?
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