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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:21 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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After fitting the carrier bar & adjusting where the frame mounts were to go, I finished making the frame mounts.
And then attached the inner ones to the carrier bar.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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For today's Crusty Pig update, I cut the carrier bar to length & welded the outer frame mounts to it.
Then I fitted it back to the Bus.
Tomorrow I'll have to make the gussets & weld them to the carrier bar. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
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Dkwautounion Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2017 Posts: 178 Location: Socal
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Probably wouldn't hurt to throw some more passes on there. What kinda of welder are you using. |
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Spike0180 Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2015 Posts: 2269 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:10 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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OOoo! looking good! you're making me want to do this. But I have years (hopefully) to go until my new engine takes a crap on me. _________________ Brutis Patches Izabich: 1970 VW Transporter - 1776cc DP
Current State: Projects never truly end...
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Other cars: 2003 F150, 2003 Jetta GLI vr6-6sp
Sambastic: adj; the quality of being nit picky, elitist, expecting everyone to do things the way they believe is best with no regard to situation, "sambastic" |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:39 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Dkwautounion wrote: |
Probably wouldn't hurt to throw some more passes on there. What kinda of welder are you using. |
It's a Hobart Handler 135 flux core MIG. The welds ain't the purtiest but they have good penetration. Here they are cleaned up.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Dkwautounion Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2017 Posts: 178 Location: Socal
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:06 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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There not bad. I would run a few more passes and a little hotter. Some of the welds look straight up and down and that creates what is known as a stress riser. You want a perfect 45 on the weld bead and the weld on your pipe to the plate...the weld should come out on the plate from the nipple 1.5 times the thickness off the plate then a 45 up to the nipple. I would do one pass connecting the plate and the pipe them one pass connecting plate to previous weld bead with half of the bead on the plate and half on the weld bead then one more with half on previous weld bead then other half on pipe. Should make for a great weld that would last a long time. Follow the same theory on all your welds. 45 is the key. No concave weld beads either |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Today's Crusty Pig update consists of some more carrier bar progress. I made some gussets for the body mounts.
And then glued them up.
And then refitted it to the Bus.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:25 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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I decided to try to close up one of the pneumonia holes in the back of the Crusty Pig so I painted the repaired window flange...
And after fighting the trim into the new gasket, I stuffed the window back into the hole.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12688 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:51 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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That trim really can be a bitch, but I think the results are totally worth it. Keep it up!
(I don’t know much about fabrication, but I enjoy lurking...)
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:12 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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asiab3 wrote: |
(I don’t know much about fabrication... |
Neither do I, I just make the shit up as I go
asiab3 wrote: |
... but I enjoy lurking...) |
Thanks! That's quite the compliment coming from the millennial bus whisperer.
Y'all remember the filler piece I removed from the sliding door track?
I repurposed it as the engine mount support gussets.
First, I made horseshoes out of it & then used my hole saw to cut to length.
Fitted them to the support bar.
And then married them together.
Now they are one.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Since the weather hasn't been cooperating I haven't been able to do much with the Crusty Pig so I decided to start removing the body side of the harness so I can start paring it down to the bare necessities.
I'll have to remove the dash so I can get the rest out. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Well, I got impatient waiting for parts & couldn’t quite bring myself to hack the Crusty Pig to install a hatch so I pulled the 1.8t out & stuffed an engine from a Beetle back in... Back to cruising in the crustiness & exploring rural routes bypassed & forgotten by those taking the new highways
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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I spent some more time doing basic maintenance on the Crusty Pig, I had a headlight fail so I finally got around to installing the other H4. After fighting the trim ring, I found that I’ll need to repair/replace the headlight bucket on this side too.
Oh look, I can see the seat stand through there.
Oh well, screw it for now, headlight works.
After that I tried to replace some of the dash illumination bulbs which turned into a true test of patience, removing one bulb turns into replacing several other bulb holders due to the fact that they’re all brittle & just touching one means that it’ll turn to dust. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:09 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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I ran into a fellow Bus-keteer this morning on the way to work.
As you can see from just a couple of posts back, I'm still methodically stripping paint a little spot at a time _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:23 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Dammit! I forgot to wish the Crusty Pig happy birthday on February 8 (kids are already used to it ), HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY!!! _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:24 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Since the new engine is chugging merrily along, I decided to do a bit of maintenance to it & adjusted the valves yesterday.
Then, on the way home, I decided to do something about that pain in may ass (literally) & stopped by a home decore store & brought some funkiness to the junkiness with some Outdoor furniture cusions.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:11 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Crusty Pig update, in my "IDGAF, let's stuff an engine in it & see what happens", I literally pulled an engine out of a beetle that had been sitting for 12+ years, pulled the exhaust so I could install the mustache bar, bolted the old exhaust back on, removed the fan shroud to check for nests, rebuilt the carb, put it back together & crammed it back in the hole. Shortly after getting it back together I started seeing some oil leaks and now it looks like I get to pull the engine back out & install oil cooler seals & a main seal.
No big deal, I knew that it was a probability that such things would need to be addressed, but I wasn't going to throw any more parts at it until I knew that it was going to be a good unit. So far I've gotten about 700 miles on it & enjoying toodling around in it. I even broke down & replaced the 12+ year old generator belt yesterday & adjusted the front brakes again. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Clatter Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2003 Posts: 7527 Location: Santa Cruz
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:08 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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Nice. Keeping with the theme..
Careful with actually adjusting the valves,
It's a slippery slope.
Don't want to go down the rabbit hole.. _________________ Bus Motor Build
What’s That Noise?!? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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I learned a valuable lesson today, if you don't have the front grille on (or the screen behind it has deteriorated.), don't leave the fresh air doors open when you park. It seems that wasps are quite fond of those passages & they're none too happy by the time they're forced out of the dash vents at speed. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:05 am Post subject: Re: 1968 Deluxe resurrection |
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I finally had to fill up again so I decided to check fuel mileage.
Here's where I filled up on 3-31-18.
And this morning.
So, I used 12.5 gallons in 320 miles which gets me 25.6 MPG, that's almost 10MPG better than my Eurovan.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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