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bigbore Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2003 Posts: 3296 Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:11 am Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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ya I know just have a jab at Rob we most defiantly went off course with this thread I hope to cross path with Rob some day it will be fun. _________________ where its cold and snowy |
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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BigBore - I typed bear hairs - spell check got it. Robbie knows better to leave the cubs alone. They are next season's belts up north.
Wyoming? Robbie, please repeat after me, "north in spring and south in fall... Some one please show Robbie how to read a map or input GPS. " _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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bigbore Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2003 Posts: 3296 Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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ya I hate spell check I have to poof read all the time. As for bear hair I have yet to see a bear with hair or a whale with fur but I could be-------wait for it ------splitting hairs here its almost snowing here and Iam already loosing it. _________________ where its cold and snowy |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:56 am Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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If the farmers are planting , then I’ll be Shanting, if the leaves are falling, to the South I will be calling... _________________ .ssS! |
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12688 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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“Going where the climate suits my clothes...”
...and is very well-suited for generator brush replacement... That makes three sets in a row in the rain.
Five states in the last 48 hours, and heading to Brooklyn tonight through a lightening storm. We’ve got a family wedding, a mad dash to DC, back to Grand Rapids, a special surprise, Route 66 to traverse, and several important plans to cancel. Stay tuned for the next chapter of “Robbie’s laundry won’t dry in this damn humidity.”
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:26 am Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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Wait Route 66? But that’s not an interstate highway! That might be dangerous! Don’t do it Robbie! All that separates you from a head on is yellow paint on the road! So sketchy!! NOOOOOOOOO!!! _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
206-841-7324
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TomWesty Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2007 Posts: 3482 Location: Wyoming,USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:56 am Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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Generators went out with listening to Harry Nilsson. Time to get an alternator, you know you want to. _________________ If you haven't bled on them, you haven't worked on them.
Visit: www.tomcoryell.com and check out my music! |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:01 am Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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If you make that stop in Albany, Ive got a spare 38A or two you should travel with, just in case. Might have OG cast pulleys, too. _________________ .ssS! |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13383 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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Here's a serious question-
How long should a brand new set of say NOS Bosch brushes last before needing to be replaced if the armature and everything else was good in the generator? _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
Follow me on instagram @sparxwerksllc
Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.
**Now rebuilding throttle bodies for VW's and Porsche's**
**Restored German Bosch distributors for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored German Pierburg fuel pumps for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche fuel pumps or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche distributors or I can restore yours** |
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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geez - I'd get 60,000 - 80,000 on a set of generator brushes. What's up with this? Get with Telford and see what he recommends to clean the armature. They used to make a special eraser one could use to clean it when replacing brushes, _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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telford dorr Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2009 Posts: 3547 Location: San Diego (Encinitas)
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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I use a strip of 400 grit wet-or-dry, and a flat stick to hold the sandpaper against the commutator. Spin the armature and sand just enough to make everything bright and shiny. Then use a pointed non-metallic stick to clean all of the crud out from between the commutator segments (IMPORTANT!) If done properly, and the brushes are of good quality and fit well and don't hang in the brush holders, then they should last a long long time - at least half of the life of the engine, or better. _________________ '71 panel, now with FI
'Experience' is the ability to recognize a mistake when you're making it again - Franklin P. Jones
In theory, theory works in practice; in practice, it doesn't - William T. Harbaugh
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. The pain is only felt by others.
Same thing happens when you're stupid. - Philippe Geluck
More VW electrical at http://telforddorr.com/ (available 9am to 9pm PST) |
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12688 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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My first (NOS Bosch) brush set lasted about 50k. I installed the second set, and the upper brush went kaput in about 2,000 miles, even after cleaning the commutator. At that point I cleaned the comm again and installed a used brush set well past the wear point to get me to the next town, and that set lasted me 12,942 miles. I honestly kept forgetting to swap out the grotesquely used set, and they endured an entire cross-country lap just fine.
Remember I run a massive stereo, interior & engne lighting systems, a laptop charger, camera charger, phone charger, and a refrigerator all off my 38-amp generator and one battery. (Used Optima deep cycle from 2012 I got for free.)
One might say my generator is working at the limit of its duty cycle all the time. That’s probably true. But I like the noise and I like being able to push start after a long weekend of camping when my fridge voltage cutoff doesn’t work.
From my “apartment” (parking garage) on the Upler East Side!
Robbie _________________ Learn how your vintage VW works. And why it doesn't!
One-on-one tech help for your Volkswagen:
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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That’s so cute the way you think that. _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13383 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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telford dorr wrote: |
I use a strip of 400 grit wet-or-dry, and a flat stick to hold the sandpaper against the commutator. Spin the armature and sand just enough to make everything bright and shiny. Then use a pointed non-metallic stick to clean all of the crud out from between the commutator segments (IMPORTANT!) If done properly, and the brushes are of good quality and fit well and don't hang in the brush holders, then they should last a long long time - at least half of the life of the engine, or better. |
This is my thought and how I've done generator rebuilds. I'm also with Steve in thinking 60K plus would be at least the minimum you'd get out of a set. I just can't recall changing many brushes in generators over the past several decades. Then again, I'm not putting 100k on my VW's every 5 years either. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
Follow me on instagram @sparxwerksllc
Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.
**Now rebuilding throttle bodies for VW's and Porsche's**
**Restored German Bosch distributors for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored German Pierburg fuel pumps for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche fuel pumps or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche distributors or I can restore yours** |
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D/A/N Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2010 Posts: 2224 Location: 11222
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Tram Samba Socialist
Joined: May 02, 2003 Posts: 22697 Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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D/A/N wrote: |
asiab3 wrote: |
From my “apartment” (parking garage) on the Upler East Side!
Robbie |
You found a garage in Manhattan that will let you sleep in your bus!?!? Do tell...... |
neena finally kick you out? _________________ Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.
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SamboSamba22 Samba Member
Joined: August 06, 2015 Posts: 2772 Location: Benton, Arkansas
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7599
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Ease up on the bass, millennial. |
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Damn that Xevin... |
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I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Tram Samba Socialist
Joined: May 02, 2003 Posts: 22697 Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Ease up on the bass, millennial. |
Less bass and... MORE COWBELL dammit! _________________ Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.
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Just my hands. And a little lube. No tools. |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13383 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: 100,000 miles - another lap of the country |
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Tram wrote: |
SamboSamba22 wrote: |
Ease up on the bass, millennial. |
Less bass and... MORE COWBELL dammit! |
Someone say cow bell?!?! _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
Follow me on instagram @sparxwerksllc
Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.
**Now rebuilding throttle bodies for VW's and Porsche's**
**Restored German Bosch distributors for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored German Pierburg fuel pumps for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche fuel pumps or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche distributors or I can restore yours** |
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