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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:23 am Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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| Bulli Klinik wrote: |
When your Japanese car starts turning Chinese, at which point do you revert back to German?
Vicious cycle... |
the Luk clutch was made in England if you can believe the stamp. it's the same kit I used on Ride-On's 5 speed.
my theory is this: if it comes direct from a dealer it has to pass a better QC process than what would be offered to the aftermarket.
case in point:
I thought for sure i'd be warranting brake parts left and right when Volvo started going to china for stuff. that hasn't been the case.
take the same china rotor from a parts house....and it's junk in a month. the moral of the story here is it's always a crap shoot and I broke my own rule, and it bit me. such is life.
what was once a good trusted brand just isn't so anymore and it's sad...but again maybe I did get the one out of 3000 units that just failed, that is a possibility.
but...here's the rub. when I built my sharTTruck a couple years ago I used a sachs sport kit as it's now a 1.8T. I broke it in under their instructions for 1k miles of stop and go traffic.
getting on the highway in 3rd that clutch slipped under boost. I was pissed...but from day one, the clutch felt like I was stepping on a water balloon much like this one.
sadly, this is where we're at.
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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crownline
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:33 am Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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Time for kale and JD.
Keep up the good fight skillz. You'll win in the end.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Joined: January 01, 2007
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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where I started
where I stopped 
where we are today 
33 miles without a issue. sure beats the first 11 miles. that's good news for once. transmission shifts nice and smooth, bus drives as predicted. it's so quiet all you hear is wind 
here is yet another crap video shot with my shoe phone
Link
finally feels like i'm going the right way now. jeezzus...
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Brian
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:35 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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Well that's a fun sight to see, a driveable bus. Congrats man 
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wcfvw69 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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You da man Don! Well done! Taking that Frankensteined POS, hacked swap out and then taking the bus to the promised land was no small feat.
That drive had to feel magnificent. 
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sjbartnik
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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curtp07
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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Awesome work as usual.
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HoboBus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
here is yet another crap video shot with my shoe phone
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SHOE PHONE !?! No wonder your videos are poor quality. 
One of you smart guys should put a clip up of Get Smart with his shoe phone.
Great job though man! Well done. ...well other than the shoe phone.
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Xevin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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Awesome job Skillet
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| Damn that Xevin... |
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| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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Bravo Zulu, Don
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HoboBus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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| Xevin wrote: |
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Awesome job Skillet |
Perfect. Don Adams.
Wait.... Skills is a "Don" also, right?
Hmmm.... Coincidence? Perhaps not.
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TomWesty
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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I think he put the “Cone of Silence” over the bus before he shot that shoe phone vid.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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That drive had to feel magnificent. |
not really. honestly, I was on edge the entire time. as the miles clicked by so did my anxiety. I was just waiting for the next shoe to drop, seems to be a theme with the build unfortunately.
other than having about 8 gallons of fuel in the bus and the gas gauge never moving out of the orange 'reserve' patch, it was (thank God) uneventful. I used the sender that was in the bus which I believe is the original. Thankfully I cut the access panel out, so it's like 2 seconds to pull the sender out.
i'm starting to feel better about life again. I haven't sat in the corner rocking and sucking my thumb with a bottle of captain in like 3 days
i'll shit in my hat if i can get anywhere with a refund on the clutch. i will try and get down there in the next day or so. if you don't see me post for a few days, i'm in jail for assault on a glass storefront
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| gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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TomWesty
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:56 am Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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I wonder if we need to start a bail money fund. 
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:25 am Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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| TomWesty wrote: |
| I wonder if we need to start a bail money fund. |
I’m worried too. Local judge in Dons town owns the Subaru dealership.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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| TomWesty wrote: |
| I wonder if we need to start a bail money fund. |
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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not much to report, except I plowed another 20 miles on it
been laying out the a/c stuff. may post a bit about that when I get further. I have a intermittent driveline rattle which I think is the transmission mount. another issue with using the Subaru 5 speed is the awful angle that the nose cone mount ends up with. basically, I have to clearance the mount bar the pinches the "horns" to the torsion tube. i'm 99% sure I had to do it to Ride-On's bus too.
other than that, there is a VERY annoying fresh air flap whistle at about 45 mph, and gets worse with speed....i mean like scratch your eyes out annoying. i'll pull the grill and have a peek at it.
with the sound deadening it's kinda spooky how quiet these swaps are at speed.
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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You guys might find this interesting......just posted today. Is this the same guy? I think it is based on page 9 of his feedback profile...the comment dated September 5, 2019...….
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2358854
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad |
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