Heinous Sin Against Nature... There's a 72 Type 4 in my 71 Bus!

[MountainKeep]

Here's my bus:

Here's the horrible secret lurking in the back:

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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[MountainKeep]

Here's what I intend to do about it:

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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[skills@eurocarsplus]

[Angus II]

Hello,
Damn, Skills. That is clean....
At times, it's good to be sinful...
Oh, and Mountainkeep.
Very nice bus you have there.
Yet, your avitar is a little too much info... at least for me. No offense implied.
I'm glad to see your a happy girl though...

[Clatter]

While that conversion is obviously a hack,

i'll bet you'll miss it when it comes time to drive the thing with that 'new' motor.

If that were mine,
I'd be re-doing the conversion with a proper mount bar and upright fan..
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Bus Motor Build

What’s That Noise?!?

[kangaboy]

[MountainKeep]

Hack job! That's original German angle iron in my bus!

Nothing wrong with type 4's.. I just that I want to make my 71 a 71 again... with that new-fangled "engine tin" stuff that everybody keeps talking about and all!
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[MountainKeep]

Hope this avatar is more to your liking Angus II... Me in my blacksmith shop.
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[Xevin]

So you have a type 4 conversion and want to put a 73 type 1 bug engine into your 71 type2 bus. Can you give specifics on what parts you are planing to use? Maybe some pictures. Firewall tin, transmission, brackets, and etc Maybe these guys can answer in detail what you will need to do and get.
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Keep on Busin'

[MountainKeep]

Thanks for your post Xevin. I would love to put my bus back to stock as I can afford to get it. I know it will be slower, but that is fine with me. I wish I could afford a freshly rebuilt 71 motor, but this is the best I can find locally and in my price range. This new motor is a '73 1600 dp out of a Super Beetle supposedly (AH317186).
I believe I still have the original 3 rib transmission in the bus currently. I have a 71 rear apron to replace the one they took a torch to. I have a "71 only" firewall tin on the way.... along with the oil cooler tin that goes through it. I have the original mustache bar, but I will unfortunately have to use the hotly debated adapter, as there is no metal to drill and tap on this motor. I think this motor has been used in a bus before because there are extra long studs on the oil pump cover already... At least motor mount brackets on the frame were spared the torch... so that's good. I will be looking for some replacement sheet metal for the sides of the motor bay that they cut out. I may have to blacksmith up something and weld it in to close up the holes on either side. I will also be looking for the original breather set up.
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[MountainKeep]

Oh, and I will be getting the rear tin/breast plate for this new motor soon as well. And I will have to do a little more research to see if I will need another 30 amp voltage regulator for the generator. They left the old one in the bus... I just don't know if it works.
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[71whitewesty]

and I'd just suggest a new muffler too... single exhaust to the side.
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71 Westy 1600 DP, all stock Bus 1
1970's Snow Trac 1600 SP (sold 12/2016)
1968 Tucker sno cat, sold 2021
1969 Tucker Sno cat 542
2017 VW Alltrac
71 tin top stock 1600 DP (project but runs)
Twin 71 White Westy, Bus 2, that I pulled from a 15 year slumber in a dry eastern WA field in 2015.
1966 Sundial Camper "Boomer"

[Xevin]

And check those manifold heat risers are clean.

No expert on trans and engine compatibility. Is it a 3rib that originally came with a type 4 engine?
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Keep on Busin'

[Angus II]

Hello,
If they left the original voltage regulator in place, it would be an 38 amp. regulator; not 30 amp.
The 71 bus came with an 38 amp generator, dished mounting plate/tin and wider fan. To go with the dog house tin and cooler.
Do you use coal or propane for your forge?

[MountainKeep]

I will check the heat risers, thanks. And I believe the three rib transmission was used in '71 with a 1600... So I'm thinking/hoping it will work with this '73 1600.
And yes I hope to get the right exhaust set up as well.
And someone here on the samba said I would need a 30 amp for a bug motor.. I really don't know what I need in that regard.
And Angus, I use coal... I prefer metallurgical grade bituminous.
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[TomWesty]

Don’t forget to find or fab a brake booster compatible intake manifold!
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[Manfred58sc]

Nice Bus, I have the correct intake with the proper port for brake booster, PM for details
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[MountainKeep]

Thanks y'all. That's a useful bit of information. I hadn't known there was no port for a brake booster on this new motor. I will have to look into that. Yay! More time and money! But some people think having functioning brakes is important...
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White 71 Campmobile known lovingly as "the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo."

[airschooled]

[alman72]

you can make some of that money back by selling your running type4 that you have now. Best to take the buyer for a ride and let them hear/see it run before you pull it. (dibbs!)