Crusher - next to go in when saved

[orwell84]

[Jetfxr69]

Thats not an axe. Although im not opposed to using one as needed. Its a big brass ball peen hammer.

Slow progress as life keeps getting in the way. Pulled the junk pax door off and started working out old bondo filled dents in the front clip. Will take a little smoothing compound to dress up but nit the 1/2” thick I found in some dents.

Pulled widshield out and although the sill is pretty rusty, not as bad as I expected. No holes to put a finger through. Sand, ospho, all-metal and thats it. Damn P.O. had run a wire up from the battery, to a switch, and a momentary push button, and back to starter. Massive fire hazard. Will replace ignition switch and rewire back to proper.

Switched gears for a break from grinding and put wardrobe back together. Added a couple shelves per Ems request. Time to put it aside and cross it off the list.

Em has been using cardboard boxes to shape up and size her sink cabinet. Set bed foam in place temporarily to get an effective size requirement for what she needs. She has a great idea to build a treasure chest, with foam and matching upholstery that will slide under bed or be stowed behind pax seat when bed is returned to bench mode. More storage and a place to sit. Since the o.g. early model westy sink cabinet is not in that spot, it will make a good spot to use.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Jetfxr69]

Possible color choice. Somewhere in the neptune blue range. With the white over top down to beltline.

This changed from og yellow after seeing some pics of Jimmieh’s beautiful bus downstate.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[jtauxe]

I have 2 unused gallons of Neptune Blue left over from this rebuild:

It's a great color. Let me know if you are interested.

Also, since you are digging in pretty deep on the bus, you might consider this list I put together of things to do to you "new to you" bus:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=722378
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John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD

[Abscate]

White on that blue will look gorgeous.
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[Jetfxr69]

[Jetfxr69]

Not a good initial report on Emilys motor teardown. Didnt even get the exhaust and heads off and found this.

Yeah! Spare parts and pieces inside.

Looks like i will be using that case from Shinnlinger after all. This is not the answer I was hoping for, but should have been expected.

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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[ImAddicted]

Ouch:(
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1979 Transporter (sold)
KC1MUR

[orwell84]

Well shit. That sucks. I imagine that someday welding cases like this will become more common, but I would be looking for another case too.

[JaimeH]

Bummer.
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1978 Transporter 2.0 FI, BA6
Special Thanks to Razor's Customs, Boscawen, NH

[Abscate]

That will be fixable. Save that case.

Who can find the thread on the camshaft web vaccine?
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[cmonSTART]

OOF. The oil from that strainer looks black and really sludgy...
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'78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS

[Jetfxr69]

Mystery of the aluminum tape looking stuff found in sump solved.

And if it wasnt bad enough, found another rod bearings spun and shredded. One of them locked up the rod to crank so bad, that I had to beat on it with a huge steel drift from the backside, just to get the crank to rotate enough to get the piston off.

One of the rod cap nuts came off with my fingers. Catastrophic lockup.



Valve train looks fairly new. AMC heads, but no cracks, valve burn, or hammer faces on them.

Im guessing this was rebuilt, poorly albeit, and then quickly self destructed due to improper torque or reuse of old cap nuts. Cam is toast with heavy overlap wear.

Off to the junk pile. Will breakdown Shinn motor tomorrow and hope for better inside.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Abscate]

[Jetfxr69]

Today was a big day for Crusher. Emily has sanded and filled as much as she could do, and it was now time to make the switch with Henry. Before we trailered it over to Ryans for the metal work, we put it in the air for a wash and look from below.

All looked good and as expected as best we could see originally laying on our backs. Ryan come bye and was pleased to see the underside where he will be welding the three piece rockers in. Quick pressure wash and on the trailer for the 7 mile ride across town.

Em is sad to see Crusher go away, but thrilled to know some metal is about to be laid down.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa

‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson

[Abscate]

You can fix that rust repair without removing the windows, but only if you are a pro.
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[ImAddicted]

The lift is a new addition?
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1979 Transporter (sold)
KC1MUR

[cmonSTART]

Well that turned out nice!
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'78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS

[JaimeH]

Is that the original location for your fuel pump? Mine is on the inside of the the LH frame rail.
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1978 Transporter 2.0 FI, BA6
Special Thanks to Razor's Customs, Boscawen, NH

[cmonSTART]

I was wondering that too..
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'78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS