Buying a Bay Window

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Promise us you will not TOUCH this screw until you can come back and write a paragraph about what it does and what it is attached to inside the engine, and then how you will remove and tighten it ..

Start here ....

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=645213

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The Purple People Eater! Though you’re probably too young to know that song.

Looks like a great bus! Very clean. Congrats! From another 73 tin top owner.

My personal comments — I would replace the fuel filter, and move it to outside the engine compartment. I feel the less connections inside the engine compartment, the better. Less chance for leaking. That’s one thing that’s nice about the single carb - one fuel hose, and one connection at the carb, and that’s it. Put the fuel filter below, down by the fuel pump.

As for the oil light, this is your oil pressure indicator. This is why it’s important. If it comes on, you’ve got no oil pressure. Kinda good to know. Make it work.

Congrats again man. I’d say you got a good deal on a nice bus, with a great opportunity to make the interior your own. Let’s see more progress pics!
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[OB Bus]

[theguyryry]

One of the first things I want to tackle is redoing the fuel lines. I'm a little paranoid that my bus is going to catch fire after spending too much time on here, and there's been some concern on this thread about the look of the filter. I was doing some searching and found the following on this thread:

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[wagohn]

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[Brian]

good ol electric pump. I didn't see (or look that hard) for a fuel pressure regulator, might be worth checking the fuel pressure that's coming out of that thing. Carbs don't like too much.

I'd change out the fuel filters and check them after about a week of running. If it turns a nasty color quickly, you'll quickly be pulling that fuel tank out.
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[Brian]

You'll have to experience a golden shower at some point in time. Pinch off the fuel line as close to the filter ends and you can get them out with minimal spillage
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'68 Baja Truck
'71 Bug
'68 Camper

Only losers litter

[wagohn]

[OB Bus]

And the fuel line should be at least R9 for longevity and alcohol resistance.
I also see rust chunks in that fuel filter.
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69 Westfalia and 2002 Eurovan Camper.

[HoboBus]

At least it's not a plastic body Mr Gasket pump.

The little metal cube jobs seem to be pretty reliable.

Try to find a label and Brand on it, and as noted prior see if you can find out the pressure. Facet brand is common for the cubes. The low pressure versions are preferred. Like less than 3 psi.

If its mounted decently, wired properly, and hoses fitted properly, and its not the higher pressure version, really no reason to change it right now, IMHO. I use the stock mechanical pump on my bus.

But I have an electric cube style job on my MGB, which runs a progressive Weber. Those cars were electric pumps stock, though.
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it'll make you feel fine. Makes you feel fine.
And I wanna be there. -- Jimmy Buffett

Just a beach-oriented camping Hobo with a bus.

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[theguyryry]

Alright hive mind,

I went digging through Muir's book and the Bentley manual trying to figure out why my oil pressure dummy light isn't turning on when I turn the ignition. These are the steps I followed:
1. Make sure the fuse is good. It uses the same fuse on my bus as the alternator light, and that works, so it shouldn't be that. Regardless, I took it out and checked, and it looks like it's not fried.
2. Make sure the bulb is good. I took the bulb out and verified that the bulb's filament was not broken. I should have read that whole section in the manual before starting... I ended up taking the whole instrument panel before realizing I could just unscrew the bulb from the back... lol. Learned my lesson. Also realized that all but one of the alligator clips holding the instrument cluster in place are MIA. Gonna check the sites to see if I can find replacements.
3. Make sure the oil pressure sensor is wired and connected. In Muir's book, he states the oil sensor is directly in front of the distributor on the Type 4 motor. I searched around and didn't see anything remotely close to what both the manual and Muir's book describe. I did some research, and I believe it's supposed to be where the bolt is in the image below. I could be wrong, because... well... you know. total noob and all.

I continued searching around the engine compartment and couldn't find anything that looks like it. I'm starting to think it's been removed. I attempted reading through the wiring diagram, and I think it's a green and blue wire for most of the run from the light to the engine bay, with some just green wiring. So I started looking around for a green or blue / green wire hanging loose in the engine bay, and I think I found it here, just to the right of the ignition coil:

It's hard to say, because the color is pretty faded, but it does lead back to the front of the bus via a bundle of cables that lead through via the front + right of the engine bay. I'm thinking it might be worth buying an oil pressure sensor and installing it where it was originally supposed to go, and hooking it up to that wire. What's the worst that can happen?

Questions:

a. Are there any other common places where the oil pressure sensor is installed on the type 4 motor that I can check?
b. Is that bolt right in front of the distributor the correct place for the oil pressure sensor to be installed?
c. what are my best options from here?
d. seriously... what's the worst that can happen?
e. While we're here, is there a way I can figure out what type of distributor I have?

I should mention that I did reach out the PO in hopes he would know any details on it from the engine rebuild, but he said he did not know, and said he believed "the pressure sensor was put on the motor in the back when it was rebuilt".

[crownline]

Where that bolt is is supposed to be the sender. P.O. probably had a leaking bad sensor and instead of replacing it threaded a bolt in.
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[wagohn]

If you think you have found the oil sensor wire, touch it to ground and the dash oil light should illuminate. If it does, all you have to work on then is fitting the sensor.
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