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jimf909 
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Joined: April 03, 2014
Posts: 7473
Location: WA/ID
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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: IF I had a "Do Over" card... |
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Thanks for re-posting this. Even the new level senders sold for $100 now seem to fail. I've returned one and have a busted one even after spending some time chatting with the gentleman who builds them.
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| I would have pulled my windows and taken care of the rust earlier. |
While I'm fond of saying no camping trip was ever harmed by seam rust, after 7 years I have one pr two seams that are finally starting to bug me. Regardless, everything I did instead to enable the van to bring me home safely after every trip over the last 60K miles has been better than calling AAA for a van that had a fancy paint job w/out seam rust.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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Captain Pike
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Joined: December 30, 2003
Posts: 3343
Location: Talos IV, Piedmont Arizona
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: IF I had a "Do Over" card... |
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I would have Built Frankie BEFORE I sold off all my old V stuff. FEK.
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djkeev
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Joined: September 30, 2007
Posts: 32625
Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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DanHoug
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Joined: December 05, 2016
Posts: 4798
Location: Bemidji, MN
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: IF I had a "Do Over" card... |
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had a brand new pair of GW super duper AMC heads wear an exhaust guide out in 10k miles, possibly from tight guide-to-stem clearance. knowing what i know now, but really didn't know enough then, i would buy new AMC heads and go thru them myself setting guide clearance, using upgraded valves, checking seat concentricity, and setting up high ratio rockers. but ya gotta pay tuition before learning these things.
Chris Corkins wasn't selling his refurbs at the time so that wasn't an option but is hands down where the smart money would be spent iff'n you didn't want to buy valve tools that exceed the cost of his heads.
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60% of what you find on the internet is wrong, including this post.
'87 Westy & '89 Westy both 2.1 4spd
Past projects can be found at--
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skills@eurocarsplus
Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007
Posts: 16879
Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: IF I had a "Do Over" card... |
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another woulda coulda shoulda i would have done is wire the camper light to the front door switches
i was literally right there. 
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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. |
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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