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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks amazing!!

That's not a real Z Bed!! ha-ha!! Very Happy



Just kidding!! Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

any updates?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:50 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

I finally got around to installing the 1968 only pedal splash pan that I've had for about 2 years now!!

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I also washed it & took it for a spin on a nice February Sunday.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:54 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

I finally got around to taking out the old driver side rear vent window that was rusty, crusty, full of silicone & falling apart:

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The bottom of the frame was completely rusted away:

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I feared the worst as I was removing it, but I was pleasantly surprised to fine almost not rust. Note that I left main large window in place. The Bentley manual claims the vent window can be removed & replaced without taking it out.

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The Bentley manual was correct. Took me & my son about 8 tries though, but we finally got it in with all the rubber situated correctly:

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I really like how it turned out, I now have use of this window for the first time in the 3 years that I've owned this bus!!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:53 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

On a whim my oldest son & I decided to paint the wheels back to their original white color. They were black & ugly:

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My son had the bright idea to use the "playing card method" to mask off the wheels:

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This method works very well and I am happy with the results:

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This project of course opened up a can of worms. I discovered the CV joint boots I put on 3 years ago had split wide open! Evil or Very Mad So I replaced them:

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While I was at it, I decided a re-pack of the rear bearings was overdue so I tore into them. Good thing I did, one of the outer bearings roller cage had disintegrated and so I replaced the bearing with a German made one.

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While I was at it I decided to replace the leaking transaxle seals at the flanges:

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I also replaced the broken antenna:

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After all of that, I can finally enjoy the white wheels that started all this!!!

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Thanks for looking!!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:11 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

The wheels came out great, much better.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:34 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Thanks!!

I almost forgot- here's a cool slow-motion video I took of the engine running.
You can hear the engine firing 1-4-3-2, 1-4-3-2, 1-4-3-2...


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:27 pm    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Love the playing card paint trick. I have used it a few times, always with good results.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:47 pm    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Nice
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:00 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Nice work on the Bus. The rust repair work under the windshield looked awesome.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:54 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Hikelite wrote:
Nice work on the Bus. The rust repair work under the windshield looked awesome.


Thanks!! I'm still amazed at how well it turned out, I had never done anything like that before.
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PostPosted: Mon May 08, 2017 11:51 am    Post subject: middle seat re-covered Reply with quote

If you been following you'll recall that five years ago I aquired a full length middle seat for my bus. It was black and included a large rip that was covered in duct tape:

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What the pictures don't tell you is that it also smelled very bad of mouse droppings. I finally got around to putting a new seat cover on! Since it smelled so bad, I went ahead & got new seat pads from Wolfsburg West:

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New cover:

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Now all of my seats are tan! Except now the front seats look even worse, so I ordered new pads & covers for them as well...
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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2017 3:52 am    Post subject: Wagenswest babystang wide five front disc brakes Reply with quote

This upgrade was a bit overdue. My master cylinder was of an unknown vintage, and when I would load the bus up with the kids, girlfriend, the dog, & all the required camping gear, having to stop on a dime was not an easy task. But no more! I wanted a kit that still allowed me to use my stock 14" wide five wheels and the "Babystang" kit from Wagenswest was exactly what I was looking for. I also took the opportunity to replace my aging master cylinder with a brand-new German made FTE one as well. The kit installation was very straightforward & relatively easy. I used my Motive pressure bleeder which makes bleeding the air out of the whole new system a breeze. I cannot recommend it enough. the pressure bleeder makes it a one person job & nearly foolproof. I see too many posts where people "can't get any pedal" after installing a new master cylinder. Not here. Anyway, I took it for a test drive and the brakes are amazing! The kit is worth every penny in my opinion, and brakes are the last place you want to try & skimp out.

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You can get this kit here: http://www.wagenswest.com/partstore/index.php/babystang-63-70-bus-front-disk-brakes.html
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2018 10:46 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

I did a few things last year I forgot to post. My bus oil temps would run a little warmer than I liked when loaded with the family, dog, camping equipment & bikes when driving highway speeds on a hot summer day. I knew from a few years ago that the cylinder tins did not have the vanes in them seen below (not my blurry pic, borrowed from the gallery):

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I bought a set at a swap meet, blasted & painted them & installed them.
I also bought a fuel injection fan shroud for $15 & harvested the venturi ring off of it:

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welded it on with horrible looking welds:

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Got some kadrons from the kaddie shack & installed them along with cleaning up & repainting the exhaust:

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I also installed new padding & recovered the front seats too:

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We met her fraternal twin:

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Except we're stock height:

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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:54 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

Amazing work! Did the temps go down?
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2018 5:14 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

conrad1468 wrote:
Amazing work! Did the temps go down?


I forgot to report on that part LOL!

Yes, I was very happy to see my oil temps reduced by about 15-20 degrees!
Since I was at the upper edge of the "warm" range (right around 235 on a hot day going 65 mph on the highway) this brought me back into the "optimum" range.

Oil temp ranges:
180-220 optimum
225-235 warm
235+ too hot

If you can't find a donor shroud to harvest a venturi ring from, awesome powdercoat sells them here:

http://www.awesomepowdercoat.com/Venturi_Ring.html
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:20 am    Post subject: Re: Wagenswest babystang wide five front disc brakes Reply with quote

MrVWGuy wrote:
I used my Motive pressure bleeder which makes bleeding the air out of the whole new system a breeze. I cannot recommend it enough. the pressure bleeder makes it a one person job & nearly foolproof. I see too many posts where people "can't get any pedal" after installing a new master cylinder. Not here. Anyway, I took it for a test drive and the brakes are amazing! The kit is worth every penny in my opinion, and brakes are the last place you want to try & skimp out.


Do you know which specific model number works for the power bleeder on your bus? You need an adaptor, right?

EDIT



https://www.amazon.com/Motive-Products-0104-Volksw...VW+Adapter

Answered my own question Smile

Great thread, BTW.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:51 am    Post subject: Re: My '68 Kombi Reply with quote

I removed the rubber fuel lines & replaced them with hard fuel lines:

Before:

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