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lil-jinx Samba Member
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Himejii Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:39 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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lil-jinx wrote: |
14 gauge wire will be fine,worst thing that can happen is the bus burns to the ground,but hey you saved 5 bucks. |
Ok ok, point made. Sarcastic smart assery aside, that's what I was asking. Other posts on here said that the wire would limit the current to what it can handle and that smaller wire (12-10ga) was used (I guess relative to typical battery cables) specifically to reduce current and slow down charging. It made it sound like a battery didn't behave like a typical load, and that smaller wire would just charge slower (e.g. like when you use a 0.5A phone charger, the phone just takes the 0.5A and doesn't try to force 1A through the wire... but both ends of that wire have electronics controlling the current so I knew it wasn't a perfect analogy). I wasn't sure if I'd understood correctly, so I asked. _________________ 1978 Canadian Deluxe Campmobile |
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Wildthings Samba Member
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lil-jinx Samba Member
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Himejii Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:50 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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The entire load is fused at 16A and the relay itself is only rated to 30A. While I'm driving, I might charge my phone. While I'm parked, the relay will take these wires out of the equation.
According to that, my 4' 14ga wire is good to at least 50A. The relay itself will fail at 30A, so it should be ok then...
So it sounds like I wasn't wrong after all... the main risk is slow charging. I'll address that down the road if it seems to be a problem. If I start parking anywhere for longer periods, I'll be looking at solar solutions anyway. _________________ 1978 Canadian Deluxe Campmobile |
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obnoxiousblue Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2007 Posts: 2928 Location: East Northport, NY
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:04 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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I want to replace my rear bumper, it has some waves after years of abuse.
I see on mine, despite some waves the bumper's "edge" is parallel to the body of the bus. Many other buses I have seen the bumper's top edge seems to have more of a "curve" to it where the bumper is slightly curved away from the body of the bus.
Does anyone know which is right? _________________ Mike
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beatles4 Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2014 Posts: 400 Location: Miami
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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It looks like my fuel pump has sprung a leak. Who sells the original German seals or the best quality seals I can find? I looked on wolfsburgwest but they are out of stock. Any other suggestions? Bus is a 69 with the original pump.
Edit: Or at this point in the game am I better off going with a replacement fuel pump altogether? _________________ Click to view image
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51057 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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beatles4 wrote: |
It looks like my fuel pump has sprung a leak. Who sells the original German seals or the best quality seals I can find? I looked on wolfsburgwest but they are out of stock. Any other suggestions? Bus is a 69 with the original pump.
Edit: Or at this point in the game am I better off going with a replacement fuel pump altogether? |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13382 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Mechanical-Fuel-Pump-Upright-Engine-w-Alternator-p/113-127-025g.htm
I've heard people are having good luck with this pump. It at least comes w/the pivot pin w/clips so it doesn't back out.
Hearing that Wolfsburg West is out of stock is maybe a good thing. I know several people contacted them about how lousy that kit was that they kept selling. Maybe they finally stop selling it.
Wolfsburg West or another aircooled parts vendor could become hero's to the VW community if they'd get a decent Pierburg fuel pump rebuild kit produced. There's clearly a demand for them.
With Vintagewerks charging $235 for a rebuilt one , a vendor could sell a lot of rebuild kits. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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beatles4 Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2014 Posts: 400 Location: Miami
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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busdaddy wrote: |
beatles4 wrote: |
It looks like my fuel pump has sprung a leak. Who sells the original German seals or the best quality seals I can find? I looked on wolfsburgwest but they are out of stock. Any other suggestions? Bus is a 69 with the original pump.
Edit: Or at this point in the game am I better off going with a replacement fuel pump altogether? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608309&highlight=fuel+pump |
Right, in researching the topic I came across that thread but it basically says most of the kits are out of stock and hard to find. I guess I glossed over the part about WW being of poor quality. I checked out the recommended vintage works but it looks like they specialize in porsche and aircooled smaller than 1600 sized fuel pumps. _________________ Click to view image
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13382 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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beatles4 wrote: |
busdaddy wrote: |
beatles4 wrote: |
It looks like my fuel pump has sprung a leak. Who sells the original German seals or the best quality seals I can find? I looked on wolfsburgwest but they are out of stock. Any other suggestions? Bus is a 69 with the original pump.
Edit: Or at this point in the game am I better off going with a replacement fuel pump altogether? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608309&highlight=fuel+pump |
I checked out the recommended vintage works but it looks like they specialize in porsche and aircooled smaller than 1600 sized fuel pumps. |
? They sell the rebuilt 1500-1600 square top Pierburg fuel pumps and have an add on this site. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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overrestored Samba Member
Joined: December 24, 2005 Posts: 724
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 10:58 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Can somebody tell me the last year of the chrome base window cranks?
My 1971 bus has repro all black plastic covered window cranks and I would like to replace them with used stock. I like the look of the chrome base with the slender black plastic cover over the "arm" only... but am not sure that they are correct for 1971. _________________ some cars
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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overrestored wrote: |
Can somebody tell me the last year of the chrome base window cranks?
My 1971 bus has repro all black plastic covered window cranks and I would like to replace them with used stock. I like the look of the chrome base with the slender black plastic cover over the "arm" only... but am not sure that they are correct for 1971. |
68-69 Chrome standard
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73 last year for chrome handles on deluxes
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beatles4 Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2014 Posts: 400 Location: Miami
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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wcfvw69 wrote: |
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Mechanical-Fuel-Pump-Upright-Engine-w-Alternator-p/113-127-025g.htm
I've heard people are having good luck with this pump. It at least comes w/the pivot pin w/clips so it doesn't back out.
Hearing that Wolfsburg West is out of stock is maybe a good thing. I know several people contacted them about how lousy that kit was that they kept selling. Maybe they finally stop selling it.
Wolfsburg West or another aircooled parts vendor could become hero's to the VW community if they'd get a decent Pierburg fuel pump rebuild kit produced. There's clearly a demand for them.
With Vintagewerks charging $235 for a rebuilt one , a vendor could sell a lot of rebuild kits. |
Yah, vintagewerks ended up being cost prohibitive. I was liking that one you linked except I still have a generator and it looks like the inlet of my fuel pump has what looks like a brake line fitting where it is screwed into the pump. I didn't really want to cut that line to run a rubber hose since it lasted in my bus this long but it seems like a rather challenging task to find the generator style fuel pump for a 1600 with that screw in inlet.
The closest I have come across is this so far.
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Mechanical-Fuel-Pump-1961-65-Type-1-1960-65-T2-p/211-127-025.htm
edit: But from what I am reading on this forum it looks like the 40hp pump should work fine on a 1600 singleport. _________________ Click to view image
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beatles4 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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According to my Bentley book it looks like this is the correct stock pump for my bus.
This is what I currently have.
From what I gathered everywhere online and here it looks like on early bay buses VW put 40 hp fuel pumps from factory so I would need a 40 hp fuel pump rebuild kit to fix my leaking pump right? I just wanted to corroborate with you guys to make sure I am on the right track.
Edit: My questions was I wanted to corroborate that my hunch was correct and that I indeed did have a 40hp fuel pump. _________________ Click to view image
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EverettB Administrator
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Himejii Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:34 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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Couldn't find a definitive answer by searching... '78 Westy: are the passenger and driver seats swappable with each other? My driver seat has lost its sproing. I'll get it fixed one day, but can I just swap it with the hardly-used passenger seat in the meantime? _________________ 1978 Canadian Deluxe Campmobile |
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khalimadeath Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:51 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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I need a rebuild kit for one of those pumps too. I have that same pump on my 1970 Westfalia 1600 SP. _________________ The United States Constitution
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Tcash Samba Member
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beatles4 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:46 am Post subject: Re: The Stupid Question Thread |
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khalimadeath wrote: |
I need a rebuild kit for one of those pumps too. I have that same pump on my 1970 Westfalia 1600 SP. |
Thank you TCash, those were all the links I found last night. I also contacted Wolfsburg West inquiring about their rebuild kit. A lot of people on this forum seemed to think that what they sold was chinese junk (which it probably was for the generic 2 barb style fuel pump) but according to WW the 40hp style pump uses a rebuild kit from Brazil for whatever that is worth to you.
I am placing my order now and am hoping to have a leak free fuel pump this weekend.
@ khalimadeath
I will keep you posted as to how the rebuild goes and my opinion of the WW rebuild kit. _________________ Click to view image
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