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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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That's certainly a good solution, one I will probably incorporate some day.
For now the aircraft grade stainless safety wire will hold it just fine
_________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject: Center pin replaced |
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Today I replaced the center pin & bushings in the beam of my bus. I made a replica of VW tool 131A at work:
It's used to drive out the old bushings & install the new ones:
I used this excellent write-up by hazetguy here: (And my Bentley of course!)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274893&highlight=center+centre+pin
Everything went well & it's all in:
All & all it's not a bad job to replace these. Up next- I just got a complete set of VW seat belts from a fellow samba member. I'll get them cleaned up & installed!!! _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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jmstu76 Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 1223 Location: Edmond Oklahoma
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Damn nice tool. You might consider making a couple and selling them. I made my tool using the old center pin and grinding down like colin suggests. I ruined a grinding wheel but got the job done. I would have much rather used what you produced. _________________ James
'76 Deluxe Sage Green Westy
2258 cc GD case 78mm CW crank, 2.0 H-beam rods 5,325” 22mm pin, JE forged pistons with 15cc dish, JE rings, type 11 clearanced oil pump, CB Eagle 2205 Type-2 “Torque Special” hydraulic cam with matched lifters fed by CB Dual Weber 40 IDF MX with 6” foam air filters, currently 55 idle, 130 main, 200 air correction, 32 mm venturis. 27in General Grabber AT2 All Terrains, Berg Shifter, stock '76 exhaust HPC Ceramic Coated. 11/18/2020 |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:15 pm Post subject: I finally moved my fuel filter |
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jmstu76 wrote: |
Damn nice tool. You might consider making a couple and selling them. I made my tool using the old center pin and grinding down like colin suggests. I ruined a grinding wheel but got the job done. I would have much rather used what you produced. |
Thanks. It's one of those tools that's rarely used. I assume I'll never used it again on this bus, so unless I buy another bus down the road, I won't need it again. But I'll probably keep it around in case any of the members in my air-cooled Volkswagen club members need to use it.
So today I finally moved my fuel filter out of the engine bay. I thought that the safety wire I had on it minimized the risk, but in the end I was still placing the life of my bus in the hands of a cheap, plastic filter. So better wisdom prevailed & I moved it to underneath the fuel tank.
Before:
After:
I'm going to my first air-cooled Volkswagen show this Saturday! It's about an hour & a half away & I'm driving out with the members of the local VW club. Very, very excited!!! _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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conrad1468 Samba Member
Joined: December 20, 2003 Posts: 1019 Location: Jeannette, PA 15644
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:11 pm Post subject: homemade carpet/mat |
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I decided I'd try & find something suitable to make a rear carpet out of so I headed to my local home improvement store. I found a 6' x 8' roll of indoor/outdoor carpet that is actually made from recycled plastic bottle. The roll was $17 so I bought it & headed home. My son & I removed the seats & seat belts & we cut the carpet to fit. We had enough left over to cover the piece of plywood that was the base of the rear cushion. Before:
After:
I also picked up a spare tire cover at the swap meet last weekend. It not only covers the spare, but it also hides my bottles of oil & my jumper cables quite nicely:
_________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
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doublecanister Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2008 Posts: 1184 Location: Richmond, Va
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: new shift rod coupler & shift rod bushing |
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MrVWGuy wrote: |
Yesterday I changed the oil with Brad Penn green "racing oli" (has zddp in it) along with the oil filter. I also adjusted the valves. Today I replaced the worn out shift rod coupler with a new urethane one.
I also took off the front shift rod & shifter, cleaned everything up, installed a new shift rod bushing, greased everything up & re-installed it all.
Huge, I mean huge difference in the shifting!!! Well worth the time & money. |
Hello Mr VW Guy,
nice ride ya have there, good photos too, I could dig a ride like that one!
keep up the good work.
Question for you please sir.
I'm looking to replace my shift coupler and after seeing many different brands, some cheap some not, was curious where did you aquire yours?
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which brand did you choose?
also, does it really matter (if it's urathane are they all the same quality?)
Thanks for any help, i've ripped out my shifter, rod and coupling to fix a shifter bushing in my 73 Thing, may as well get it all nice and working good again.
T _________________ ****************************************
2020 - Mustang Eco Boost [High Performance]
1973 - Thing
1966 - Mustang GT- Fastback
1951 - Ford F1 pickup Flathead V8 |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: new shift rod coupler & shift rod bushing |
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doublecanister wrote: |
MrVWGuy wrote: |
Yesterday I changed the oil with Brad Penn green "racing oli" (has zddp in it) along with the oil filter. I also adjusted the valves. Today I replaced the worn out shift rod coupler with a new urethane one.
I also took off the front shift rod & shifter, cleaned everything up, installed a new shift rod bushing, greased everything up & re-installed it all.
Huge, I mean huge difference in the shifting!!! Well worth the time & money. |
Hello Mr VW Guy,
nice ride ya have there, good photos too, I could dig a ride like that one!
keep up the good work.
Question for you please sir.
I'm looking to replace my shift coupler and after seeing many different brands, some cheap some not, was curious where did you aquire yours?
and
which brand did you choose?
also, does it really matter (if it's urathane are they all the same quality?)
Thanks for any help, i've ripped out my shifter, rod and coupling to fix a shifter bushing in my 73 Thing, may as well get it all nice and working good again.
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Thanks for the kind words. Well, that coupling actually came on my bug that I'm restoring. It looked to be brand new. The bug still had god awful slop in the shifter, cause the PO didn't replace the shift rod bushing . Anyway, it was on my restored bug chassis, so I yanked it off & put it in my bus. It looks to be good quality, and the curious thing about it is it's actually stamped with the familiar VW logo! Go figure. Sorry, but that's all I know about it. _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
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doublecanister Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2008 Posts: 1184 Location: Richmond, Va
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:07 am Post subject: That's ok |
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hey MrVwGuy,
That's ok I believe I found a supplier Socalautoparts actually sells just
the urethane inserts but you have to order a 25$ minimum.
I'll keep looking.
Thanks and keep up the good work and the pics, I'll keep an eye on this link for your progress!
T _________________ ****************************************
2020 - Mustang Eco Boost [High Performance]
1973 - Thing
1966 - Mustang GT- Fastback
1951 - Ford F1 pickup Flathead V8 |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject: Converted to beetle brake fluid reservoir |
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Well I got tired of having to put a rag under my bus to catch the constant drips of brake fluid from the leaky lower '68 one year only reservoir. Not to mention always having to top off the fluid & the safety factor. I bought some 5/16 diameter coated metal line, some blue braided German brake fluid rubber hose, and a couple of these:
I fabricated (I use that term loosely, no snickering! ) this mounting bracket & welded it in behind the driver seat:
I also replaced all four rubber brake hoses at each wheel:
I also converted the wiring to run two three-pronged brake switches (very easy to do, by the way). When it was all done, I used my Motive pressure bleeder to bleed the lines (pic stolen from the gallery):
Worth every penny I paid for it. The brake pedal is rock hard now & braking comes on as soon as I touch the pedal. Very, very happy with how this little project turned out. I also swapped in some H4 headlights & aimed them:
I'm also very happy with the headlights. That's all for now. _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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get some HIDs in there and your gonna be ROCKING!
love that resivour...mines under my seat in the later model. and in dads 72 its behind the driver seat also.....i gotta re bleed his, but we just did rebuilt claipers, soft lines, and wheels cylinders...we gonna be good for a while _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
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sendjonathanmail Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2007 Posts: 26 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: |
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any more pics of how you routed the tubing for the new reservoir ? Looking to do the same to my '68 Thanks |
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secretsubmariner Champagne Wrangler
Joined: January 08, 2011 Posts: 3104 Location: Tulsa, OK
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srfndoc Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 3270 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:13 am Post subject: |
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Another 68 owner that would love to see the whole setup you did for the remote brake reservoir.
Thanks. _________________ RPM=(MPH*336* (R&P*4th*1.26))/Tire Diameter in inches |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Alright, alright. But I don't want to hear "you need grommets or it will rub through the line" from anybody because I already know! One thing that would make this job a whole lot easier is a 90° drill of some sort. I don't have one, that's why I wasn't able to make the Ø1/2" hole required for the rubber grommets. I will be adding grommets soon, it will be fine for now. So, on to the pics. Here is where the lines come down from behind the seat. I put a 90° bend on the lines & fed them up from below. A little tweaking up top puts them in proper alignment with the reservoir. The lines pass over the top axle tube.
Now here is where you need a 90° drill. This is after it passes over the top axle tube:
Finally, here it is after it passes thru the bulkhead & the lines feed into the master cylinder:
I bought (2) 60" sections of Ø5/16" coated metal line and ended up with approx. 3' left over. I also bought a meter of the braided blue brake fluid hose & had a good bit left over as well. I suppose when I go back & add the grommets I should do a proper write-up with dimensions to make it easier for others to do this conversion. for now, I hope this helps. _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:00 pm Post subject: Lower windshield opening repair |
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I bought a windshield off one of the local VW club members that does not have the awful blue tint across the top. I knew that I would likely encounter rust in the lower windshield opening when I removed the windshield, and I did:
So, i bought my very first piece of Funky Green metal & went to work!
It is a beautiful piece, too bad I'll actually be trimming off & not using the majority of it. Oh well.
I drilled out the spot welds:
I then cut out the offending rusty metal. I treated the underlying metal with Ospho & painted it with weld-thru primer:
The passenger side end did not fit perfectly:
So I tweaked it a little:
The first of many, many welds:
Tacked in place, note the holes for the plug welds:
After welding & rough grinding:
That's all for now. I hope to finish welding & grinding in the next couple of days. Thanks for looking. _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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1967250s Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Nice work, Seems like all of a sudden there's a lot of really helpful welding and bodywork threads. Welding has become a lot more accessible to all us VW owners. |
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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1967250s wrote: |
Nice work, Seems like all of a sudden there's a lot of really helpful welding and bodywork threads. Welding has become a lot more accessible to all us VW owners. |
Thanks. It's a lot of work for something that will basically never be seen. This is my first attempt at something like this. These things aren't getting any younger, it's a good thing welding is more accessible since it's getting more & more necessary. _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
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MrVWGuy Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2010 Posts: 643 Location: North of Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject: windshield repair complete |
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So after grinding all the welds & going back & filling in any voids I found, I did some minor body work to smooth things out:
Then I taped everything off & shot the primer:
Then the purty white shiny stuff:
A little bit too shiny for my bus!! ( Now the wife wants the whole bus to look this nice )
Then I read & I read, then I read some more on how to install the windshield. I used armor-all as lubricant & 2 cords (2 gives you a second chance. Ended up not needing the second chance) to install the PPG windshield. Went right in, could not have been easier. All done!
Drove it today!!! _________________ '63 Bus (camper of unknown origin)
'62 Beetle
'68 Kombi
'76 Westfalia camper, the wife's |
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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good choice not gettin the blue tint strip on the top....mines super annoying
congtrats! _________________ Stuart Zickefoose
2011 Jetta Sportwagen TDi 6 speed manual
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