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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mal evolent wrote:
the problem assigned to the fuel filter is in fact the pressed in brass pipe on the aluminum carb body. the weight of the fuel filter pulls it loose

the solution:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=420661


That's certainly a good solution, one I will probably incorporate some day.

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For now the aircraft grade stainless safety wire will hold it just fine Wink

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:50 pm    Post subject: Center pin replaced Reply with quote

Today I replaced the center pin & bushings in the beam of my bus. I made a replica of VW tool 131A at work:

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It's used to drive out the old bushings & install the new ones:

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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:

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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!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:15 pm    Post subject: I finally moved my fuel filter Reply with quote

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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.


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.

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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!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't wait to see the bus on the road!!! C-ya tomorrow!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:11 pm    Post subject: homemade carpet/mat Reply with quote

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:

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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:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:28 pm    Post subject: Re: new shift rod coupler & shift rod bushing Reply with quote

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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.

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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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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:05 pm    Post subject: Re: new shift rod coupler & shift rod bushing Reply with quote

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.

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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.

T


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 Rolling Eyes . 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.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:07 am    Post subject: That's ok Reply with quote

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!

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:05 pm    Post subject: Converted to beetle brake fluid reservoir Reply with quote

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:

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I fabricated (I use that term loosely, no snickering! Evil or Very Mad ) this mounting bracket & welded it in behind the driver seat:

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I also replaced all four rubber brake hoses at each wheel:

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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):

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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:

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I'm also very happy with the headlights. That's all for now.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

get some HIDs in there and your gonna be ROCKING! Very Happy


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 Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

any more pics of how you routed the tubing for the new reservoir ? Looking to do the same to my '68 Smile Thanks
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work on the fabrication!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another 68 owner that would love to see the whole setup you did for the remote brake reservoir.

Thanks.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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! Evil or Very Mad 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.

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Now here is where you need a 90° drill. This is after it passes over the top axle tube:

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Finally, here it is after it passes thru the bulkhead & the lines feed into the master cylinder:

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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. Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:00 pm    Post subject: Lower windshield opening repair Reply with quote

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:

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So, i bought my very first piece of Funky Green metal & went to work!

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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:

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I then cut out the offending rusty metal. I treated the underlying metal with Ospho & painted it with weld-thru primer:

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The passenger side end did not fit perfectly:

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So I tweaked it a little:

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The first of many, many welds:

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Tacked in place, note the holes for the plug welds:

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After welding & rough grinding:

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That's all for now. I hope to finish welding & grinding in the next couple of days. Thanks for looking.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:09 pm    Post subject: windshield repair complete Reply with quote

So after grinding all the welds & going back & filling in any voids I found, I did some minor body work to smooth things out:

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Then I taped everything off & shot the primer:

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Then the purty white shiny stuff:

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A little bit too shiny for my bus!! ( Evil or Very Mad Now the wife wants the whole bus to look this nice Evil or Very Mad )

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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!

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Drove it today!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good choice not gettin the blue tint strip on the top....mines super annoying Evil or Very Mad


congtrats!
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