1974 Westfalia "Penelope"

ASBug · « **Reply #30 on:** November 16, 2010, 09:42:16 PM »

My Biology teacher at college was talking about splicing DNA to bring back the Mastadon, and he stated:

"Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something..."

I think that about sums this up...
My eyes are still burning.
KC

Zen · « **Reply #31 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:33:56 AM »

Try to ignore the "tumor" growing out of it's nose and take a good look at the bus!!!! It's a bay window, but has cargo doors and windows like a pre-64 15 window. Where/when was that built? South Africa? Late 60's? . . . I've seen pictures of those buses somewhere before but I can't remember the details.

volksnick · « **Reply #32 on:** December 09, 2010, 05:06:15 PM »

I was playing around last night and decided to build the crank for the motor I tore down. I got the rods on. Put the timing gears on. Everything went really smoothly. I followed Jake on the bug me videos and made it all the way to putting the case halves together. I torqued to half the spec (like jake does in the video) and the crank wasnt turning easily. After playing around with it, I was able to get the crank to turn by putting the fan hub on the crank and getting a hold of that.

It seemed it would get hung up once per revolution. It would turn through it but it ended up dragging. I threw in the towel and went to bed. I've been thinking about it all day and I'm thinking it has to be something with the timing gear, possibly a mangled tooth. What do you guys think?

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #33 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:02:03 AM »

Did you miss seating a dowel pin on the main brgs ? There should not be much effort to turn the crank. Did you put the dist drive in first then the dist ?

volksnick · « **Reply #34 on:** December 10, 2010, 12:06:23 AM »

I made certain that I got the dowels in the bearings but I'm not gonna say that's not it! I did put the dist drive in using the dist. I checked it again tonight with a clearer head and it actually only hangs up once every two rotations. So I'm thinking cam gear must be boogered up or binding.

Zen · « **Reply #35 on:** December 10, 2010, 01:29:43 AM »

The distributor also turns at half crankshaft speed. If it's binding in one spot every other revolution of the crankshaft, I'd put money on it being a buggered up gear . . . either on the crank, the cam or the distrbutor drive.

I don't know jack squat about a type 4 engine, but the softest metal in all those gears on a type 1 is the distributor worm drive gear on the crank. I've buggered one of those installing a distributor drive on a type 1 before. I probably should have replaced it, but I just took the block back apart and doctored up the gear with a small file.

It worked fine and never gave me any trouble after I put it back together.

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #36 on:** December 10, 2010, 09:30:56 AM »

I'll have to go with the gear thing also. I don't know what you used to pull the gear off the crank but I would look at that steel gear very closely . It doesn't take very much of a nick( no pun intended) to bind things up.I have done what Zen did a bunch of times with a file and got away with it no sweat.Let us know what you find.

volksnick · « **Reply #37 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:15:52 PM »

I have disassembled the front brakes and I'm getting it all cleaned up and replacing everything from the MC to the shoes (hard lines included). Back at CYW, I picked up 2 sets of front rotors for a bus for a couple bucks. I now have 6 front rotors and I need to get two of them to work. Does anyone know the acceptable thickness to turn them down to?

And where is a decent place to get rotors turned?

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #38 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:26:59 PM »

Somewhere on the rotor is a min. thickness (mm's) stamped in. R&M (Rick) cut my rotors on my Dodge PU.

volksnick · « **Reply #39 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:32:19 PM »

Tires! (For clarification, I have read the tire sticky!!!!)

Has anyone ever heard of Chaoyang tires? I found some 185R14C that are chinese and I'm gonna try them. They are also the manufacturers of "Goodride"

With enough Chinese parts, I'm gonna have the first Chinese VW!

certdubtech · « **Reply #40 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:38:16 PM »

I have been VERY pleased with the heavy load range Yokohamas that i bought for the split. not that much money, and a HUGE difference in handling. You really appreciate it on a windy day.

Russ · « **Reply #41 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:43:35 PM »

I've got Yokohama Y356's on my bus and they have been really great tires. $312 for a set from Tire Rack.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=Y356&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=8R43566&fromCompare1=yes&place=1

certdubtech · « **Reply #42 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:47:52 PM »

^^^^^ Same ones i put on my bus.. They have been great.

volksnick · « **Reply #43 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:31:39 PM »

Picked up tires today. Turns out the Chaoyang tires are called "westlake H160"

They look pretty good and are very stiff.

Now to clean up the wheels and throw them on there!

ASBug · « **Reply #44 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:58:17 PM »

Hey dude,
How much and where did you get them?
I am going to be bussing again by BAP and will need some new shoes.
KC

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