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I have a 65, what is different on the earlier ones ? Mine looks tohave that pin that sticks out too....mine is missing...I put in a engine, from a 66, thought the bus was a 66, and it runs if you pour gas down the carb, when to shift it, hmmn, where is the shifter ? The seller was a peice of work, ...

I would like to try wiring in a relay in the engine compartment. I found this on the Samba. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=334340&highlight=double+relay My engine is carbureted and has an aftermarket fuel pump mounted on the inside of the frame rail near the starter. So I think a...

Checked at the starter and got 12.46. Switched to the terminal the red wire with the white stripe is attached to, had my son crank the ignition and got nothing. Cut the connector off, it was bent and felt weak, stripped the wire back and had my son crank again and still nothing. Jumped with a screw...

I bet the electrical portion of the ignition switch has failed. unhook the switch and jump terminal #30 (HOT all the time and unfused) to terminal #50 and see if it cycles the starter.

Marla wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:02 am Awesome work! Get it down to the camp out and have a beer. You deserve it after dealing with that.

Dealing with what? The Bus or Chuck?

You have a compression fitting in the hard brake line going to a caliper in a photo above, those are not safe on brake lines and probably not legal. There's a bleeder screw at the bottom of the caliper in the pic, make sure there's another at the top. Either you have a caliper with two bleeders or ...

If it's a bust we can load up my Caravan and drive around to all the old factory sites. My wife and I did that once with a guy we met at the local cars and coffee that was in town from Chicago. We showed him all kinds of places while he talked about architecture, he and his father were architects. T...

I think if you stay north of 14 Mile you should not be hasseled. County Sherrif and State PD might be an issue the whole length of the strip h ticket book in hand for the rice and muscle guys.

I will probably be at the Mi VW group at the northern end and come in off a side road.

Have fun! I have a hot date with a stump grinder to remove the roots of a tree and stump we had removed.

Rob wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 11:10 pm I do have a question. Does anyone know what kind of insulation I can use to put back in or does it really matter much?

We use SeaRox from Rockwool at work in our chambers and I will get the other product for you tomorrow at work. It is Kapton faced Melamine foam.