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Captkirk wrote:Ted has his work area looking good in that last picture.
A man I admire

It's a little messy in that picture. I will see if I can get a shot of it after I clean tomorrow.

Here is what we started with - It's official, Toolbox has a bay! He'll have to be responsible for providing the details, but it was another fun LEAKOIL adventure. 8-) I will say, this bus has (had) more Grateful Dead stickers than any bus I've seen. Here are some pictures... http://i216.photobucket....

Keith wrote: The old 6V Ford solenoid trick, explained in rich detail with a Peter Aschwanden graphic in the John Miur "Idiot Book", will help, too.

Ditch the Ford solenoid, it takes almost as much current to trigger as the stock unit. Use a Ghia 6V horn relay or find a 40A 6V foglight relay.

hosedrag_r wrote:Standing Ovation to you Sean.... And to Mrs. Sean for her putting up with your working all hours..........

She did get a sweet kitchen out of the deal.

As well always make sure you only use GL-4 rated gear oil in your air cooled vw trans and nothing rated GL-5 or higher as they contain additives that will corrode-eat away at the yellow metals in your transmission such as your gear syncronizers. Todd, you are going to hell now! Just wait till the o...

That is a 17mm allen for the drain and fill plugs. What size was the hammer you used to get a 19mm to work?

Six Volt wrote:
19mm to remove top and bottom rgb bolts.If you're not lazy like me, remove the tire so you don't make a mess.

Captkirk wrote:
Here is the pricing for this year’s weekend campout:
1 person in one bus……..$60.00
2 people in one bus……..$75.00
2 adults and 1 or more related minor children in one bus…….$80.00

Melissa wants to know if you are going to charge us the $5 for Bridget. She's gotten real cheap since becoming a mom.

"wait until Amanda gets home" you didnt tell her first :shock: i bought my Subaru WRX without Amy... and i will NEVER do anything like that again, the car is gone and she still rags on me about it!! You also bought the puck without Amy's knowledge... Melissa says no more hiding things fro...

Not sure when they changed to one per side? They never did :lol: Late wc's ('64-'70) are a lot cheaper though. Ronnie had some fronts for my 59 that were $15 each. Came in a white box with no markings. Pulled them apart to inspect before install and they looked great inside. Been on for about 5 yea...

Six Volt wrote:These old buses have four, yes four, wheel cylinders in the two front wheels! Not sure when they changed to one per side?

Fronts had 4 WC's till the change to disc brakes.