I started this a few years ago. Took a real long time. You won’t find this anywhere else. I have no shame. Donations accepted via on home page. There’s typos. Writers – me for instance – make terrible editors. That’s what editors are for. I have no edddisotjsoator . You’re probably expecting this information to tell you the “just go like this”, lego toy style of fixing something. Nah, it’s a bit more involved than that so if you have […]
Read MoreSolder a ground wire right to the bulb socket itself and eliminate 5 or 6 voltage dropping interfaces. Theoretically, this is better than new.
Read MorePieces of foam glued on are much more effective than the original style rubber strips. It also cuts down of vibration. Fill the void between the ski run and the bottom of the cooler with a piece too. Don’t forget to secure the accelerator tube with a piece of hose and a clamp. It’s really hard to do this with the engine installed in a bus and maybe impossible in a pickup so do it before installation.
Read MoreExpert Air Cooled Volkswagen Repair Bob Hays 831 402 2266 Monterey, worth the trip, by appointment or I come to you and evaluate, possibly repair at your location www.haysvwrepair.com I make air cooled Volkswagens viable transportation I make handbrakes work and I do excellent brake work I repair steering and suspension I make front hoods open with the cable like they’re supposed to I make horns work, like in your 68 to 74 […]
Read MoreThe coat hanger are an original accesory. You can see the 2 small holes for hanging a picture a few inches below and between them. Looking down the passenger side of walk thru area. You can see the side of the back part of the seat and the bottom of the seat protruding forward View of rear most side door and inside cabinet. Paint is nice. Paint in these areas is original – never painted over ever. Driver’s […]
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All new hydraulic cylinders, rubber brake hoses, metal lines, drums, wheel bearings, springs, handbrake cables, shoes, a gallon of fluid used up bleeding a river of fluid, wheels on and off numerous times and still – funky brakes. It’s probably the shoes. When a shoe touches only in the middle, when one applies the brakes, the wheel cylinder piston pushes against the end, the shoe bends until it makes full contact. This small amount of bending is travel – which directly translates into […]
Read MoreHere’s two bug shift bushings … They’re both the same except the one on the left is very hard and the one on the right is very soft. The one on the left works in an early Vanagon but you put it in backwards. And it’ll have to be made from the material on the left – the white one. Since you can’t necessarily pick the bushing you want, you’ll just have to look around. I’m trying to acquire a […]
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