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« on: July 07, 2008, 03:42:57 PM »
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« on: July 02, 2008, 04:17:12 PM »
Tom got the limbo mart job eh?
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« on: July 02, 2008, 12:32:47 PM »
hey i know that guy !!!!!
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« on: June 30, 2008, 01:17:35 PM »
oh and that roof rack is for sale $100 gets it
its a re-make..not original..but looks nice and works well..
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« on: June 30, 2008, 01:16:05 PM »
ok people check out the newest aleration to my bus, i am going to try to have this ready to Rock by time West Nile Westys comes up ! for dramatic effect heres a pic of when i bought my bus and how it looks now when bought  after first paint  and SafareWagen  Love Peace & VW Grease![/img]
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« on: June 27, 2008, 07:57:31 PM »
Ok so for those of you who know Jen and Joe ..this has been a huge year for us..we now have a daughter ! she was born on May 9th at about 1:30 am we named her Mae Pearl and shes soooooo cute ! and ill tell ya , its great being a father, as im sure alot of you all know.. omg look at that face !! sooo cute!  also tomorow i am going to get a fiberglass hightop from a buddy i met on FMBC a few years back , so my bus will get chopped and converted to a hightop YES!! MY DREAM COME TRUE!!!! ill post pics and such as the progress goes. also Pete and Diane it was great to see you guys talk to you soon !!Joe!!!
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« on: June 27, 2008, 07:49:02 PM »
I agree that the new look is sorta refreshing, ( not to hurt anyones feelings hehe...you know who you are !)
thankyou for taking the task on , and keep up the great work !..joe
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« on: June 27, 2008, 07:12:26 PM »
so anyway...
At the advice of many. i adjusted the valve clearances to .002 and tried to pump up the lifters (cam followers) and after multiple tries and too much re-adjusting i gave up...i got some new lifters and tossed em in there , replaced some of the push rod tubes and seals that were looking haggard.
set clearances to +1.5 turns past contact on the rocker adjusting screws and guess what ?
the #4 exhaust screw is out by a considerable amount.boo-hoo.
so to level the adjusting screws i need to go 3.5 turns past contact, which i have been told is not an excessive amount of what they call pre-load.
So what seems to have happened here is , in the process of trying to pump up the old lifters ( which later i found broken clips on 2 of them on the #1 cylinder side) is with too much valve lash i started to pound the valve seat on the #4 exhaust..so
WTB 2.0L valve head ! haha!, really i think 1.8 works too.lemme know if anyones got one.
The important lesson here is that when setting the hydrualic valves it ok to have some lash or slop ( this is when you set them like solid lifters to allow oil into the lifter cavity and force air out)
just rev a little and dont drive around town as some folks have told me it was ok to do so . Its to be expected i guess when the head on the bus is 30 years old..
Happy Bussing !
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« on: June 13, 2008, 05:05:25 PM »
no takers huh?
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« on: June 13, 2008, 11:49:17 AM »
ok , im swiftly closing in on the end of my rope here.
i have a 2.0L with hydraulic lifters and 4 of them were soft,
i drained and replace the oil with 2 quart 10-30 and 1 quart mystery oil to try to pump them up. this did not work.
i replace the 4 soft ones with 4 hard pumped ones.
now on the #4 rocker arms the adjustment screws are way out, like the rods are not seated correctly, yet i triple checked the rods to be sure they were. it still sounds as though they are soft on #4.
could this be
A. the thin oil in the galley is lowering the oil pressure?
B. dropping valve seat?( which i dont think so since it was fine before)
C. im blind and didnt see the rod was not seated?
D.when i install the rods and rocker arms i need to turn the motor to TDC per piston for each valve set im installing?
Also if anyone wants to get their hands dirty whose got the knowhow and like free beer and BBQ call me im free this weekend
Joe 617-820-7968..Billerica Mass
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« on: June 13, 2008, 11:05:13 AM »
heres the best thing ive seen so far as a listing goes for VW repair shop...also lets not forget bob donalds aka boston bob http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.php
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« on: December 18, 2007, 02:42:43 PM »
yeah i tend to goto the Full moon site more often myself...lots of goodies for sale and swap..i sold my southwind gas heater and bought a propane heater all in one week thru paypal, never had to leave my work desk...but yes , you all will see me in the spring with jen in the bus.. they on full moon will not..since the closest campout is Granny Grose's in PA.. see you in the spring! MERRY CHRISTMAS!.JOE
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« on: November 11, 2007, 08:33:38 PM »
yeah man it may just be that thing people do in New England,
in the words of Jim Morrison
"No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn"
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« on: November 09, 2007, 08:17:20 PM »
wow im surprised at how non responsive and shy people seem on this site, i see people are looking , but not commenting or just yakking for the sake of talking about our hobby...what gives? i mean all i need is a groovy chic a bottle of muscatel and some reds and ill lay down vibes like you aint never seen man! get hip folks!!! maybe people have lives and dont type to an empty audience like me on a friday nite...hmmm makes me wonder, Joe 
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« on: October 01, 2007, 10:48:37 PM »
dude i would totally buy that , for 19 grand maybe, the price is way too high , is that american dollar conversion?i have a friend who lives in Brasil and he says theyre everywhere , i dont know if they are new or old, but, id love to get the body from one anyway
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