[tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
- From: evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:30:01 +0000
Heat is your friend. Use a propane torch around the backside of the body. The
cast iron will expand and the screw will come loose. Since brake fluid
attracts moisture you should always drain it at regular intervals. Especially
for us southern folk.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:21:13
To:<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
Well, this one particular driver side bleeder screw has just kicked my ass
for a long time and I have bled the friggin' thing at the line for way too
long, since changing the cylinder is so simple. I have used vice grips,
hammers and a torch and I just can't get it off or open. The danger is
shearing off the #!%^*#! thing without a repair standing by.
----- Original Message -----
From: <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:16 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
> Well on a bleeder screw you want them secure. On the fronts an 11mm box
> wrench with a long handle does the trick usually for me.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:12:54
> To:<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
>
> Last night I had replaced only the cylinders with the bleeders. The other
> work fine, the problem is with the bleeders being really hard (or
> impossible) to open.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:03 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
>
>
>> 55 through 70 there are two wheel cylinders per side on the fronts. From
>> 54 down only one. 64 up used different wheel cylinders than 63 down
>> except for 63 1500cc models.
>>
>> 53-54 used 22mm bug cylinders with symmetrical brakes as the rear from
>> the
>> Ova bugs.
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:54:36
>> To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
>>
>> there's only two brake cylinders on the front of a splittie? or did you
>> just
>> replace two?
>>
>>
>>>From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
>>>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: [tcb] Denis' front end work report
>>>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:12:34 -0500
>>>
>>>So, I'm sitting here, I can't do anything else until I go to the parts
>>>house tomorrow for bleeder screws. Murray is sitting on his own tires
>>>after
>>>having both of his front torsion springs replaced, a new metal brake
>>>line,
>>>two new front brake cylinders, and I don't know what all.
>>>
>>>I did all this because my passenger side was always low and my tire
>>>rubbed
>>>with hard left turns or dips, or with anyone in the shotgun seat.
>>>
>>>After a sag of almost two inches I can report that now the sag is only
>>>3/4". I am pissed that it isn't more level, but it is improved. I won't
>>>know the real paractical result until I get the bleeders that were left
>>>out
>>>of the box with the new cylinders.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: sammie smith
>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:34 PM
>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: thinkin' about a shorty
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking of Denis: How's the front end work going?
>>>
>>> Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Come on Shelby, its all good man.
>>> Just giving you a hard time, God knows I've been given a hard
>>> time...
>>> And just think about Denis. Geez, nobody ever lets that guy live
>>> anything down!
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Shelby Shook wrote:
>>> > Then I regret asking, and I probably shouldn't have appologized to
>>>you
>>> > either. I know I asked for opinions but there's a big difference
>>> > between giving an honest opinion in a constructive criticising way
>>>and
>>> > a just completely rude way.
>>> >
>>> > I wont be asking a lot of advice from this forum any more.
>>> >
>>> > And for you other more kind people and you should know who you
>>> are,
>>> > thanks for everything.
>>> >
>>> > -Shelby
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 4/3/07, *Eric Woodall* > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Ya know, asking a group of bus guys if they think you should make
>>> a
>>> > shorty is kinda like asking a group of PETA activists if they
>>> wanna
>>> > watch while you set a cat on fire...
>>> >
>>> > Brian Denning wrote:
>>> > > i can get you a 69 day camper with a corvair conversion in it
>>> for
>>>1k
>>> > > that would be ideal to shorten...it's already kind of a bastard
>>>bus
>>> > > anyway.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >> From: "Jumpin' Joe Barnett" > >
>>> > >> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > >> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > >> Subject: [tcb] Re: thinkin' about a shorty
>>> > >> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:07:02 -0500
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Shelby, for 7000.00, you can have this..
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> >
>>>http://www.hvwc.org/html/index.php?module=photoshare&func=showimages&fid=10
>>> >
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> :)
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On 4/3/07, Andrew Barnes > > wrote:
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> I thought about making my 61 DC into a short bed wouldn't
>>> > that be
>>> > >>> different?
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Just kidding , Shelby I don't know you but , It's your stuff
>>> > so do
>>> > >>> what
>>> > >>> you want with it
>>> > >>> Drew
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> > >>> *From:* Denis >
>>> > >>> *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > >>> *Sent:* Monday, April 02, 2007 7:33 PM
>>> > >>> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: thinkin' about a shorty
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Don't get set off. I have been intrigued by a shorty. I think
>>> > that it
>>> > >>> would be easy. Just cut a slice off of the middle. There is no
>>> > >>> drivetrain. I
>>> > >>> guess you would have to use a bus that had no chance for a
>>> life
>>> > >>> except as an
>>> > >>> amputee. The weight would be more like a big Bug.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> I would look at it like a baja.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> > >>> *From:* Shelby Shook < sloweyefasthand@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > >
>>> > >>> *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > >>> *Sent:* Monday, April 02, 2007 7:06 PM
>>> > >>> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: thinkin' about a shorty
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> If I wasn't serious I wouldn't have made this post. I've
>>> > looked for
>>> > >>> some
>>> > >>> shortys and have only found one and it was pretty far
>>> away...I'm
>>> > >>> sure there
>>> > >>> have been quite a few made but I can't find them any where. I
>>> > don't
>>> > >>> really
>>> > >>> see her speeding around corners. And wouldn't you rather have
>>> > a bus
>>> > >>> made
>>> > >>> into something rather than just sitting somewhere or being
>>>crushed
>>> > >>> so it can
>>> > >>> sit somewhere else in pieces and not even resemble what it
>>> > once was?
>>> > >>> I know
>>> > >>> I asked for your opinion and thanks for it, but the "are you
>>> > >>> serious?" thing
>>> > >>> kinda just set me off.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> And hell, if she dosn't like it and it turns out impractical
>>> > then I'll
>>> > >>> sell it or keep it for fun.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> peace,
>>> > >>> Shelby
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> On 4/2/07, Eric Woodall < eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > 1) They would probably make a pretty bad vehicle, cornering
>>> > wise.
>>> > >>> > 2) There are plenty of shorty buses that are already made
>>> > (don't
>>> > >>> cut up
>>> > >>> > a
>>> > >>> > bus to make one.)
>>> > >>> > 3) Make sure you don't make one out of a split.
>>> > >>> > 4) Are you serious?
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > > I was talking to Amanda today about what car should would
>>>like
>>> > >>> for he
>>> > >>> > > first
>>> > >>> > > car, and we were thinking about VW trucks, and she really
>>> > likes the
>>> > >>> > double
>>> > >>> > > cabs (who dosn't) but they're so pricey. Then we had the
>>>great
>>> > >>> idea of
>>> > >>> > a
>>> > >>> > > shorty bus. Seems like it would be a really fun project.
>>> > Me and Dad
>>> > >>> > could
>>> > >>> > > save some old beat up bus and turn it into a really fun
>>>little
>>> > >>> shorty.
>>> > >>> > Let
>>> > >>> > > me know what you guy's think, I'm thinking it's a
>>> wonderfull
>>> > >>> idea but
>>> > >>> > > would
>>> > >>> > > like to know if it's really difficult to make one. Dad's a
>>> > good
>>> > >>> welder
>>> > >>> > and
>>> > >>> > > he's got the stuff to do it so I don't see any reason not
>>> > to. Seems
>>> > >>> > like
>>> > >>> > > the
>>> > >>> > > perfect car for Amanda.
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > > -Shelby
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
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