[tcb] Re: I hate you all
- From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:19:59 -0800 (PST)
I'd always heard the 6 volt starters burn out pretty
fast on a 12 volt system...never tried it, though...
--- Stephen Brannan <ozarkcycleworks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why not run a 6V starter? I hear they work well on
> a 12V system.
>
> Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The gear teath on a 6 volt are larger that a 12
> volt!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Brannan
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:46 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: I hate you all
>
>
> Where is the love? I though VW people were
> friendly. Why couldn't you just use a 6V flywheel?
> Is it because of using a 12V starter? I've heard
> many times about using a 6V starter on a 12V system
> and it becomes "high torque."
>
> Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: Oh, HA HA HA.
>
> Dan says this because I asked several people about
> the clearance on the new
> tranny. That I remembered 8-9 years ago that I had
> to make clearance for the
> 12 volt flywheel to mate with a 6 volt tranny.
> Nooooooooo everybody said,
> that's a 12 volt tranny. So up until around midnight
> when I could not get
> that final 2" to go in, I took my socket and put it
> on the alternator and
> turned it. SCRAPING METAL! JUST LIKE BEFORE! Then I
> would turn the flywheel
> and the engine would move in another 1/8".
>
> Then Chuck calls me this morning to see how it was
> going and when I told him
> that I needed to cut clearance, he very casually
> said, "they didn't go with
> 12 volt until '67".
> Well, WHY THE HELL DID EVERYONE TELL ME THAT I
> DIDN'T NEED CLEARANCE?!
>
> So then Dan calls and I say the same to him, "Oh,
> yeah, he says, "Eric had
> that same problem" WELL,WHAT IS THIS SOME KIND OF
> #@%^&*! SECRET?
> Of course the Dan made fun of Eric, how he tried to
> cut clearance with a
> Dremel like an idiot.
>
> Well, I have a big ass rotary file that will cut it
> in 2 minutes, of course
> I have to pull the engine back out. There was an old
> school fix that I used
> before where you hook up the starter and spin the
> engine while pushing and
> pulling and wiggling. The flywheel will cut it's own
> clearance, but you
> still should pull out the engine after all that to
> clean out all the
> shavings. But I'll bet that some people just leave
> them in.
>
> Anyway, bottom line is, I hate you all.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Woodall"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:59 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Why so quiet?
>
>
> What a pain in the ass that is to do...
>
>
> > Don't for get to clearance that bell housing for
> the 12v flywheel!
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Denis Dodson wrote:
> >
> >> I know why it is quiet here, 4-5" snow. Schools
> are closed, Jan is
> >> home and she and all the dogs are sleeping. The
> roads are covered
> >> so there is almost no traffic. I didn't even wake
> up until 11:00
> >> AM, a new personal best.
> >>
> >> I think the engine is going back in Murray today,
> in about an hour,
> >> depending on how well I do with the wiring.
> Confidence is better,
> >> but still low, just too much work done to expect
> him to just fire
> >> up on the first try. Chances of a fire or
> explosion is not too
> >> high. Probably, what will happen when I turn the
> key will
> >> be...nothing.
> >>
> >> I believe that anyone who does the bulk of the
> work will relate to
> >> how working on the heart of the bus is just like
> working on
> >> household electrical or plumbing; it never works
> the first time.
> >> You turn it on and have to shut it off
> immediately because crap
> >> goes everywhere or something snaps or nothing
> happens, which is
> >> just as bad.
> >>
> >> Back to work, I am way behind schedule.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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