Brian is kinda like Einstien. Einstien visualized riding a beam of light to figure his Theory of Relativity. But, of course, he never actually rode a beam of light. Brian visualizes all kinds of stuff ( going to campouts, trading his bus for a beetle, fixing his bus, etc.) without actually doing it Brian is not fettered by reality. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sawyer To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:26 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report Are you going to spend the day actually talking about working on buses or are you going to join in on giving "cool fred" a bad time for going to a non-bus site for advice?? Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: 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: To: 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. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Denis Dodson" > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:12:54 > To: > 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: > To: > 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. >> >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Brian Denning" >> 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" >>>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>To: >>>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 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 >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------ >>> > >>> >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> > >>> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/742 - Release >>> Date: >>> > >>> 4/1/2007 >>> > >>> 8:49 PM >>> > >>> >>> > >>> ------------------------------ >>> > >>> >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> > >>> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/742 - Release >>> Date: >>> > >>> 4/1/2007 >>> > >>> 8:49 PM >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> > >>> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/742 - Release >>> Date: >>> > >>> 4/1/2007 >>> > >>> 8:49 PM >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> -- >>> > >> Voted Time Magazines "Person Of The Year" for 2006! >>> > > >>> > > >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> > > Need a break? 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