What is straterra?? I only use Seagrams 7. Brain Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: yep, considering the straterra doesn't work on the focusing thing >From: Mark Sawyer >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 07:08:44 -0700 (PDT) > >So your saying that Brian needs to start wearing a foil hat to focus all >this thoughts?? > >Denis Dodson wrote: 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 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. 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