[tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
- From: evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:16:11 +0000
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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