[tcb] Re: Denis' front end work report
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:26:36 -0700 (PDT)
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.
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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.
>
>
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> -----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.
>>
>>
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>> -----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
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
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