[tcb] Re: I hate you all
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:44:17 -0800 (PST)
Way to go Mark. You just confirmed what I just hit the send button on. You've
got an original 6v bus flywheel with the 200 mm clutch. If you ever replace
the flywheel to go to 12 v don't throw that flywheel away, they are fairly rare.
Mark Jenkins <marktts88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: My 65 uses 200mm cluch
6v flywheel 6v starter and it all 12v system.
----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 5:04:13 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: I hate you all
The problem is he has a 12 volt flywheel in a 6 volt bell housing. 6 volt used
a 180mm clutch where a 12 volt uses a 200mm clutch.
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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