Date: 15 Jun 96 11:46
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From: L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk
Subject: Lee's 60 s/cab update
Hi folks,
It's a while since I told you all where I was at with my '60 single
cab.
Well If you remember I had a problem with the tranny shift. It
wouldn't shift into first or second. The guys I bought it off tried
fitting a quick shift kit but it didn't make any difference.
Anyway when i finally got time to get under the bus, i found that one
of the grub screws on the shift linkage joiner had come undone - i
tightened it and the shift was perfect! so i removed the quick shift
kit and it was even better, so I changed the tranny oil (it had been
leaking through one of the reduction box seals) and it's perfect :)
So I've started to tidy the bus a little now by replacing the hinge
pins on the doors, drop sides, loading doors, engine lid. It all feels
a lot smoother now.
Just last week though it started running real bad. So I traced it to a
blowing j-tube on the left side.
So last weekend i took the engine out to sort it. Get this - the guys
who owned it last had attempted to repair the heater tinware around
both the j-tubes (this baby's got the original non-freshair heaters -
Thom!). Their attempt involved drilling the tinware to join it with
aluminum pop-rivets, which was Ok i suppose, but they drilled through
the tinware and on through the j-tubes! They then put the pop-rivets
in to hold the tinware together which sealed the holes temporarily,
but a year later (last week) the rivets finally burnt away and exhaust
started blowing.
Anyway with the engine out, i welded up the holes in the exhaust and
repaired the heater box tinware properly, making sure all the flaps
and things worked. So now the pickup has heat! and i am impressed by
the amount of heat compared to the heat exchangers on my samba.
Question is (Thom, Clara etc..) what is the correct set-up between the
heater box and the tube on the body. The length of tube would need to
be about 35cm. Am I correct in thinking that the tube consists of a
flexible piece and a kind of baffle tube or something, any pre '63
buffers know the answer ?
cia
Lee.