Recent content by dropgates

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IIRC, alternators don't have brushes. Is your fan belt tension correct? About 1/2" of deflection is correct. Is your alternator grounding out on something, possibly the carb linkage or something else? How's your voltage regulator?

My guess is that your heat riser tubes on your intake manifold are clogged with carbon. This tends to happen through years of use. Heat from the muffler travels up the tubes to help warm your carb and help prevent an icing situation where the intake and the carb meets. Your options? Find a new...

71 had the one year only firewall tin...you could go the way 67 Bay advised, or look for a real german single port tin from a bus and cut out the rectangular hole for the oil cooler tin exit out of.

There should be a fusebox sitting where the empty bracket is :wink: No seriously, is your fusebox missing two small tabs, one on either side? The lower portion of the fusebox has a small lip which should fit into that lower clip. The tabs that are on either side should be in front (facing...

Does your current one's wiper assembly itself (where the motor bolts onto) have the same shape as your 68 assembly with grub screws? Was wondering if someone switched it out at some time for a 69-71 assembly.

There's a VW factory conversion kit f/s on thesamba right now, would like to see what it looks like installed. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=303980

C'mon, that's not fair...I was sporting my Guinness sponsered beer goggles that night!

Nice job man!

I see 3 bays actually :wink: , and that is a real kickin' set-up you got there bro.... working on the flat screen myself but the wife won't have it.

It should be a 46 mm.

It should go from the speedo unit, down to the front floor where it exits to underneath the bus (the brake light switch wiring goes out the same hole). It then runs to the rear/left above the beam (my 69 DC has a holder for it in the chassis) and goes towards the left side spindle. If you crawl...

I'm going to take a swipe in the dark here, but I think you are actually running a H30/31 PICT rather than a 34PICT/3. Best way to tell is read the left side of the float bowl...it should have the carb numbers right there. Either way, here's a side by side comparision...H30/31 PICT on left...

*Update* It's now gone into production. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=478847

Shell Rotella 20w-50 for me....good amount of zinc to help reduce the amount of wear in the bearings.