Recent content by JLT

It isn't for the ejection seat?

Yes, that's an old rumor. I talked to one of the engineers who designed the modern structure that the original stonework covered, and he confirmed that they were given detailed specifications of the bridge so that McCulloch could make a proper bid on it. Mr. McCulloch examined those plans...

For me, it was the sight of a bus parked on the side of the road with its engine compartment hatch open. (VW beetles the same.) Even if it wasn't the cause of the breakdown, it was a sign that the driver needed help.

Not my experience. I've been running a Brosol 30/31 (Brazilian replacement for the Solex) with a SVDA distributor with Pertronix ignition for about thirteen years without issues. Our local air-cooled shop says that they've had good luck with that combination.

Thanks. I found another wiring diagram that looks to be about the same. Now for getting that puppy out from under the dash, and sourcing a replacement motor if this one turns out to be bad.

This is a timely issue for me, since I discovered last winter that while the low speed on my wipers works fine, the high speed has quit working entirely. Now I have the information I need to feed power directly to #53b and see what happens. (I don't think it's the switch, though. I swapped it...

In these here parts, "southwest' means Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and southern California. But there are probably more VW buses per capita on the road there than anywhere else in the world, due to the hospitable climate.

I don't have much to add to this discussion about bad parts, but I do get as many critical parts as I can from my local VW garage (Kombi Haus in Sacramento, California). I don't mind paying the higher prices, because they sell me the same stuff they fit to their customers' buses and cars, and...

Pretty happy with my bus. There are a few things... windshield wiper motor won't work on high, electric windshield washer fluid pump I installed isn't working, and there are a few rust spots I need to throw some paint on when the weather gets drier. And I still need to replace the vinyl on my...

You're not the Jens who is married to Julia, the photographer, are you? If you are, we miss you two.

Or, as I've heard it, "Buy once, cry once."

Thank you, Clem.

That's a good point, although I don't see much sense in setting limits on the intensity of reverse lights. It's not like they'r going to blind oncoming cars.... But I guess regulators have to do what they have to.

Static talked me into it. They made a big difference.

Static took this picture of my bus on the same weekend, at the same place: