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It’s in and nearly running, just having a wiring issue to sort out as not starting now, even though we had it running nicely on the stand.
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It’s in and nearly running, just having a wiring issue to sort out as not starting now, even though we had it running nicely on the stand.
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That looks great, those hard fuel lines thought! Took some work making them look like that I bet! Good luck 
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View attachment IMG_4054.movTurns out it was my old electronic dizzy that gave up the ghost, so swapped it out for a new Magnaspark unit and it fired into life straight away
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Got my new wheels sorted today, so they’ll go on the bus tomorrow and it’ll be almost finished
Ozziedog,,,,,,,,, Almost there !
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All heaters tubes are now in and took it for its first test drive tonight, screams at 105 mph so think I’ll have to put my 6 rib in to bring the revs down a bit. But apart from that I’m super happy.
I like how the tyre shop have lined up the dots on the tyre with the valve stem.
Just walked past a brand new Tesla where the dots were way off even opposite the valve stem. Such a simple thing to do, it balances the wheel much better and looks much tidier.
Your bus has really come together beautifully! Awesome work. Time to enjoy it in your spring and summer time coming on now.
Just walked past a brand new Tesla where the dots were way off even opposite the valve stem. Such a simple thing to do, it balances the wheel much better and looks much tidier.
Your bus has really come together beautifully! Awesome work. Time to enjoy it in your spring and summer time coming on now.
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Yeah the local tyre shop is pretty good like that, going away in the bus for a week next month so hopefully it all goes well.
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Bus looks amazing, I’ve really enjoyed this thread, thanks for sharing 
I asked my local tyre fitter this very question.
His answer, that may be the tyres heaviest point, but your wheel isn't perfectly balanced so the tyre has to be rotated around the rim.
As a teenager after school I did work experience in a motor pool garage for the Army servicing and repairing mainly T3s . Working with some old school mechanics, one of them worked as a VW engine builder during the time our engines were assembled. They all said the dot is there specifically to line up with the valve. Just a quick google looks to confirm this at least for the yellow dot.
Red dot is high point and takes precedence over yellow dot and should be aligned with the wheel low point if there’s a mark on the wheel. In theory if lined up the balancing should be better with less weights applied overall. But I’m obviously not a tyre/wheel expert
Red dot is high point and takes precedence over yellow dot and should be aligned with the wheel low point if there’s a mark on the wheel. In theory if lined up the balancing should be better with less weights applied overall. But I’m obviously not a tyre/wheel expert
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So took the bus out for a good 250km test drive today and it went really well. Didn’t loose too much speed going up some really big hills apart from one where a driver in front of me slowed to a ridiculous speed then sped off again and I was stuck between gears, going to fast to change down, too slow to accelerate apart from that it went well. But it will definitely need an upgrade to the gearbox.
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Beautifully clean bus!
Glad the trip went well!
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Gave the old bus a bit of a clean up today before heading to Oldbar Beach Festival this week. 
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Finally got the overiders fitted, and I think they look pretty damn good,(even if I say so myself 
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The old engine mounts on the mustache bar were pretty flogged out so I replaced them too
)The old engine mounts on the mustache bar were pretty flogged out so I replaced them too
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Also fitted up the oil cooler and fan, just need to fit the oil temp gauge now so I can keep an eye on things, but that can wait as at least it will be getting cooled now if the temps get too much. 
