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    Single cab fuel tank

    there is thick square shape soft seal under tank. I made new one from 20mm camping mattress ;) Tank sits on more like floor blanket type material.
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    Your Early Bay Picture of the Day .....

    Early mornings early bay
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    Cleaning whitewalls

    I have used Swarfega or similar hands cleaning stuff.
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    Disc Brake upgrade help

    I have CSP kit in my splitbus. I had noise problem and the cause was outer pad contacted the hub at bottom. Had to grind little material (steel) of pad. I think different pad manufacturers have bigger tolerances in pad dimensions? Check this, You maybe see contact marks in hub.
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    Dometic CRX50

    I have little smaller dometic/waeco CRP40. I chose this because it has outside mounted removable cooling unit with 1,5m long tubes. I could install the cooling unit away under seat next to fridge and save floor space. Fully charged leisure battery is enough to operate fridge all weekend...
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    front floor fitting

    I did put " green panels" floor in. Fit was good. I took the old floor off in small sections leaving the edges there. Carefully Looking underside not to cut anything important with grinder. Last I drilled all the spotwelds off round remaining edges. (About 1-2" I left there all around and few...
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    Dropped spindle - Now it sits too low!. Please HELP.

    You can try with nut without nylon locking and tighten it. Then remove the normal nut and replace it with proper locking nut.
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    wide 5 steel wheel vs late bay disc

    There You see the difference (KPZ right). Same offset and width.
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    wide 5 steel wheel vs late bay disc

    i had same problem fitting widefives and Late disks +adapter. i was lucky to found solution. One of my rims had different rim profile. Similar As Late bay. Checked the rim markings and found it was Kronprinz KPZ rim. Asked around and found complete set KPZ rims. No grinding the caliber needed.
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    1972 Crewcab

    What is the front axle setup? First disc brake but now drums? narrowed? early 15" splitscreen rims? Jättebra DC :D .
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    What's wrong with my (cross)member?

    I had same problem with my Alan S. crossmember. Had to cut piece from middle to get it fit and redone that heater pipe hole. Alan S. didn't bother answer my mails, so I ended bying all my other needed sheet metal parts elsewhere. Like whole cab floor from from funky green panels. That did fit...
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    Transporterhaus adjustable springplates...poor quality

    Everything will break if hitted hard enough. Several times. Was it lowered and parts adjusted so, that the outer (splined) part could hit framecastings upper stop? I think the inner spring plate should be the part to take those hits. Just a thought.
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    Frenchslammer drop and disc backplates

    I have collected parts for my front end drop for my -70 Baywindow single cab. Now i have frenchslammers forced drop spindles and today I did get all disc brake parts (used) for he front. Of -79 VW bay. Question is, do I use disc brake back plates in new assembly? I know they dont bolt-in the...
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    shoukd my TH spindles look like this?

    I would have allready visited my local lathe operator. Take the spacer ring from other spindle out as model for measurements.
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    Alan Schofield

    That is possible. I never have had problems with many european suppliers. Because I don't speak perfect english, I prefer to contact with email to prevent misunderstandings. I got the needed metalparts elsewhere. So restoration can continue full speed. Maybe better luck next time.
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    Alan Schofield

    Hello Brits, Does anyone know is that parts seller A H Schofield still in business? I tried to order his sheet metal and other parts. Sended couple of emails. No answer. They claim in their webshop to "ship parts World Wide". I am very careful to buy parts of any Brittish seller after I was...
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    STANCED by Vintage Autohaus

    What T1 gearbox final ratio is good for bus and that engine?
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    Earlybay steel rims

    Thanks. that was helpful. My three similar rims has round VW logo like front emblem and are dated 7/71 = earlybay. The odd one is marked KPZ (kronprinz) and was dated 3/66. So it must be split bus rim. Now I know what I am looking after.
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    Earlybay steel rims

    I have set of 4 earlybay 14" wide five rims. But I noticed that one of them has different profile. Right one in the pictures. That rim also have "tubeless groove" in outside edge. Offsets are same in every rim. What is that odd rim? Different rim manufacturer? I need a pair for that because I...
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    French Slammer dropped spindles and narrowed beam

    So,, are there core (original spindles) needed to sent?
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