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What age bus is it? There are rubber mounts on the ends of the rear support bar, but not sure what age bus you have.

I have seen discs of the VW microfiche (ETKA?)for sale on E Bay USA, I believe. I have one somewhere. You can also sign up to the VW Mexico tech site and this gives a full tech manual etc for only a few dollars per year. And you can get it in English!!! May not be '68 specific, but of interest...

Have you checked the condition of your trans mounts? Something has moved a lot to cause the bushing cage to break.

Well, as a friend of mine is sole U.S importer direct from the factories in both Mexico and Brazil I speak from first hand knowledge. The factories quit making complete motors (incl longblocks) when they ran out of 2 parts, one of which was a spring for the pressure relief valve! They basically...

What about 914 brakes on the rear? Has this been done? I also heard that some BMW and Merc set ups will work, but nobody seems to want to divulge more info.

Installation instructions from who? Not VW, unless it refers to the hydraulic case - ACD code I think. The reason is the cold monograde will not allow the lifters to pump up when cold. Otherwise read up on the subject elsewhere, a good API rating does not mean it does an aircooled motor any...

On the import duty/VAT front, you need to look at a possible 30% on the total of cost AND shipping. They will charge import duty of upto 10% on the parts and then 17.5% on the total incl shipping. Sometimes you get away with it, but not too often. Often you will get a letter from UPS/DHL weeks...

Cheap gauges are notoriously inacurate. Try putting the sender in boiling water to see what temp you show. If Ok, then if it stays within the bands you've already seen you should be OK to go. 1641 motors will always run hotter due to the thin wall cylinders. If you are not planning on using the...

You might want to check out info on the reduction of MPZ additives in oil (at the request of the motor manufacturers, to save cats) and the effect on wear in flat tappet motors aka dubs, older motorcycles etc. Shell Rotella has recently been reformulated to CJ spec to meet the new truck cat...

Sorry, i'll try to curb my product enthusiasm next time!

If you want to use a LHD Berg shifter in RHD either loosen the 2 grub/set screws and move the handle to the other side 180' or buy the correct handle from Bergs. Note also that Berg bus shifters are handed LHD OR RHD -except some universal (straight) ones supplied to B Newbury)- ie. they will...