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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    Well been working hard at it, hadn't found time to post updates here... Will so shortly but they are posted in my sAmba thread... Username vdub66gone As you say. "cheers"
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    so, i decided to go ahead and give the whole bus a light CLR bath. also finished the first round on the nose and cleaned up the pop top a bit... little before and after action: ran out of CLR so i couldnt do the back end, but ill be back at it shortly...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    well, the electrical prob ended up being the electrical side of the ignition switch so after a small parts hunt and a quick study of the wiring diagram i finally got that in and wired up... also got a new fuel pump and slapped that on a little while ago and turned the key... needless to say, it...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    wrench session.... we bled the brakes and had great pedal pressure so it was on to the motor had to put on a new cap, and i regapped the points and changed the oil. then the ghetto gas can. only problem was the ridiculus wiring done by someone along the line. but onion456 worked his...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    ive read up on the testimonials for CLR so i thought id give it a try on the worst part of the bus... the nose and the majic stuff... CLR man, if the previous owner hadnt covered the nose with a leather "bra" i bet it would be perfect. well i guess it could be alot worse than it is. i...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    so when i try to turn the motor over by hand it wont budge (this is back in the spot where it was originally sitting the first time i went to see it) and im all bummed out. but then i turn to my buddy mike "watch, i bet its in gear". i go up front and sure enough its in second. i put it in...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    and of course the arrival pics.. touch down started to clean out some garbage and and old crap (if anyone is interested in the ultra rare westfalia parrot curtains let me know) pulled out the front mats, which are in great shape. just starting to get a bit fragile. if anyone knows any...
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    extraction action shes out! rolling for the first time in quite a while cool, an extra oil sump and shes rollin out grave robbin
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    Houston Texas 1969 westy.... my first bus

    well found this on craigslist in houston texas and even though the pics looked like shit, i still decided to check it out. owner was out of town, and hadnt shown it to anyone, so i begged for the address so i could look in person. he finally agreed and i drove over. first sight looked...
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    Early Bay Roll Call

    1 - Shane r - 1971 US Westfalia 2 - easy - 1970 UK Custom (used to be a microbus) 3 - Clem - 1968 US Westfalia 4 - DancingBay - 1968 Microbus in the Australian Army 5 - Johnny - 1971 Devon Moonraker 6 - fig - 1969 SO67R Westfalia 7 - maddog - 1970 UK Dormobile 8 - Justin & Mutley - 1972...
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