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Here in California we got a lot of ethanol in our fuel mix, and I buy my fuel line from a local garage with a great reputation. But I'm really old-school at heart. Regardless of the maker of the hose, I change my fuel lines every five years whether they need it or not. I've seen too many burnt...

I have that same problem, although it reads 7/8 full when I top the tank. When it hits the low mark, I know I still have about a quarter of a tank left. A previous owner made an ink mark on the lens where the true empty mark should be, and I'm real careful when I get that near. When I bought...

I did indeed. I'm casting my net as wide as possible. I've also written the Dormobile company directly but haven't received an answer yet. Is yours a recent replacement and, if so, by whom? That's the way mine is. It sound like the two lower slots in the strut bracket are as useless as they...

I guess that this this is as good a thread as any for a question I have. I'll be replacing the vinyl pretty soon, and was wondering how much slack I should be having when the new stuff is installed. As it is right now, the only way I can get the struts locked is when the slot at their end is in...

I've always used CBs in my buses. (My handle is JLT, btw.) I find it mostly useful here in the US for when there's a huge stoppage on the freeway somewhere and you want to know what other drivers... particularly truckers... are saying about causes, potential detour possibilities, and such.While...

My Dormie top was after-market, so I don't know if it even came with a warning light. I'll have to take a gander at it next time it's up.

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.