martyboy104
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Second trip out in my "new" 1973 Bay has me thinking my local Vee-Dub resto man said more than his prayers. The eye-watering bill on the first trip 160 miles form home across the boarder still makes my eyes water in a different way! The second trip started off really well but cruising 28 miles into our road trip the fan belt shredded into sewing thread. A quick phone call to the AA to let them know where I was, what the problem was, that I had a spare belt on board and a not so quick response and I was good to go....well actually, it was a bank holiday weekend and 5 hours later, a recovery ride back 23 miles to a local garage, lots of head-scratching from 2 mechanics and a toothless famer as to where to hook up to the diagnositics computer and I was good to go.
After parking up for the night 180 miles later I thought a cursory check on the belt would be an idea an there it was all lovely and cracked and looking like it could go at any minute. People are great though and Irish trad musicians are even better. I dropped into the local VW dealer and there was a trad musician doubling up as the parts manager....a God-send as he stayed on the phone until he got in touch with a local VW resto specialist. Enter stage right Eamonn Bolger, a young VW resto man and white knight to the weary traveller. If journeying in the south-east of Ireland forum members would do well to carry this GENTLEMAN's mobile number with them. I am happy to pass on his contact details.
So the belt has been grand, got me about and brought me home with no hic-cups. The bus, however, isn't well, it keeps cutting out at low revs. A read, a further read and a third read of the Haynes book has me thinking the timing may be out. The local resto man told me that having fitted a new electronic starter that the timing would "never need a peek-a-boo again" was not entirely true. A lot of what was said prior to the hand-shake and my cheque clearing sounds like a man speaking with "fork-tongue" This is all brand new to me, a complete absence of tooling and know-how and so all polite and not so polite suggestions to get me out of this corner are welcome......very welcome.
After parking up for the night 180 miles later I thought a cursory check on the belt would be an idea an there it was all lovely and cracked and looking like it could go at any minute. People are great though and Irish trad musicians are even better. I dropped into the local VW dealer and there was a trad musician doubling up as the parts manager....a God-send as he stayed on the phone until he got in touch with a local VW resto specialist. Enter stage right Eamonn Bolger, a young VW resto man and white knight to the weary traveller. If journeying in the south-east of Ireland forum members would do well to carry this GENTLEMAN's mobile number with them. I am happy to pass on his contact details.
So the belt has been grand, got me about and brought me home with no hic-cups. The bus, however, isn't well, it keeps cutting out at low revs. A read, a further read and a third read of the Haynes book has me thinking the timing may be out. The local resto man told me that having fitted a new electronic starter that the timing would "never need a peek-a-boo again" was not entirely true. A lot of what was said prior to the hand-shake and my cheque clearing sounds like a man speaking with "fork-tongue" This is all brand new to me, a complete absence of tooling and know-how and so all polite and not so polite suggestions to get me out of this corner are welcome......very welcome.