Wifey and I headed out to SF for lunch on the wharf. The temperature there was much cooler than home.
Camera gear…
I’ve been into photography since I was a kid so that put me back in the film days. When I switched over to digital it was during the time consumer digital cameras were being offered. I picked up my first digital camera back in 1996. It was the latest and greatest for that time era, a Ricoh RDC-2 with a flip out monitor!
Nowadays, I use Canon and Fuji gear. I can’t recollect all the different digital cameras I’ve had the past couple decades. Below are my current gear a Canon 5DMK3, Fuji X100F & X100S. The X100S is more of backup camera to use in a pinch. The camera I use the most is the X100F, that little sucker has a shit load of features. A really big mega shit load of features.
Blog update…
I decided to separate the VW bus events into it’s own blog. Since we have two 1967 VW Buses it’s easier to keep it separate on another website location. This blog will continue for personal shit as I go along. Mostly for family to check on.
The VW blog is call vDUBUS
Check it out!
Double rainbow…
Yeah. Lousy moving car iPhone photo.
Son is wrenching…
My son had his car towed over and we worked on it together. He replaced the starter motor which had gone bad. His first major car repair, get down son!
1967 MicroBus Door Alignment…
I worked on the 67′ MicroBus this morning. One problem that I’ve had was closing the door and it latching correctly. After a few efforts with increasing force it would eventually latch and stay shut.
1967 MicroBus Panels…
While my wifey was cleaning up the center section of “Buster” I started installing the lower front kick panels and the drivers side panel.
1967 MicroBus Axle Boots…
The rear end of Buster had dualling symmetrical leaks.
1967 VW bus belly pan…
When I removed the gear shifter and components I noticed the underside belly pan that covers the pedal was severely rusted and had a lot of road tar from over years of service. I checked online at a couple of VW vintage parts resellers and a reproduction pan was around the range of $150. That’s not bad but I thought I’d give it a whirl trying to remove the rust and road tar before making a purchase.
Both sides had rust but the inner skin had rust only since it wasn’t exposed to the road tar conditions. You can see the section where there is a leak in the brake circuit.
After spending a few minutes with a wired wheel and angled grinder I knew it was going to only take some elbow grease to get this panel back in shape.
After half an hour of clean up work I was able to get down to the bare metal. The belly pan is in great shape. I’ll do the other side and really clean up the remaining tar spots. Once it’s all prepped I’ll shoot it with a coat of paint to protect it further from the road elements.
I forgot to take a photo of the finished gloss black rattle can finish but it looked really good. The belly pan has been installed and secured with more screws then I found it.
1967 VW gear shift adjustment…
For some reason whenever I do any downshifting I get the dreaded grinding noise. Unless I do a double clutch the grinding will occur almost every time.
