About the Blog


This is a running record of the work Jason and Lena are doing to bring a 1978 VW Bus back to life. She was very close to death's door when we bought her.

We now have a functional vacationmobile that we are taking on adventures. So, this blog has morphed into a travelogue sprinkled with our break-down stories and latest upgrades. Hopefully more of the latter!

Look back in the archive for ALL the work we did to get her where she is today.

Enjoy :)

Suzanne the Van

Suzanne the Van

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Boo Hoo!

Today was disappointing!
We tore down the engine from the green van (which was supposedly rebuilt) only to find out it was not so good.

A bit more end-play for the crankshaft than is recommended...

Ignore the light radiating from heaven, it's not that good!

Part-way into the tear-down

Transmission, clutch and flywheel off

All the tin/covers, gotta scrub that up

The ball bearing and spring you see is the oil pressure relief valve.  NOT supposed to fall out with the oil filter (sigh)




Hope the next post will bring some forward progress.  Gotta go look for engine parts now -ta ta!

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