Itinerant Air-Cooled

... of a 1976 VW bus.
It needs some (a lot) of work but am excited to begin. I have no interior in the back. No seats. I cannot get the blinkers to work. Starting with fuses and relay tomorrow after work and see if they are the culprit, however, any words of advice are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

welcome- please share some pictures!

Here are some pics

Welcome to the site!

If you didn't already, be sure to put one of these on your shopping list:
http://www.busdepot.com/411813225

It's the missing seal around the engine. Aircooled engines will want to keep that hot exhaust air from coming up into the compartment.

Good luck with the lights. Check all of the bulbs and their connections.

Fresh, I stuck your post here so you can sort of make a diary of your progress. If you should attempt to foray into the Technical Forums again, please follow the protocols. Don't worry about the stinging rebuke. All of us have been absolutely horrible about following the rules around here.
Colin

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welcome, were are you located?

West Virginia

Got all lights working.

Fresh wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:14 pm

West Virginia

Got all lights working.

Good for you.

New fuel hoses?

Say hello to Clay WV for me.
Colin

Congrats. Are those Vanagon front seats? More pictures and bigger pictures please!

Welcome to a great bunch. Repeat...fuel lines.

I will dive into the fuel lines this weekend to make sure they are ok. I believe the PO replaced them recently. Replaced brakes recently. Thanks for any and all words of advice. The bus does have later model seats in it that I would like to get back to original at some point. It will take me some time but I love it so far.

Fuel lines are critical but as mentioned before, get that engine seal in before you even think of a drive around the block. And welcome to the forum. It's always good to bring one back.

Engine seal is on the way. Need a new muffler and need to replace CV joints. Any suggestions on each would be great. VW Parts store about an hour from me said he has a muffler that is $80. Seams cheap to me but not sure. Again 1976 Transporter. Finding CV joints for about $50-$60 for each side.

Take photos of the exhaust system as it is right now! I would take step back and decide what you need for a muffler in the long term. I.E. stock for 76, similar system with more readily available manifolds - or after market. Take into account state of heat exchangers, whether you need to pass SMOG and what serviceable components you already have. Your local VW parts store will sell you what they have in stock so best find out just what it is before buying. Then take a look at Samba classifieds, Vintagespeed, Type IV store and busdepot at a minimum to see what the other options are. And there aren't too many.