Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings South Carolina

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Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings South Carolina

Post by Amskeptic » Sat May 23, 2009 7:47 am

The official itinerary is on the road until Otober 3rd.

Last night's send-off dinner was remarkable, my sister-in-law's son is an artist with food, Ahi Tuna Tartare, battered shrimp, these steak spears in an amazing green sauce, a ceasar salad that was totally unique and a dessert of some glowering hunk of chocolate overload cooled with real vanilla bean vanilla ice cream with a butterscotch, geeeezus, and the Cabernet Sauvignon too.

The bus is still vaguely unhappy, it has a cracked Dansk right exchanger pipe inside of the jacketing where I cannot get to it. I am going to try to order a new one and drop-ship to Vdubtech's. It has a hesitation under acceleration that I have not experienced since 1984. I will attempt to track it down over the coming hours, days, weeks, months.

I am vaguely unhappy too, a delayed reaction to all number of fiercely stupid irritations as the human race and I attempt to interact and get things done. But, as I sit here in irritation, loving life from a safe distance, I get these deep flashes of connection "It Has Always Been Thus". The people I love are a collection of unbelievably maddening tics and habits and stubborness and self-importance, but I do not see any way that I could improve on the general lot of us. . . so I won't.

Ticky ticky ticky bus and I shall hit the road north presently, and I will go running down some country road in North Carolina and release all the things I have no control over. Perhaps tomorrow I will be sufficiently unwound to get out the camera and start looking at life anew.
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Post by sped372 » Sat May 23, 2009 7:59 am

Somehow as the miles roll by under your wheels certain things just start to feel less important. Safe travels... see you soon.
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Post by dingo » Sat May 23, 2009 1:20 pm

Amskeptic wrote:...
and release all the things I have no control over.

thats a good one..ill have to put that on my to-do list for this afternoon
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Post by vwlover77 » Sat May 23, 2009 5:09 pm

Colin,

Is the Fort Firelands 'LEAKOIL" campout still on your itinerary for next weekend?

Safe travels! Your ticky-ticky-ticky comment reminded me of these guys...

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Post by Sylvester » Sun May 24, 2009 6:43 am

Amskeptic wrote:Last night's send-off dinner was remarkable, my sister-in-law's son is an artist with food, Ahi Tuna Tartare, battered shrimp, these steak spears in an amazing green sauce, a ceasar salad that was totally unique and a dessert of some glowering hunk of chocolate overload cooled with real vanilla bean vanilla ice cream with a butterscotch, geeeezus, and the Cabernet Sauvignon too.
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So that was the dinner your brother mentioned. And I wasn't invited? After all I went through?
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Post by Sluggo » Sun May 24, 2009 9:42 am

Amskeptic wrote:The bus is still vaguely unhappy, it has a cracked Dansk right exchanger pipe inside of the jacketing where I cannot get to it.
I have an extra HE you can have.
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Post by Amskeptic » Sun May 24, 2009 11:18 am

Sluggo wrote:
Amskeptic wrote:The bus is still vaguely unhappy, it has a cracked Dansk right exchanger pipe inside of the jacketing where I cannot get to it.
I have an extra HE you can have.
You do? Can it get to vdubtech's in Syracuse NY by Friday the 29th no fooling around? I just ordered a $289.00 More Dansk Crap from Bus Depot.
Does it have good jacketing and decent flanges at muffler, like not all corroded?
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Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
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Post by Sluggo » Sun May 24, 2009 7:51 pm

Amskeptic wrote:
Sluggo wrote:
Amskeptic wrote:The bus is still vaguely unhappy, it has a cracked Dansk right exchanger pipe inside of the jacketing where I cannot get to it.
I have an extra HE you can have.
You do? Can it get to vdubtech's in Syracuse NY by Friday the 29th no fooling around? I just ordered a $289.00 More Dansk Crap from Bus Depot.
Does it have good jacketing and decent flanges at muffler, like not all corroded?
Colin
I can try to have it there by then. My Mom will be sending it from the Porsche dealership. It wouldn't go out until Wednesday. What's your next stop? And could you wait til' the next stop?

It's the one you saw in my basement and wanted but I planned on using it for the new Bus. Now that the new Bus is a '77, I don't need it. It's greasy & dirty but in very good shape. Better than a Dansk. If you were willing to wait a few months you could have the shiny ones on my Bus now.

Always try Interstate VW for heat exchangers. I paid $50 each for the pair of originals on my Bus. They even came with the fan shroud connector covers & flaps.
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Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
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Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
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Crunched Slider Door.
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Post by hambone » Mon May 25, 2009 3:56 pm

Safe travels Colin!
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Re: Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings South Carolina

Post by Bookwus » Mon May 25, 2009 5:36 pm

Hiya Sluggo,
Sluggo wrote:.........Always try Interstate VW for heat exchangers. I paid $50 each for the pair of originals on my Bus. They even came with the fan shroud connector covers & flaps.
You talking about these guys?

http://www.interstateusedparts.com/

Last time I was in the LA area I went out and visited this outfit. They have an absolutely outstanding stock of parts. Borders on the unbelievable. They were not cheap but they had everything and in quantity.
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Post by Amskeptic » Mon May 25, 2009 8:45 pm

Sluggo wrote:
Amskeptic wrote:Can it get to vdubtech's in Syracuse NY by Friday the 29th no fooling around? I just ordered a $289.00 More Dansk Crap from Bus Depot.
Does it have good jacketing and decent flanges at muffler, like not all corroded?
Colin
I can try to have it there by then. My Mom will be sending it from the Porsche dealership. It wouldn't go out until Wednesday. What's your next stop? And could you wait til' the next stop?
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Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings South Carolina

Post by Sluggo » Tue May 26, 2009 9:47 am

Bookwus wrote:Hiya Sluggo,
Sluggo wrote:.........Always try Interstate VW for heat exchangers. I paid $50 each for the pair of originals on my Bus. They even came with the fan shroud connector covers & flaps.
You talking about these guys?

http://www.interstateusedparts.com/

Last time I was in the LA area I went out and visited this outfit. They have an absolutely outstanding stock of parts. Borders on the unbelievable. They were not cheap but they had everything and in quantity.
That's the place. I have yet to need any part they don't have. And their prices are pretty good from what I've seen.
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1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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