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 Jenny
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| posted on September 24th, 2003 at 07:07 AM |
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What size fuel pump are you using and have you added a baffle plate to your tank or are you using a swirl pot?
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Brad
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| posted on September 24th, 2003 at 07:38 AM |
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posted by twoguns
hey BB would i have to move permanently or would two weeks do. am up that was for hols 1st quarter next year.
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Two weeks is plenty... as lomg as you have the bits to bolt the engine to the box and keep it cool. Mounting it in a kombi would be a piece of piss. I
suggest you find a type 3 rear hatch to wack in as well.
Having said that I must add I knwo nothing about winkles, but hell if it runs now then I am sure it will run just fine once again.
Might be worth your time to talk to some of teh winkle powered bus owners around.
At the end of the day putting it in the rear and the radiator in the rear or underneath is a piece of piss. 
Now if only I could get around to doing my own buggy :cry
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| posted on September 24th, 2003 at 07:39 AM |
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mmm
Should also mention I am a type spastic 
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| posted on September 24th, 2003 at 12:10 PM |
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Thanks Col.
I'm in the same boat as yourself (might look at relocating the radiator to the rear soon), at uni and not a lot of money to throw at the bus,
I'm doing a bachelor of medical science at UNSW how about you.
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| posted on September 24th, 2003 at 10:51 PM |
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posted by wacked1
I'm doing a bachelor of medical science at UNSW how about you.
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I am in the last semester of a dual bachelor of environmental engineering / microbiology degree. Environmental eng. at uq is halfway between civil and
chemical. I have specialised in water treatment, potable water production, wastewater treatment etc. but have very broad interests in biotech and
bioprocess engineering.
Sometimes i do wish i chose mechanical eng, but i like what i do.
Col
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| posted on September 25th, 2003 at 08:21 AM |
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yeah mechanical engineers are the best :thumb
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| posted on September 25th, 2003 at 01:11 PM |
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So as an engineer these days do they make you guys get any practical experiance or do you still come out thinking if it works on paper it works. Oh by
the way this is not a put down on the graduates but on the system itself. |
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| posted on September 25th, 2003 at 01:21 PM |
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You need to have 60days work experience by the end of the course, but that can be paper experience.
Since I have been out of Uni (1999) I've been to Hong Kong, Newcastle and Townsville work sites. I have more practical experience than my
youthful looks would lead you to believe.
Most companies will send you somewhere to get the experience. You need it to become a Chartered Professional Engineer anyway. Which I should be if I
pulled my finger out and wrote my report instead of playing on these forums.
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| posted on September 25th, 2003 at 02:49 PM |
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YEah, Mechanical Engineers are best
obviously, no one ever told him that we get all the girls............ yeah right !
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| posted on September 26th, 2003 at 06:47 PM |
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Brad, the type 3 engine hatch is too narrow for the kombi opening (only by a couple inches), a double-kombi hatch like Col's is a better idea.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 12:21 AM |
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Cooling the auto
You may find you'll have to stick a oil cooler on you auto.....I know of a few 2.2 converted Vanagons that blew the transaxles climbing those big
ass ROCKY Mountains! I think (don't quote me) the transaxle in T3's are more or less the same as TII's. If you need the infor on how to
do it I can help you out...I have all the info from KEP in the US. Even tips on how to adjust the 'kickdown' on the later auto trans and how
to convert an early one!
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 09:42 AM |
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hey humpty,
sounds cool can you send the info to me at ron@wacked.com.au
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 08:03 PM |
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yeah ditto here humpty,
my email is s369688@ student.uq.edu.au
my setup is relatively new and i am very cautiosly testing it, i would hate to fry my auto
are you running an auto on your svx vanagon??
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| posted on October 15th, 2003 at 11:30 PM |
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Trans
5 speed manual for me all the way.....Same final drive as the 2.1 wasser. Hope it holds up...I know of a few 4 speeders bolted up to the SVX...Sofar
so good!
As for the transaxle mod details...I only have hard copy...Have to scan it & email a pdf through...
That be ok?
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| posted on October 16th, 2003 at 08:56 AM |
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humpty, thats fine by me.
thanks
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 08:02 AM |
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would photocopy and postage be less hassle than scanning? are there a few or several pages?
Col
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| posted on October 30th, 2003 at 02:16 AM |
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very nice work there Kol
I love the colour! Who did that for you?
Oh and I think you should call it
"the Doofasaurus"
Taking her to EarthCore this year?
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| posted on October 30th, 2003 at 08:09 PM |
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Humpty you don't know or have any info on which part of the T3 Syncro trans. is the so often mentioned weak part of it do you?
Andy.
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| posted on October 31st, 2003 at 08:58 AM |
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sub
A little advise i got from a mechanic with loads of sub experience,
Always use genuine oil filters,thermostats and timing belts,he's had a lot of dramas with aftermarket belts
thermostat $26 retail
oil filter $18 retail
Love the conversion,are you running premium?
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 11:52 AM |
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Azz,
she truly will be a Doofasaurus when i lift her up and stick some bigger 4x4 tyres on the back,
think paul's gonna do the same with his too.
Not too sure about earthcore this year - would be nice, but finances aren't too good at the moment, the kombi demands every cent i get - are you
goin?
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 11:57 AM |
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Hazet,
Premium ULP is what i use - I think the standard pump fuel in Japan has a higer octane that the australian, so all jap import engines should use
premium or else they run a little lean
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 01:35 PM |
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It's not that it runs lean, it just may knock on crap Australian fuel.
Japanese premium fuel is around 100 octane.
Australian unleaded is about 91 octane.
So if your running an import engine you should be running 98 octance BP ultimate.
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 06:29 PM |
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Shell Optimax is also 98. All the others in Aust, or at least NSW have 95 octane as their premium fuel. From memory, more recently Japan has 98 as
their regular (vs Aust 91), with some of their more exotic fuels getting up to 106.
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| posted on February 4th, 2004 at 04:29 PM |
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curious as to how this is running inthe warmer temps?
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on February 5th, 2004 at 12:40 PM |
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Keepin Cool
I was running warm through the 110 stretches on the highway, but I swapped the vn radiator for a larger EL falcon unit with overflow bottle recently,
and that has helped alot,
but i still cannot run with the fluted tailgate i made on, because it restricts the flow a too much. I plan to make another tailgate with mesh
welded into it instead of fluted sheetmetal.
The Kombaru will be at DUBS by the PUB this weekend if your headin up. can chat there if you like
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| posted on February 5th, 2004 at 05:17 PM |
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unfortunately im not, so i will have to catch it another time. am tossing something like this (well have been for a while) and i have a new project
that i think i could fit it into?!?!?
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on April 13th, 2004 at 10:14 AM |
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how is your sump mod going ?
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