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 Jay_1965vw
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 04:09 PM |
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Well? Where is it?
Is it back?
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 05:28 PM |
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Come in Chris:sandrine
r u back yet?? |
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 06:17 PM |
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He should be getting close, he was near the Calga interchange at around 3 o'clock with the kombi in tow.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 06:27 PM |
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Thanks for the update Spook. Good to hear he's getting closer to home...
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 08:16 PM |
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did you see me spook?
well the kombi IS parked on the front lawn, but the day wasnt without hassles.
The morons at caltex lost the key. Had to break a window to get in and hotwire the stupid thing to get it on the trailer.
Someone overtook me just as the ladder fell off their roof rack, but luckily it snagged on the back of their ute and got dragged along. Otherwise I
would have wore it.
Road got greasy wet on the way home and I had a brake lockup at a red light. Luckily the left lane was clear so I could move over and not hit the car
in front.
2.8 turbo diesel would be bloody sweet in a light kombi if it would fit. Redlines at 4600 just like a kombi too so gearing would be sweet also.
Nissan Patrols dont brake very well even without trailers. A bit scary considering what Nissan says they can tow. (tell him he's dreaming). They
also need a bigger radiator. Temp got hot a few times, but it did drop quickly when I backed off. Only used 53 litres of diesel over 430kms (half
towing kombi) so that would be another advantage. Cant say that I'm a big fan of having a huge bonnet in front of me. From inside the car it felt
higher than a kombi, but reality hit when you only step out, not jump out.
Anyway. kombi is home. 1 less bit of stress to worry about. Dont know what the plan is from here just yet.
[Edited on 14-9-2003 by amazer]
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 08:18 PM |
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Sounds like a day of adventures. Glad its finally home.
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 09:14 PM |
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Hi Chris
That was me in the Prado beeping the horn when you turned onto Heathcote Road, I was just coming back from camping with Scouts, actually the
pre-Jamboree shakedown camp.
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| posted on September 15th, 2003 at 12:55 AM |
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Yeah matey, I saw ya.
I drove down to Hornsby yesterday. Saw your bus sitting forelornly at Wyong on the way down, then behold, it's on a trailer on my way home..
I give you a wave, but you aint seen me yet.........
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on September 16th, 2003 at 04:54 PM |
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Something jumped from your kombi to mine ya bastard.
Spat out no4 inlet valve on the freeway this arvo..........:o
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on September 16th, 2003 at 11:51 PM |
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shit. sorry mate. If you want to get it towed to my place im happy to repay the favour.
Only 1 kid here to ask questions too.
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| posted on October 2nd, 2003 at 05:36 PM |
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Spook. Where are you? how is it going up there?
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 07:32 AM |
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To cut a big story down, I've been sailing the seas of divorce again. (this would be my second) But for the moment things have calmed.
Needless to say, fixing the truck or getting on the computer have been very low on the totum of priorities.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 08:27 AM |
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as soon as someone talks about turbo-charging a kombi, I am going to post a link to this post 
Man you have had the worst luck ever. When people say "what's the worst that could happen", I think you have a better idea than most of
us.
So what's the plans for it. Have you torched it yet?
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 11:04 AM |
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shit. sorry to hear that spook.
you're starting to PI$$ me off wes 
The reason this turbo kombi didnt work is because the whole thing cost something like $1200. The kombi and base engine itself cost me $400. It cost me
more to put a rego sticker on it than to purchase it! The turbo was given to me for nix cos the wastegate was dead. I swapped bits from an old
starion turbo to make that work. The water pump was given to me and was dead. I threw new bearing s into it. The carb and intercooler was loaned to
me. The exhaust was a set of butchered dead extractors. If I had started with a good base and spent the required money on getting the carb mixtures
set up properly... if I hadnt been pushing the poor thing so hard it would still be running. I still think that the problem may have been the only
thing I bought brand new, ie the fuel pressure regulator. I dont think it was increasing pressure under boost. And when it comes down to it I can
still say its a volkswagen engine. Even if I am only pointing to a pile of bits on the floor. so neer.
Anyhow the program now is to go stock until I can do everything right. Im putting together another low budget 2L motor. Just put new bearings, rings,
one new 2nd hand piston and barrel.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 01:38 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by amazer
you're starting to PI$$ me off wes
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Ah you know I'm just stirring ya :P
I have actually always liked your kombi and admired your handy work. I'm sure if you hadn't tow'd the race car and all your tools if
would've had an easier trip and survived. You learn from your mistakes I guess. As long as it was fun while it lasted :thumb
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 04:06 PM |
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yeah I know.
You almost had me for a while. I looked up a few different engines as possible donors. Love the lexus V8 but dont know if it would fit, plus the ones
I found were higher mileage and $$$. Then I drove my father in laws Magna V6 with 200K on the clock and still lots of grunt no signs of wear and
tear.
Fortunately for me I woke up and remembered that a set of bearings and rings will only cost me a few hundred and is a lot less mucking about.
I'll just have to use 3rd gear more often.
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 05:35 AM |
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So??
Ya got the fucker up & running yet or what??
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 04:15 PM |
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Why would he want to? He's found the perfect excuse to flog the crap outta the wife's car!!
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 11:08 AM |
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nooooo.
I've got everything I need now except for time. I'm snowed under at uni. 2nd last week so everything is due now. The engine stand is
assembled. The case half is mounted to it. Shouldnt take long when I get started. That might not be until after 20 November, my last exam.
Cant give the lancer a flogging. Its also in need of maintenance. A really bad wheel bearing, and an overdue timing belt change. Im saying 3 hail
mary's every time I get in it.
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 posted on November 1st, 2003 at 07:03 PM |
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Well I'm back on the road to recovery.
Started putting the engine back together today. Cleaning the pushrod tube holes in the case was a PITA. Someone had used a strange red sealant that
sets hard like putty. Got sick of that and didnt do as good a job as I could of. Will probably leak on me.
So then I put the crank together and dropped it in the case. I then go to put the cam bearings in and cant for the life of me figure how they can go
in with the tabs lined up with the notches in the case. After 15 minutes of head scratching and turning bearings every which way I looked at the box.
I've been given type 1 bearings. Very annoying.
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| posted on November 1st, 2003 at 09:59 PM |
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re the red stuff, it sounds like Stag Jointing paste, if it is, the metho will disolve it - eventually
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| posted on November 4th, 2003 at 07:23 PM |
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havent got metho. petrol dont work. thinners dont work. I need a tiny dremel wheel to get in there.
Got the heads on today. Only made one mistake. Forgot to put one of the sealing ring thingos under one of the barrels. Lucky I noticed it before I
bolted the head on.
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 06:11 AM |
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Well, mine lives again..........
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on November 5th, 2003 at 02:18 PM |
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Good to hear Chris, keep us posted. :thumb
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| posted on November 17th, 2003 at 10:40 AM |
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almost mobile
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| posted on November 17th, 2003 at 11:04 AM |
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Gone back to Carbies Hey
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| posted on November 18th, 2003 at 06:51 PM |
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yeah carbies. Single man now. Cash cow has gone.
Could have had it running today only I couldnt for the life of me set the endfloat. The 3 thinnest shims of mine left it with just 1 thou. Why? Forgot
that spacer washer behind the fan. Shimo to the rescue. so simple. had me buggered.
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| posted on November 19th, 2003 at 12:53 PM |
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That's an ominus statement brother, is there trouble in your camp too??
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| posted on November 20th, 2003 at 05:27 PM |
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That would be an affirmative. I'm moving out tonight. Well supposed to be I think. Too hot. will have to wait till tomorrow at least. Something
wrong with male kombi drivers? I know of three of us in the same situation right now.
I went to unscrew my large fitting from the fuel tank this afternoon so I can put a small one back in. The whole boss thingo broke off. BASTARDS.
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| posted on November 20th, 2003 at 07:57 PM |
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Sorry to hear ya probs Chris.
I catch ya on Sunday. I was a bit frightened off the last hillclimb as I would be in the same class (SV) as Cobras and the like, then I had a look on
the day and it was all just great fun.:thumb
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