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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 11:04 PM |
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My new daily. Now workhourse
Well on friday I got me a new (to me) transporter.
Good price, good body and great mechanicals.
Already given it a clean up and fixed a few minor things. Engine needed a breather pipe and and fan belt adjust and she's running like a clock. Gotta
love a volkswagen
RWC tomorrow, and she'll be put to work.
You have to love the fact that the 'muller wbx' sticker held in such high regard they blended the respray around it. lol
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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 11:08 PM |
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cool, now it just needs a lift kit ..
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 11:43 AM |
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hey matt that needs to be slammed for sure
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 02:32 PM |
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Heh Mat
Thats more like it. The other tow vehical just did not seem right.
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 03:16 PM |
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Thanks guys, feels good to be in a transporter again
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 07:50 PM |
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Nice van. Most comfortable of the later models. Just don't over tighten the fan belt. Water pumps used to chew out easily when I had mine.
71 super in progress.
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 07:55 PM |
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posted by Buggy Brad
cool, now it just needs a lift kit ..
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Jeez, not everything has to go offroad.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 08:29 PM |
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I loved the fact a Muller sold it originally, and a Muller helped fix it all these years later (well at least the wipers needed fixing!).....a lot of
history in that car, right down to Mr Muller knowing the factory workers who assembled it as well as their wives! hahaha
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 08:53 PM |
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Up or down....well while the bank account is empty she'll have to stay right where she is.......definately down if anywhere but, these dont go
offroad like a bay, too heavy in the front.
Das I think Fritz the Austrian put in the windows
The 'repair' Mr Muller did was actually allowing the intermittant wipers to be used for the first time in 341 000+km. The commercials have all the
wiring and relays hooked up. One of Fritz's buddys actually fit a plastic stopper into the wiper switch to render it inoperable....go figure.
Kronk is a walking dak dak time capsule......"oh year" he said "I remember delivering that one, it was a tuesday....and this service you see dad
wrote the invoice and stamped the service record......and here is where keg f'd up the mileage in the book"
Definately minimum tension on the water pump/fan belt, thanks.
RWC today knocked me on a few minor's, so ordered parts and should be regoed Wed.
The panel has cleaned up a treat already, and has twice the torque the tempory tow vehicle had (2.0 l riceburner), and she sits on the road really
well.
I think it's called Farvenugen......didn't realise I had missed that drug for the last ten years or so.
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| posted on December 13th, 2008 at 07:56 PM |
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air or water?
next time you talk to Mr Muller, ask him about the picture with the picnic bar. 
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| posted on December 13th, 2008 at 09:25 PM |
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posted by Buggy Brad
cool, now it just needs a lift kit ..
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Jeez, not everything has to go offroad.
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mm what do you mean ?
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| posted on December 16th, 2008 at 06:54 AM |
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Looks good Matt. Lower it and some nice 16's will look the goods.
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 02:40 PM |
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WHERE YOU GOING BRENNDEN
20S OR NOTHIN
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 06:30 PM |
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young whipper snappers......
20's aint cheap tyre wise to use on a tow vehicle or for everyday use. Stuff that LOL
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 07:38 PM |
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Speciall for this hillbilly
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 08:35 AM |
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Yeeee haaaaggh!!
Pass me some whiskey and put some bull horns on that sucker!
Good to see you in a volksie Matt.
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 01:39 PM |
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DON'T WORRY MATT EVEN IF YOU PUT 20'S ON
YOU CAN STILL LEAVE IT IN PRIMER FOR THAT HILLBILLY LOOK
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| posted on December 31st, 2008 at 02:19 PM |
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And rat Col for some bits that he ain't using LOL
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| posted on December 31st, 2008 at 06:28 PM |
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no haltech efi 914 powered duel cab, but i guess it will do for now.
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| posted on January 30th, 2009 at 11:57 PM |
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no haltech efi 914 powered duel cab, but i guess it will do for now.
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Well Bob you would be correct,mind you I have that motor, now with quad throttle bodies, ready to be adapted to upright and fitted to my baja
project.
The panel is sensational. We went west for a shake down camping trip a few weeks ago, ended up at a dam near Proston, WNW of here
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| posted on January 31st, 2009 at 12:15 AM |
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The locals enjoy a bit of waterskiing while camping on the banks of the dam, cool spot.
On the way home spotted this window art with a type two close up as one of the glass panels advertising a shopping center in Childers. Guess you have
to look hard in this image.
The following weekend, a 1300km round trip to Nambucca with 3 nights camping where we pleased was great. The 2.1 always returned 12l / 100km, I dont
drive too slow so am happy with that, and hiway cruising anydak dak loves
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| posted on February 1st, 2009 at 05:08 PM |
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Good to hear you are enjoying life behind the wheel Matt.
That is reasonable fuel consumption for a van.
Gotta love the camping!!
I have so much room in the single cab we just take watever we feel like when camping...
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| posted on February 26th, 2009 at 11:36 PM |
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Here's the panel being put to work.
About to leave home bound for Portland. We drove for 32 hours with only occasional pitstops, sleeping underway. The trip home was much more lesurely
with two 5 hour stops, but still about 30 hours of traveling.
A 4500 km round trip and used consistantly 15 l/100 km.
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You Queenslanders are crazy!
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I hope thats a good crazy, cos we all know it helps
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Well the bus took us to Portland and back, a trip of about 4650km in total. In true volkswagen fashion, the panel got us home, but not without a few
little issues enroute.
At our first fuel stop, Goondiwindi, our clutch slave cylinder gave its first signs of protest. With the increased heat around the transmission, we
were long haul towing, the hydrolic clutch began to injest air and was as lazy as, constantly needing to double shuffle, and any stops were
interesting to say the least, but hell, once in fifth on the hiway, you hardly change gears...right?
Well we made it down to Portland in time for the Friday morning dune session, what a blast that was, and without the trailer on for the 40km trip to
the dunes, the bus was much more driveable, heaps more power too for power slides on the dirt road into the dunes just to get us in the mood. The Vintage crew had generously helped out with bringing some clutch
spares, so we felt much more comfortable with spares on board for the trip home. We could change the leaking cylinder whenever we wanted to now...
On Sunday arfternoon after a great weekend of racing we headed home this time the coast road via Melb and Sydney, about 200km further than the inland
route, but cooler with much better roads ( my pick for next time).
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First pic was our 2nd night stop after visiting Daimo, at Mullaway Beach north of Woolgoolga. Nice cooked brekky on a free barby on the beach. We
didn't worry about the clutch until dropping off Crew chief Ritchie in Brissy. Only took an hour or so, happy now with a clutch that works :-) .
An hour away from home, I had the coolant level warning lamp start flashing......bummer. The bus hadn't used an ounce of water or oil the whole
way.....a top up after a cupper to boil up some water to add to the engine, and made it home, all good except for the puddle of coolant that now
appears under the engine....big bummer.
These engines have been known to have their heads crack, head studs corode away until they break etc etc. With manifold off for visual inspection and
you guessed it, a big crack oozing coolant in front of my eyes. Well you got to be lucky sometimes. Head off in car, NO corrision what so ever, studs
look like new, even the cracked head shows no corrision.
So next week find a replacement head, some new seals and coolant and put it all back together again....you gotta love a volksie
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| posted on March 6th, 2009 at 08:18 PM |
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On the second pic here you can even see the coolant coming from the crack to the left of the two top center headstud nut bosses.
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Engine all repaired and going well again but while the bus was getting the head repair done, I figured the few spots of rust needed a bit of
attention, so repaired some some bits at the rear bumper and seams, also a previous repair on the wheel arch where some bog was lifting.
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