Drained the transmission fluid on 1965 VW Bus and changed a seal in the brake drum recently. Found a couple goodies in there that are definitely not good to find.
First off, this is the entirety of the fluid that came out...notice something missing...like most of the fluid that should be there?
After rolling out from under the bus with the drain plug in hand I found this nice big chunk of metal stuck to the magnetized plug surrounded by metal shavings...another bad sign.
If you find this in your transmission you might want to think about looking around for a new one, soon. That said, I did make it almost 500 miles a couple weekends after finding this.
Cheers
I had a great time at the Family Reunion this year! I highly encourage anyone reading this to check out the Bus Pilots website and attend next year. It is a weekend long event starting Friday evening and ending Sunday afternoon. On Friday we all met a Sonic in Boise for dinner. Afterwards we cruised the dubs around downtown Boise drawing quite the attention and frustrating all the non-VW drivers. Mike then graciously allowed us to crash his place for a social BBQ. Saturday morning we did a road rallye. That was a hoot. Each car was given cryptic directions and we had to attempt to follow them and pick up clues for points along the way. It was great driving around Boise and seeing everyone else turning down random streets just as lost as you. And then there was Sunday, the big day. Sunday we all piled in to Anne Morrison park in Boise and lined up the cars for the show. It was great fun, perfect weather, good food vendors, and lots of cars. I think the total came in around 90. Come next year if you can, and keep an eye out on the Bus Pilots website for more events!
I took pictures of almost every car there. You can view the full gallery by clicking any image below.
This years May Day Show and Shine put on the by the Bus Pilots was fun. I have not been able to make it to any meetings or events so it was nice to catch up with the old gang and see some new faces. Last year my bus was featured on Fox News, this year a picture of me with my bus is going to be in the Nampa Life publication. Nampa Life is an annual business publication.
A few pictures to drool over
James McKay came over today to help me paint the nose of my 1965 VW Bus. There was a big primer gray patch that the Bus Pilots harassed me about and since it is almost time for our May Day show again I figured I should get it taken care of. Of course my solution was a rattle can job with some white Rustoleum, but it does the trick for now. As we were prepping I did find out that the original white is under the primer. No idea why all that primer was under there. I didn't feel like sanding it down so we masked it off and went with the rattle cans. It's not perfect, but if you don't look close you'll never notice. The white I got is also pretty close to the original.
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The Bus Pilots Association website is currently featuring an image of my 1965 VW Bus dash. Though it has been there for several months I only just recently inquired as to the owner of the Bus in question. It's Mine! I like that. James Page is the man responsible for creating that theme and he did a stellar job.
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