1972 VW Bus Deluxe 9 Passenger - Projekt Uber Geizig

[sneakyboy1]

Looking great Mike!

[Mikewire]

Ok, a couple of more things done.

The battery tray was toast, so I made a new one from 3/4 plywood, painted it with flat black implement paint and made/bought a couple of brackets to secure it. Set it in place with a good bead of black silicone and it's solid. Ran new + and - cables and undid the cluster of wiring made up by the PO. Cleaned up the non-functional AC lines and wiring too.

It's not impressive, but it works and should last longer than the bus:



Here's my solution to the fuel connection through the firewall - basically a full bulkhead connection with 5/16 fuel nipples (tee hee), a few washers to space it out and some yellow fuel resistant PFTE tape to seal it all up:







Also fixed the fuel sender (that's another project), but I lost the pics due to a corrupted micro SD card in my phone, which is getting formatted and set back to factory defaults like a bitch right now

Next up is to get the fuel sender back in the tank, tank in bus, and seal up the firewall and then I can finally this motor in the engine compartment.

[Jd3]

atta boy....

[4est]

looking great. dang you getting close!
That engine looks awesome!

[sneakyboy1]

Looking great mike, can't wait to see this next year!

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[Jd3]

Looking great mike, can't wait to see this next year!

and all the free candy

[Mikewire]

^lol. Got a big bag for ya sonny.

Ok, so I'm running short on good weather so I am trying to get things done.

This weekend:

• Fuel tank, all vent lines, sender, filler hose etc re-installed and tank firewall sealed with new weather stripping and screwed tight back in place.
• Dual relay and resistor pack mounted on the firewall.
• Volt. regulator rewired, mounted to firewall, and made a new alternator harness.
• Engine bay cleaned and power washed.
• New rear tail lenses and one new housing and all lights hooked back up and tested.
• All loose wires trimmed up and currently being sorted through.
• 12v battery power applied!

Off to ask TheSamba people some wiring questions, cause I'm stumped on a couple of things that I think are '72 specific to the Type 2.

[YASHA7FOLD]

I hate the guessing game in wiring. It seams that any diagram has something wrong! Oh wait that could be because I am inpatient.

[Mikewire]

^No doubt - most of the issues are just from corrosion of the copper connectors and broken connectors. That's an easy fix, but it's really time consuming.

This weekend I was able to trim down all the loose connections and terminate them or tape them up so they aren't bare. I also picked up all new fuses, all of which were the wrong amperage or blown/missing and got all my turns, brakes, parking and the interior lights all working - all that's left is to plug all the wires back into the correct spots on the cluster and it should be good for electrical. Oh, and I also pulled the ambers out of the front turns and the bulbs will be replaced with stealth (homebrew'd) amber bulbs.

I made a bracket for the electric fuel pump:

It may not look it here, but I have plenty of clearance to the bottom of the pump bracket, but there is still a chance I may need to adjust the height of the pump and/or bracket.





I used the existing factory holes in the frame and drilled out the other side to bolt through the frame rail:





New TB:



Then I cut a spot for the ECU just like the 1975+ F.I. models would have:









Doesn't seem like a lot of progress considering I worked a majority of the weekend out in the garage, but I spent so much time cleaning up loose wires and making lights turn on and off that I really only got pics of the major progress.

Only a couple of things in the engine bay to get done - one, being the air box support. I was able to get one out of a parts bus which I will have a couple of tabs welded up so that I can attach it to the rear support. the other is a new/used VR since the one that was in the bus was for a generator, not an alternator. If time allows I should be able to get that done sometime this week.

[Roadhog]

do werk son.

Also, you might want to put a rubber bushing on the other side of the bolt too, by the nut. One won't help that much.