Old Enough To Remember?

jwayden said:
I remember the Big Bend Dash! How's the world treating you Shreya?
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John,

Definitely on my list of "greatest ride memories", specially the ride back with great new found friends.

I still don't know which lights really are better! :sneaky-2x:

Shuey
 
I remember my dad's Volkswagen split screen camper van with double side door.... it only had a 1200cc air cooled engine and the small dumpy butane gas canister for the cooker was in THE ENGINE BAY!!!!!

When I passed my test I was allowed to borrow it when home on leave and I do recall changing gear on the move and accidentally using the floor mounted dip switch instead of the clutch on one occasion..... then wondering why the headlights were on high beam!

It was really just a two berth thing, but somehow my younger brother and I managed to sleep on the front seat for me, and the rear shelf above the engine for him!

It did not like going up hills, mind you going down was an adventure with drum brakes all around.....

Only went on one holiday in it with them before joining the Navy and that one was enough....
 
I drove my 1966 VW Bus to Alaska back in 1976. It lost a rod bearing out in the wilderness on the AlCan Highway. No VW shops nearby but I had my tools with me as I was taking a job near Anchorage as a mechanic. There was a fuel station and store not far away and the owner towed me there and gave me a hand. I dropped the motor with a floor jack and took it apart. Found the bad rod and since I could not get all the parts needed I cut the top half of the rod off and used the big end as a clamp where I used a leather belt wrapped around the crank to seal off the rod journal on the crank. I re-assembled the engine and installed it and drove the remaining distance to Anchorage on three cylinders.
 
bdalameda said:
I drove my 1966 VW Bus to Alaska back in 1976. It lost a rod bearing out in the wilderness on the AlCan Highway. No VW shops nearby but I had my tools with me as I was taking a job near Anchorage as a mechanic. There was a fuel station and store not far away and the owner towed me there and gave me a hand. I dropped the motor with a floor jack and took it apart. Found the bad rod and since I could not get all the parts needed I cut the top half of the rod off and used the big end as a clamp where I used a leather belt wrapped around the crank to seal off the rod journal on the crank. I re-assembled the engine and installed it and drove the remaining distance to Anchorage on three cylinders.
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how bad did it shake without the fourth piston and compression to balance the engine?
 
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