
Excited about what the day will bring!
It will bring Chilled Crab in a blanket.drober23 wrote:The bus is ready for Colin's visit tomorrow, even if my driveway isn't. I have the bus on jack stands, and the rear brake backing plates are off at the moment. The forecast calls for a good chance of rain.
Excited about what the day will bring!
Ya might want to have a tarp, rope, tent-poles and some bricks handy.drober23 wrote: I have an alternate, covered, location if it rains, but moving the bus there with no brakes is not high on my list.
Indiana promises warmth and sun!Amskeptic wrote:It will bring Chilled Crab in a blanket.drober23 wrote:The bus is ready for Colin's visit tomorrow, even if my driveway isn't. I have the bus on jack stands, and the rear brake backing plates are off at the moment. The forecast calls for a good chance of rain.
Excited about what the day will bring!
I have been a cold drowned rat since Atlanta. Chloe is even rusting in weird places. The only sunny day I have had since May 22, was 56* and wiiiiiiiindy. Right now it is 54* and raining outside of Cleveland where I visited a gallant Sean Gallagher in the middle of an engine installation. Where is SUMMER around here? It was 42* and raining all the way from Scranton PA to Woodstock NY to Rochester NY. Enough already!
CrankyColdinCrab
Be right there . . .poptop tom wrote: Indiana promises warmth and sun!
"I will have to clean that area up, and do some rust eradication / painting before calling it good."drober23 wrote: The tail gate did not like to close securely, and it also did not like to open once closed.
Turns out there was a lot of rust under the seal, pushing the seal out.
This kept the door from closing securely.
I will have to clean that area up, and do some rust eradication / painting before calling it good.
Turns out, if you connect all the wires just the way VW tells you to in the wiring diagram, that it works! Imagine that!
Thanks again Colin, and hope to have you out again on your next tour.
Seems so long ago.drober23 wrote:Following up... I received the new CV boots. I pulled the old boots off. 2 seem like they were still in pretty good shape. I'll stuff those into the pack-rat pile. The others were badly worn. There did not seem to be any water intrusion into the boots though, and there was plenty of grease in all 4 joints.
The new brake shoes came. I hope to have enough time to swap them in before we leave, but time is fleeting. If not, I will bring them with me, and perhaps swap them in on the road one day.
Thanks again for the visit Colin!
I will let you know. I am a meanderer. We might be good for a half hour hello. I've been known to drop 200 miles one way or another to avoid "clouds".drober23 wrote:So... let me get this straight... You think I should replace the brake shoes before I leave?![]()
I suspect I will be South of you, depending on how you get to Montana from Minnesota. I will be at Mt. Rushmore on June 9th, while you will probably be taking I-94 from Eagen, MN to Montana.