http://calivw78.com Encounters with a VW bus Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are finishing up projects around the house in order to get it ready to put up for sale, and that means.....trash! Over the past few months we've done everything from install new counter tops, tile flooring, and sheetrock, to new roofing, furnace, and central air. Over the course of ... http://calivw78.com/2010/03/07/the-ultimate-trash-bin I mentioned a few weeks ago that we picked up a trailer to help solve our space problem when traveling in the bus. Well, none of our vehicles actually have a hitch, so I picked one up. Jamie Rivers has been making these hitches for a little while ... http://calivw78.com/2009/10/16/vw-bus-trailer-hitch Those following know that I've been dealing with fuel issues for a little while now. Well, after digging in some more, I found the the vents from the top of the tanks were basically connected to each other, closing the loop for the fuel ... http://calivw78.com/2009/10/06/the-vw-bus-fuel-saga-continues Location: Pike National Forest > Jefferson Lake Recreation Area (South Park RD / Jefferson, Colorado) > Lodgepole Campground. Date: 2009.09.05 - 2009.09.07 Image Gallery: Here View Our VW bus adventures in a larger map Day 1 Finally got a chance to get out of town again. This time, Pike National Forest. A new territory ... http://calivw78.com/2009/09/10/vw-bus-camp-out-pike-national-forest-colorado Just got back from picking up Colin's bus from Castle Rock. It was being temporarily stored at a collision shop until something more permanent could be worked out. Something more long term, turned out to be our back yard. Bret and I headed down there around 11 and ... http://calivw78.com/2009/09/09/rescuing-colins-bus So, with four kids, space is limited.  We had talked about getting a roof rack and putting a cargo box on top.  Then we thought more about the trailer.  With the cargo box on the roof, it would need to be emptied before we could raise the pop top.  But, ... http://calivw78.com/2009/09/04/a-trailer-to-help-with-space Ever since we bought Vandejo, there has been gas fumes. When we first got her home, we dropped the engine and replaced all fuel lines and vent lines, but the fumes persisted. A couple days ago I finally go around to taking the firewall out so I could ... http://calivw78.com/2009/08/31/fuel-fumes-timing-dwell Stumbling through the internet can reward you with descent reading, sometimes. Case in point, while beating my head against Google's search engine to try and dig up history on some of the older vw bus content, I ran across the writing of Charlie Ford. I've heard the name many times ... http://calivw78.com/2009/01/31/charlie-fords-search-for-the-beginning-of-the-wind Before our first trip with Vandejo to go camping some time ago, I decided that it would be nice to have the Koni shocks and Nokian tires on her.  The Nankang tires I had installed on Vandejo for the drive home after purchasing her, while proper in size, build, and ... http://calivw78.com/2009/01/20/replacement-bushings-koni-shocks Quite simply, I ran out of time. Getting out in the garage to work on her has been getting harder and harder to do, and there is this vibration around 1500 rpm's that I believe has something to do with either the torque converter, or the drive (flex) plate. ... http://calivw78.com/2009/01/20/vandejos-in-the-shop