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Heat in Breadloaf Mountain

Saturday, 
April 10, 2010


Rudy came by yesterday and we bolted up the entire exhaust into place. I spent a good part of two days trying to fit everything correctly, and couldn't have done it without help. Worming myself under the bus for the past few days trying to line up heavy iron pieces of exhaust that are meant to be placed in order, quickly reduced me into a tired, mumbling idiot. And to think, I thought it would take only a few hours to get everything together. More like, a few days. Anyway we finally got her off the jackstands and fired her up for a little maiden voyage around the village. And turned on the non-smelly heater (hooray).


Since I had the bus exhaust out for a few months, I haven't driven her in awhile. As soon as we started her up and tried to back out of the garage, my heart skipped a beat when I popped it into reverse, but the bus didn't budge. It didn't feel like the transmission bit into gear,and when I slowly release the clutch, it would inch forward. It took me a few seconds to realize I was shifting into 4th, which is the typical spot for reverse on 5-speed transmissions, instead of pushing the stick down and back towards me, as it should be... Yay.

You can view the rest of the project here: https://lovine.com/photo/2010/vw/heating-system/

Hey Vanessa, we need a lot of catching up to do. :)

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 10th, 2010 at 11:20 pm and is filed under Volkswagen.
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6 comments on “Heat in Breadloaf Mountain”

  1. So cool!  This is one of the things in my wish to own list, but it's fairly at the bottom of it.  If I did have one and money wasnt an issue, I'd have a Porsche or Subaru Boxster engine transplant, California rake lowering, and Safari windows.

    1. I read that the Subie engines are better fit for the water cooled 80's style Vanagons.  Which I REALLY like, especially when I found out some come in 4WD syncro.  Since ours is air-cooled, I think I'll keep it how it was designed = slow. :)

  2. So cool!  This is one of the things in my wish to own list, but it's fairly at the bottom of it.  If I did have one and money wasnt an issue, I'd have a Porsche or Subaru Boxster engine transplant, California rake lowering, and Safari windshields.

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