The camper is still not fixed. Tomek has some trouble getting the german engine together, he can't get some parts for camshaft positioning and crankshaft / connecting rod spacers. To save the situation he's looking for any working engine that's in one piece, to put it inside the camper, without opening it up. He should do so at the beginning.
To be honest, during last 12 months I had little chance to drive my VW T3. :(
Friday, November 23, 2007
Bus still in pieces
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Hi, its me again.
I read about your problem getting those special tools. I think I found on german ebay what you need:
Check this: http://cgi.ebay.de/Spezialwerkzeug-Diesel-Einspritzpumpe-Bosch-VW-Audi_W0QQitemZ330196632319QQihZ014QQcategoryZ30922QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Maybe this helps you. IMO its better to fix the engine on your own, than buying another old one where you cant really know the actual state of the engine. Buying those special tools is a good investment if you want to keep your bus for several years.
Greetings,
Kai
Kai, you're 100% right! It IS more reasonable to fix the engine we now have in pieces. This way we'll be absolutely sure it'll be in perfect shape. And my friend and mechanic Tomek tried to repair it, change the pieces I mentioned.
Right now Tomek has to empty his yard of all the metal junk he has there. Including my two Volkswagens... He doesn't have much time and can't wait for the parts to finally arrive, so he thought it'd be easier and faster to buy another engine. The one we have in pieces will finally, some day, be repaired. :)
This reminds me of the time I was coming back to Prague through Germany, and I started seeing smoke in the rear intakes. Pulled over soon as I could and jumped out with the fire bottle.
It wasn't necessary, what had happened is a steel fuel line that feeds No.3 injector had cracked, and some fuel was leaking onto the manifold, but not hot enough to catch fire. Still, rather than take chances I called for service and they took myself and the car to a repair yard where I waited for the mechanic to get in the next morning. I had to call into work twice as the mechanic simply could not find that steel fuel line, in the end he cobbled something together that worked well enough for me to drive back to Prague.
Yes, it took German guys, in Germany, 3 days to fix my German car. :-/
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