Not much happening with the bus right now – the shop is working up an estimate for more than a few projects that they might help me out with.
I did get a pretty good deal on this set of pop out window latches from thesamba.com. They need cleaned up (and one is all rusty and broken – its the runt of the litter), but I only need 4, so I’ll sell back the remaining. Getting all of the windows cleaned up and functioning is pretty high on my list of spring projects!
While I don’t have $ estimates from the shop yet, they did do a full inspection on the bus. I was kind of dreading this, but it turned out to be not that bad (again, I haven’t seen any dollar figures yet, so I might live to regret that sentence!). The brakes need a little adjusting, but are otherwise in good working order. The steering is ok, a little slop but not too much. The shifter is missing a bushing, and the coupler is loose (I don’t really know what that means, but it doesn’t sound expensive right??) The engine runs decent, but is leaking oil – its an air-cooled VW so thats just a given. Overall, nothing is fatally amiss mechanically! Body work is another story for another day.
