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Bob,

new clutch, pressure plate, & throw out bearing, and new cable. It is adjusted...

Ken,

engine is back out and re-checked the fan. It looks ok. Everthing sounded ok with the stock fan shroud. Only started hearing the vibration/rattling sound when I switched over to the doghouse cooler setup. The generator does spin ok, but I do feel some drag. The generator pulley does seem to have a little give on the back half, maybe the key or keyway is worn. It also seems to be a little bent. Sure wish I had the setup to run the engine out of the bus, would be easier trying to narrow things down than putting the engine in and taking it out 3 times. Guess I needed the practice!

No set-up really needed....I run engines all the time on the garage floor with a gas can, battery, wood blocks and a couple wires to hot wire it

If a guy named SixVolt doesn't have your generator pulley, I might, let me know.

Captkirk wrote:No set-up really needed....I run engines all the time on the garage floor with a gas can, battery, wood blocks and a couple wires to hot wire it

Also the bus bellhousing I sold you helps also.

Here's a set-up I threw together a few years ago to run my engines. I bought a heavy duty engine stand from the auto parts store and cut the bell housing off an old Beetle transmission case and bolted it to the engine stand. Then I mounted a lawn mower gas tank, on/off switch and pushbutton for starting. Inexpensive and it works great.

Nice..........

vwrick69 wrote:

Captkirk wrote:No set-up really needed....I run engines all the time on the garage floor with a gas can, battery, wood blocks and a couple wires to hot wire it

Also the bus bellhousing I sold you helps also.

Oh, I forgot you need an old transmission or to buy an adapter off of Rick

Nice meet some of you today at Tune Up Day. After we got home, I decided to go out to the garage and tear the generator apart since I've never had one apart. The bearings were a little dry so I worked some grease in to them and they spin very quietly. Then I decided I would put it all back together and back in the bus to see if it made any difference. As I was putting the fan back onto the generator shaft, I had not noticed before due to the accumulation of dirt & grease that there was a crack around the center hole of the fan. With just a wiggle, the whole center of the fan fell out. Mystery solved!

I've got friend who has a spare fan, it may take me several days to get it and get the engine back in. I am assuming that it would not be a good idea to put the stock fan from the 1500 in to the doghouse fan shroud?
Thanks to everyone for their assistance, and to Josh for the new pulley!

Nice meeting you today, still trying to figure out who was telling me about plastics and resin repairs.

The dual port fans are a few millimeters wider than single port fans. I attached a 1600 dp doghouse fan on my generator and put it in a sp shroud and it didn't spin freely. I had to use a 1500 sp fan. This was during my engine building escapades of this winter.

That being said, and I'm sure a lot more well versed folks will chime in, I'd assume a sp fan in a doghouse shroud would cool a bit less efficiently due to the decrease in airflow volume provided by the thinner sp fan.

Got my new curtains put in. Came from a woman in England who advertises on the Samba. They are an exact match to the originals. Now we can go camping!

Looks great! I think Fort Firelands is next camping date on the list...see you there.