ep24 Bishops Garage - VW Bus Shocks, 1974 T2

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ep24 Bishops Garage - VW Bus Shocks, 1974 T2

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Welcome to Bishops Garage! Today we find our work takes us under the VW Bus, our 1974 T2 Transporter is in bad need of Shocks and also lets check out the state of the rear brakes.
After completing the refresh of the fronts, the rear brakes and shocks are next.

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@lokistonedfox472 2 ай бұрын

So helpful I need to change out mine and had no idea what to do

@bishopofrustyiron3101 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Good luck on your project!

@user-vh4br7ml2w Жыл бұрын

Awesome work,keep it up really interesting helps me a lot with my bus .

@bishopofrustyiron3101 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope to have some more videos out soon on our Blue Bus Hank project, thanks for stopping by!

@bishopofrustyiron3101 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Was under the bus doing the ball joints and well....missed my own premier man! I will get this down sooner or later!

@davidhoneyman429 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the video, gonna do this to my 74 bus tomorrow

@bishopofrustyiron3101 Жыл бұрын

Awesome man, all luck with ya!

@MadMaxCars 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoying the vid!!!

@jerometanguay8375 3 ай бұрын

Mine don’t come up! I’m told they are oil, not gas… it’s apparently what they should do for the back

@bishopofrustyiron3101 3 ай бұрын

I do prefer an oil shock since its pretty apparent when they fail...hmm, maybe a parts cross reference?

@jonathanharris4527 10 ай бұрын

What about the metal sleeve that's supposed to be in the lower shock hole? Shock looks like it's too loose on the bolt

@madmaxcars9653 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@luky757 Жыл бұрын

hi mate Iwas traveling in my kombi hit a pothole and snapped the top bolt of my rear shock now i cant get the piece of the bolt out of the welded nut and there's no access from the back any ideas on how to fix would be great cheers from oz

@bishopofrustyiron3101 Жыл бұрын

depends on how fused that bolt is to the nut...there are extraction kits for bolts that have sheered off. I used one, once. You tap the remains of the bolt in the nut with a special drill bit then sink this other bit in (the kit has it)...and you can remove it but, if its really stuck....you may consider just getting one good drill bit and drill out the nut, re-thread yourself and put a new bolt in there. Man that is as tough as loosing an exhaust manifold bolt in the head...ugg! Let me know how it goes!

@luky757 Жыл бұрын

@@bishopofrustyiron3101 thanks mate for the advice ol get stuck in to er this avo cheers bud and love your channel

@bishopofrustyiron3101 Жыл бұрын

@@luky757 hope it works out, let me know, would love to see pics too!

@martinjcamp 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great video. The only reason I watched this was to find out if the top bolt was held by a separate/loose nut, or a part of the frame as someone said welded nut to the frame.

@davidfenderson7299 2 жыл бұрын

With brake shoes looking that dirty but no wear it appears that they are not making contact when braking. You should adjust the star to make closer contact. Your braking will improve.

@bishopofrustyiron3101 2 жыл бұрын

Yup completely agree man, nice catch!

@petemay2791 3 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel great videos on the bus. we have a 1978 Devon camper with type 4 engine CJ and 3 speed automatic transmission. Quite rare in the Uk. Not a lot on KZfaq about the transmission unfortunately can’t get anyone to work on it. Do you have any ideas for websites for parts in the USA Cheers Pete

@bishopofrustyiron3101 3 жыл бұрын

The Devon is a handsome bus indeedie, auto is very rare indeed, that is going to take a stroke of luck to find someone to restore that transmission. Ill look around and see what I can find. You could try jbugs.com. I'll keep looking =)

@SkaterStimm 3 жыл бұрын

How are you liking these shocks? I purchased the super expensive KONIs on Bus Depot, and I have nothing to compare them to since I didn't drive it with stock or old shocks. I felt I could have gone cheaper but people swear by them.

@bishopofrustyiron3101 2 жыл бұрын

Biggest diff was the sway bar, went to a 1 inch and wow, super great!

@crownking3752 2 жыл бұрын

@@bishopofrustyiron3101 what shocks did you get? I need to do the shocks on my bus along with brakes and make sure the suspension is good

@bishopofrustyiron3101 2 жыл бұрын

@@crownking3752 I picked up a pair of KYB Excel-G shock absorbers from JBugs.com, they worked nicely =)

@crownking3752 2 жыл бұрын

@@bishopofrustyiron3101 are the front shocks the same type as the back shocks?

@bishopofrustyiron3101 2 жыл бұрын

@@crownking3752 yes they were the same, descent ride, i like them.