I took the bus for a ride or two this weekend. I even ran a few errands. It was lot of fun. Peoples reactions to an old bus are very interesting. Smiles, waves, even a bunch of teen age kids in a Jetta honking, and flipping me peace signs! Very cool.
It started out a bit rough. I went to leave home and it quit in the driveway! wouldn't start again. Acted like it was out of gas. Very strange. I removed the air cleaner, held a mirror over the carburetor and moved the throttle to see if the accelerator pump was working; nothing. I removed the carb and found the float bowl to be empty? Strange, I checked the fuel / float inlet valve and it was stuck closed. I cleaned and blew and cleaned and it was still sticking. I replaced it with a new one from an old rebuild kit I had laying around and it didn't stick any more. I reassembled everything and it fired right up. I ended up driving it about 20 miles. Lovin every minute of it. A nice day, windows down, bussin around town.
Lets see, what next. I think I should pull the engine and start checking the torques and thoroughness of that last rebuild. I can't stop thinking about that loose head nut laying in the valve cover. This will give me a chance to clean and paint the engine compartment while the weather is still decent as well.
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