67 VW bus idle problem

Hi all !! It's been a long time. My bus has been sitting doing nothing for
almost 2 years. Took it to the AutoUpholsteryCompanyFromHell and after he
screwed around with it for about a year before finishing the most HORRIBLE
panel replacement you could ever imagine. He had it for so long because I
was in NO HURRY AT ALL .. I bought the door and side panels as a kit and
then had this clown cover them. I will take pictures before I get a
professional to fix the mess.
I shouldn't have paid him but I would have strangled him if I stayed in his
shop another minute. I don't know how someone with an upholstery business
could do such a horrible job of covering and installing the panels ... I
didn't expect it to look like it came out of the factory looking the way it
does, after all, the color of the PLETHER is ORANGE but it looks like I did
it myself .. YES .. that bad !! I also bought one of those headliner kits
and new sun visors but NO WAY would I let these people ruin them by
installing them .. BTW .. Hope you are sitting ... He wanted $700 to install
the headliner ... That is really funny if you have ever seen how the
headliner is precut to the exact model. My bus sat for a year once long ago
and when I turned the key after pumping the a few times and it started right
up ... BUT THIS TIME .... It had breaks when I left it ... Had NONE when I
picked it up so I PUSHED IT to my mechanics shop around the corner for
brakes, a minor fuel leak and some other stuff. Picked her up last night
and got 4 new tires.

Brought her [Molly] home yesterday ... getting her pretty for the Bulli
Brigade .. I guess that would be in November. I'm hoping that a VW is a VW
is a VW when I ask about this problem. Seems like I had it once before and
it was a wire that came off or was loose somewhere. I have a mechanic for
fixing easy stuff .. things I should be doing myself sort of stubborn when I
make a suggestion ..

HERE IS MY PROBLEM ...

The second I take my foot of the gas, the bus stalls and even when moving
some, when I take my foot off the gas and move it to the brake pedal, the
lights come on letting me know that the engine has died. At the traffic
light or stop sign or the end of my driveway I starts right up and as long
as my foot is on the gas pedal, the clutch depressed or out of gear, the
engine keeps running and idles exactly as it should .. ALSO .. every now and
then my radio/CD player shuts off and comes back on .. I mention that ONLY
because back in the long ago I had what seems like the radio did the same
thing .. The radio does that on off thing when I am moving, not just when
the bus has stalled.

Could the two things be related ??? Or ... could it be I just need to
adjust the idle ?? I don't even remember where I do that .. but I have
TheBook !! If I am remembering correctly, when this happened in the past
and I called a mobile auto-electric guy, he fiddled with a wire in the back
and the problem went away .. I am probably wrong, even though I think I am
not. I should write down EVERY SYMPTOM with it's CURE .. VWs are so
quirky.

--
Diane - Central Florida - Orlando

YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
> Hi all !! It's been a long time. My bus has been sitting doing nothing
> for almost 2 years. Took it to the AutoUpholsteryCompanyFromHell and
> after he screwed around with it for about a year before finishing the
> most HORRIBLE panel replacement you could ever imagine. He had it for
> so long because I was in NO HURRY AT ALL .. I bought the door and side
> panels as a kit and then had this clown cover them. I will take
> pictures before I get a professional to fix the mess.
> I shouldn't have paid him but I would have strangled him if I stayed in
> his shop another minute. I don't know how someone with an upholstery
> business could do such a horrible job of covering and installing the
> panels ... I didn't expect it to look like it came out of the factory
> looking the way it does, after all, the color of the PLETHER is ORANGE
> but it looks like I did it myself .. YES .. that bad !! I also bought
> one of those headliner kits and new sun visors but NO WAY would I let
> these people ruin them by installing them .. BTW .. Hope you are sitting
> ... He wanted $700 to install the headliner ... That is really funny if
> you have ever seen how the headliner is precut to the exact model. My
> bus sat for a year once long ago and when I turned the key after pumping
> the a few times and it started right up ... BUT THIS TIME .... It had
> breaks when I left it ... Had NONE when I picked it up so I PUSHED IT to
> my mechanics shop around the corner for brakes, a minor fuel leak and
> some other stuff. Picked her up last night and got 4 new tires.
>
> Brought her [Molly] home yesterday ... getting her pretty for the Bulli
> Brigade .. I guess that would be in November. I'm hoping that a VW is a
> VW is a VW when I ask about this problem. Seems like I had it once
> before and it was a wire that came off or was loose somewhere. I have a
> mechanic for fixing easy stuff .. things I should be doing myself sort
> of stubborn when I make a suggestion ..
>
> HERE IS MY PROBLEM ...
>
> The second I take my foot of the gas, the bus stalls and even when
> moving some, when I take my foot off the gas and move it to the brake
> pedal, the lights come on letting me know that the engine has died. At
> the traffic light or stop sign or the end of my driveway I starts right
> up and as long as my foot is on the gas pedal, the clutch depressed or
> out of gear, the engine keeps running and idles exactly as it should ..
> ALSO .. every now and then my radio/CD player shuts off and comes back
> on .. I mention that ONLY because back in the long ago I had what seems
> like the radio did the same thing .. The radio does that on off thing
> when I am moving, not just when the bus has stalled.
>
> Could the two things be related ??? Or ... could it be I just need to
> adjust the idle ?? I don't even remember where I do that .. but I have
> TheBook !! If I am remembering correctly, when this happened in the
> past and I called a mobile auto-electric guy, he fiddled with a wire in
> the back and the problem went away .. I am probably wrong, even though I
> think I am not. I should write down EVERY SYMPTOM with it's CURE ..
> VWs are so quirky.
>


Are you in Orlando?
I am now, at long last, and you could bring teh bus to me. I'd ba glad
to take a look at it, betcha I can get it running right.

Jan

"Jan Andersson" > wrote in message
...
>>
> Are you in Orlando?
> I am now, at long last, and you could bring teh bus to me. I'd ba glad to
> take a look at it, betcha I can get it running right.
>
> Jan

That would be SOOOOO wonderful, Jan .. I am still in Orlando. OR RATHER, I
work in Orlando. Living in Deltona.
Aren't you in Altamonte ? or somewhere like that ? My 10-5 location is N.
Orange Blossom Trail and Silver Star Road ..
well .. walking distance from there ...

My email is rulaffing at me dot com.. [as in are you laughing at me ?? dot
com] [they usually are ya know.]

Diane

YouKnowWho@YouKnowWhere wrote:
>
> "Jan Andersson" > wrote in message
> ...
>>>
>> Are you in Orlando?
>> I am now, at long last, and you could bring teh bus to me. I'd ba glad
>> to take a look at it, betcha I can get it running right.
>>
>> Jan
>
> That would be SOOOOO wonderful, Jan .. I am still in Orlando. OR
> RATHER, I work in Orlando. Living in Deltona.
> Aren't you in Altamonte ? or somewhere like that ? My 10-5 location is
> N. Orange Blossom Trail and Silver Star Road ..
> well .. walking distance from there ...
>
> My email is rulaffing at me dot com.. [as in are you laughing at me ??
> dot com] [they usually are ya know.]
>
> Diane
>
>
>


I moved from Altamonte back to Apopka almost a year ago.

OBT and silverstar? Wheeeeeeeellll whaddaya know, I work on Silverstar,
just off John Young. That's like 6 blocks from you or something, LOL

Sending you an email now.

Jan bugfuel at rocketmail.com

On Sep 12, 4:49*pm, Jan Andersson >
wrote:
>
> I moved from Altamonte back to Apopka almost a year ago.
>
> OBT and silverstar? Wheeeeeeeellll whaddaya know, I work on Silverstar,
> just off John Young. That's like 6 blocks from you or something, LOL
>
> Sending you an email now.
>
> Jan bugfuel at rocketmail.com

Now what are you doing in Apopka ?
I spent a week there years ago but it seemed like a year.
Bad stuff was happening there all the time.

Randy

Randy wrote:
> On Sep 12, 4:49 pm, Jan Andersson >
> wrote:
>> I moved from Altamonte back to Apopka almost a year ago.
>>
>> OBT and silverstar? Wheeeeeeeellll whaddaya know, I work on Silverstar,
>> just off John Young. That's like 6 blocks from you or something, LOL
>>
>> Sending you an email now.
>>
>> Jan bugfuel at rocketmail.com
>
> Now what are you doing in Apopka ?
> I spent a week there years ago but it seemed like a year.
> Bad stuff was happening there all the time.
>
> Randy


Bad stuff is happening there all the time
But most of our family and friends live there.

On Sep 14, 6:19*pm, Jan Andersson >
wrote:

>
> Bad stuff is happening there all the time
> But most of our family and friends live there

Most of my family lives down around that area also.
That's why I live 1000+ miles away.

Randy

Randy wrote:
> On Sep 14, 6:19 pm, Jan Andersson >
> wrote:
>
>> Bad stuff is happening there all the time
>> But most of our family and friends live there
>
> Most of my family lives down around that area also.
> That's why I live 1000+ miles away.
>
> Randy


ROFL


But it's easy to find a babysitter

On Sep 14, 7:25*pm, Jan Andersson >
wrote:

>
> ROFL
>
> But it's easy to find a babysitter

Hah, No kids !!

Randy

Randy wrote:
> On Sep 14, 7:25 pm, Jan Andersson >
> wrote:
>
>> ROFL
>>
>> But it's easy to find a babysitter
>
> Hah, No kids !!
>
> Randy

Lucky bastid.