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driverdave Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2014 Posts: 66 Location: Denver, CO
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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84 westy with a 91 EJ22
CO to MN to CA to NY to SC to CO
5,000+ miles
Exploded clutch in NY left us dead on the highway.
Also replaced an alternator belt. _________________ 1984 Vanagon Westy with a 91 EJ22 KEP Conversion |
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Freytag Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2012 Posts: 43 Location: Santa Cruz
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Santa Cruz ,CA to Sun Valley, Idaho and back. No problems with a bunch of fun thrown in _________________ 1987 Syncro |
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rlbarnes5 Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2014 Posts: 10 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:31 am Post subject: |
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'89 Westy AT
Boulder, CO to Fairbanks, AK
9,000+ miles
Only problem was blown out upper ball joint in Yukon. No acute cause, but maybe from some rough gravel / dirt roads.
http://byronsalaskaadventure.blogspot.com/ |
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Alex Proulx Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2010 Posts: 294 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Moncton New Brunswick in Canada to the Montauk light house on Long Island New York and back, 1500 miles including driving around for the week we were in the area. Some timing and mixture tweaking after it started to run rough on the island, everything came back nice and super driveable. Not sure what happened; bad gas, lower octane or water in the engine, wear maybe? Very nice trip overall, the van was very popular over there, we got a lot of attention _________________ Vanagon GL 1988 Full Camper, 4 speed manual, 2.1 stock engine
Audi A3 2.0T S-Line Quattro 2015 |
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vwfreek61 Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2004 Posts: 351 Location: Green Bay, WI
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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'87 Westy AT with ABA conversion
500 miles from Green Bay, WI to Manitoulin Island, ON
500 miles back home at 45mph (Lost 3rd and reverse while there) _________________ Kenneth
1964 Bug with Saxomat
1976 VW/Harley Trike Autostick
1987 Vanagon Westy w/Subaru EJ25 and reversed 4EAT |
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B.O.B.Wanders Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2014 Posts: 351 Location: Atlanta, GA USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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OK - this was back in May, but went from Atlanta to Los Angeles and back. 6000 miles over 20 days.
83.5 Westy Wasserboxer. BOB has a GoWesty rebuilt engine and transaxle, both with fairly low mileage, and recently replaced rear axles and CV joints.
No issues except with the exhaust hanger system. I had (poorly) jury-rigged a hanger system for a GW SS 2.1L exhaust and that only made it to Alabama. Coat hangers got us through the trip and I have since re-engineered a better solution.
I changed or replaced everything that was questionable before the trip and carried a lot of spares; almost to the point of "sparanoia". We stayed off the interstate highways when we could and had a great time. No issues with any grades (other than slowness), but the strong winds out west kicked us around a lot. I did lose the odometer twice; once on the way out and once on the way back. I pushed the gear back in place to get it working on the road and finally did "the fix" once we got home. (The 6K miles is a very close approximation, but not exact)
Posted a couple of pics under the "what did your van do today" thread a while back. GA > AL > MS > LA > TX > NM > AZ > CA > NV > AZ > NM > TX > LA > MS > AL > GA _________________ 83.5 WBX 2WD Assuan Brown Westy, B.O.B.
"It feels good to be lost in the right direction” - unknown |
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goskiracer Samba Member
Joined: January 15, 2009 Posts: 339 Location: Oslo, Norway
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, England... 1600 miles in two weeks... I had to replace that burny liquid that goes in the big plastic tank a few times. _________________ 86' Syncro 2.2 Vanistan, WBXhaust, ski-pole shifter for +11hp |
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Syncro Jael Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2013 Posts: 2204 Location: Utah
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon. 2,730 miles in 10 days, air conditioner running most of the time, with no issues at all. _________________ 1987 Syncro Westfalia Hightop - NAHT
Subaru EJ25 Forged Frankenmotor, Triple Knob.
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newfisher Samba Member
Joined: January 05, 2012 Posts: 1764 Location: The wet spot--Oregon
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Syncro Jael wrote: |
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon. 2,730 miles in 10 days, air conditioner ru
running most of the time, with no issues at all. |
Awesome |
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Hybrid VW Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2014 Posts: 128 Location: Central Oregon
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Just finished ~5500 miles in an '87 auto over 3 weeks. OR, ID, WY, SD, MN, WI, IA, NE, CO, UT, NV, CA, OR.
Had to replace the AFM in Idaho (already suspect, had a spare) and keep the fluids in check. Good trip! |
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seventyfo Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 916 Location: Ocoee FL
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Approximately 8500 miles, June 21-July 26, Orlando to TN, SD- Mt Rushmore, Jewel Cave, Deadwood, MT including Yellowstone and Glacier, Little Bighorn Battlefield, WY- Devils Tower, WA- Olympic, Salt Creek, Seattle, Hoh rainforest, OR- Portland, Cannon Beach, CA- Redwood NP, Avenue of the Giants, Santa Cruz, LA and back on 40. No breakdowns but a few repairs. Voltage regulator in WY, H pipe next to the coolant res cracked in Yellowstone, fuel pump on the way back in FL. Had spares for all so just short stops to replace. _________________ 85 Vanagon GL Westy GW 2.2 (Rebuilt by YT)
"I don't know you well enough to care about your comments". Watkins Cravey |
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cbcnm Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 94 Location: Portland ore
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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2700 miles in 2 weeks . portland to seattle to the tetons to sun valley to the north cascades to seattle and back to portland. replaced the alternator in boise . got 21 mpg average with my suby conversion.
chris
85 westy |
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ebisuRider Samba Member
Joined: May 24, 2014 Posts: 12 Location: Victoria, BC
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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1224 miles over 12 days, part of the WA coast, Portland OR, most of the OR coast and back up I-5. No issues at all on the trip except for breaking off the passenger window winder. _________________ 1984 Westfalia, Bostig Rg9, 4sp, Assuan Brown 'Ginger' |
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tbd Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2015 Posts: 58 Location: Saint Paul, MN, USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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1989 Westy camper 2.1 wbx
2 weeks for 2500 miles - Saint Paul,MN > Washington D.C > Philadelphia, PA > Saint Paul, MN
Exhaust started leaking at the manifold (expected it due to how I had to replace muffler before trip)
Inspection cap fell off the new pipe leading to the catalytic converter somewhere in Chicago.
Between 15-18 mpg with AC running and traveling at 65-70 mph. |
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RainierSyncro Samba Member
Joined: February 26, 2013 Posts: 806 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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A trip from Seattle to Denver in a '90GL.
A seven day trip of 3,000 miles - I-90 across WA, ID & MT dropping down all the way through WY to Denver. ZERO problems in 80+ degree weather.
Two day run back to Seattle with a one day blitz through WY to see Rushmore, Sturgis, SD, Devil's Tower and Custer Battlefield. 90 degree weather with ZERO problems. The stock motor ran like a champ. The radiator fan never kicked on the entire trip.
One word of warning - The slowest gas pump in the world can be found in Torrington, WY. 10 minutes to pump 7 gallons!
Here's a picture on the way back in hwy 26 near Lind, WA Still 4 hours from home.
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revD Samba Member
Joined: December 10, 2013 Posts: 37 Location: SF Bay
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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7,800 miles. Lost a wheel bearing about half way through in Idaho. Hell of a time fixing that but other than that zero issues! (changed oil and shook out air filter along the way)
85 DOKA
1.9l
18-21mpg along the way
Miles on truck and engine a bit ambiguous but expected as low... _________________ Current:
87 Sunroof - weitec springs, 17x7.5 et35 KT1 - 265k on original drive-train
past:
'85 DOKA - 1.9l of fury
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kourt Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 1922 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:34 am Post subject: |
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3200 miles, TX, NM, UT, WY, CO, OK, 53,000 feet of elevation gained and lost, through five major mountain passes in the rockies. Highest road elevation was 12,000+ feet. Two weeks, three men, full Westy with full water tank, house batteries, backcountry gear, and all our food/beer for the entire trip.
We were using the Westy as a rolling basecamp for climbing the high peaks of NM, UT, OK, and Longs Peak in CO.
No real problems. Plenty of AC running, plenty of rain, plenty of hot and cold temps.
We paid for camping only one night--all others were on Forest Service roads.
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kourt Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2013 Posts: 1922 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:34 am Post subject: |
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3200 miles, TX, NM, UT, WY, CO, OK, 53,000 feet of elevation gained and lost, through five major mountain passes in the rockies. Highest road elevation was 12,000+ feet. Two weeks, three men, full Westy with full water tank, house batteries, backcountry gear, and all our food/beer for the entire trip.
We were using the Westy as a rolling basecamp for climbing the high peaks of NM, UT, OK, and Longs Peak in CO.
No real problems. Plenty of AC running, plenty of rain, plenty of hot and cold temps.
We paid for camping only one night--all others were on Forest Service roads.
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vanis13 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2010 Posts: 3083 Location: ABQ NM USA.... Except when not
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:35 am Post subject: |
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5,000 trouble free miles. 2.5 weeks
Albuquerque>Chicago>Detroit>Toronto>Cleveland>Chattanooga>Nashville>Dallas>Albuquerque
Lots of drag because of rooftop stuff and 500 lb motorcycle on the hitch rack made +75mph a gas hog. It is nice to be able trade mpg for time sometimes and possible with a subi 2.5
_________________ 83.5 Westy with Subaru 2.5, 4 spd manual, center seat, COLD A/C on 134a!, Winter camp heated with an Espar B4 gasoline furnace
www.SuperVanagon.com - some stuff I make |
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16CVs Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2004 Posts: 4020 Location: Redwood City, California
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Redwood City,CA to Sheridan, Or. 1300 mi driving my Subaru Powered Syncro . Average MPG was about 17.5 MPG. Towed a small trailer up and just the van home.
While off roading we noticed that the fan was not coming on and the gauge was inching up. Turned out to be a dirty connection from the back of the fuse box. The fairly large Red wire with the Yellow connector was slightly corroded. In the process of figuring it out I destroyed the large 70A relay for the high speed fan which was stuck/corroded in its holder.
Other than that my newly repaired Cruise was a welcome addition.
Stacy _________________ 1987 Syncro Westfalia Triple knob (bastard)
1989 Syncro Tristar Triple knob "Swedish"
2013 Jetta Hybrid a true "Zwitter"
Samba member # 14980
Call anytime number 650 722 4914 .
Keep Your van running and upkept tastefully for the love of the hobby.
Don't let your van end up in an "abortions" thread. |
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