Pics of you working on your Van

[Merian]

Dogs thread? sure

but what about those classic poses & expressions of Vanagon repair?

for inspiration see:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/a30460/auto-mechanics-renaissance-paintings/
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[Zeitgeist 13]

That's like an invitation for a flood of plumber's butt pics
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Stephenmarklay]

[Stephenmarklay]

I am going to do this but I will not show butt cleavage.
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1985 Westfalia. Project 2017.

[Merian]

good to hear, but -- especially -- no dog butt cleavage
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[Steve M.]

Okay, just a little insanity to start off!

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[jimf909]

Is this the working on, or napping under, your van thread?

Poking at the zetec a/c compressor while camping (it blew a seal)...

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- Jim

[Merian]

Great idea for the firewood!

The hoses leak gas onto the wood and BAM - instant campfire
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[Navy_Flyer]

OK I'll bite! Me working on the '87 Westy not long after we acquired it. New brakes all around, shocks, wheels and tires. This was an undertaking - I had never gotten this involved in a project. Learned a whole heck of a lot doing it all myself. Most of all, I learned to never trust the e-brake - put chocks under those tires! Before the jack stands were put under it while working on the rear end, it rocked back with the one-armed jack and fell onto the rear drum. Luckily no one was hurt and only the backing plate was bent. My son the helper is supervising.

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1987 Westfalia, Automatic. EJ25 VANARU Conversion

[alijonny]

Not me, but my wife a few years ago as I was doing some minor bodywork...
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1965 Beetle
1990 Syncro Westfalia
1983 Westfalia

[Gnarlodious]

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Vanagon ’83 diesel AAZ w/Giles injection, 5spd 4.57R&P+TBD and a '78 diesel Rabbit

[joetiger]

Changing the fuel pump on the side of 1-70 on the way to a Red Rocks show.

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Joe T.

'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32

"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron

"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond

Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present

www.josephtrussell.com

[flomulgator]

hope I'm not breaking any rules here.
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She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro!

[jberger]

On my van....

[jacob.]

[SLIKROC]

Trying to find out why I had a giant plume of white smoke just exit the vehicle. Turned out to be boiled trans fluid on exhaust! Trans cooled and we continued. Which is good because I was in the middle of Joshua Tree National Reserve which is close to nothing. Now run both GW cooler and Country Homes in series. Seems like over kill but not in the desert.

[1621]

Well, as long as we're posting side of the road pics...

This is several years ago - the kid in the doorway is now a teenager - and was the result of a coolant leak several miles outside of Butte, MT. If you can't tell by the cargo scatter, I was pissed. I'm in profile under the van. It's one of my wife's favorite family vacation photos.

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'85 Westy

[lloydy]

somewhere in Bavaria Germany...

And this year near Millau France..

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