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Jake de Villiers
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Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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Emergency stop gap of door leak. The last storm we had was the first storm my van has seen since I bought it (had always been garaged). I knew there were minor leaks but holy shit! My van was outside in 20 hours of constant rain... and when I opened the passenger door yesterday... S P L O O S H on the ground a huge volume of water. It had filled up the footwell...  At least I know my door seals are tight 
Easy to figure out where the water was coming in, around the speakers the PO installed. So I have simply duct taped all the openings and will now have to make new door panels, which means I will make a new hatch and slider panel too so that they all match (was finished wood), along with water channels above the speaker opening. |
You'll probably want to clear out the drains in the bottom of the doors - the water should be leaving via the little slots at the front and the back of the door. |
Thanks, will do (raining again the next 3 days)
I do know by looking at things the water was coming in at the bottom of the speaker and draining right into the footwell. The wood door panel was soaked and stained all around the speaker opening. |
That means that the door's full of water. In our climate we have to be aware of the drains and keeping them open! 
You can slip a thin 6" stainless steel ruler up from the bottom of the door to induce flow but it sounds like you're going to have to get in there an vacuum up some crud...
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yoconina
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Location: Paris France
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Nimbus'87
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Location: Murrieta, Ca.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:21 pm Post subject: Today.... |
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Tuned up with new Cat. and muffler, passed Ca. smog! Not too bad for an '92 2.2 subie with over 200K.
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HoustonPhotog
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Location: Houston, TX
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I finally pulled the trigger on a Webasto (gasoline) heater for the van and after many weeks of trying to decide where to put it I opted for placing it right behind the passenger seat.
My reasoning?
Well for one... I wanted the hot air outlet vent to remain completely unobstructed. I normally sleep on the lower bunk and having covers/blankets over hang the bench bed and onto the floor obstructs the airflow of the heater if i had placed it under the bench seat. maybe not enough to make a big deal but I just wanted the air flow to be the best t can be. I also wanted the return ambient air intake at least 2' away from the hot air outlet. I'm not a fan of placing the ambient air intake right next to the hot air outlet. They need to be spaced apart.
I currently have a Thetford Marine Toilet for the lady that we keep where the stock fridge was originally located. That thing takes up a ton of storage space for food and such. This design allows us to house the toilet in this base, when its needed there will be a door on the side where the toilet can be slid out of the cabinet and placed on the floor. easy peasy.
Here's a model of the box in AuoCAD. The second vent on the front is just to let that underneath cabinet area beathe a little. not for air out or air in.
I made the openings in the cabinet to fit the stock Westfalia flat cabinet doors that are used next to the galley. GoWesty still sells these as New Old Stock straight from Westfalia so I ordered two doors and some grey hinges. I found a place locally that sells the grey laminate that GoWesty also sells but I can buy it in large 4'x8' sheets instead of smaller sheets via GoWesty.
Webasto heater installed with a short radius outlent elbow added since the area under the cabinet is very tight.
I found a sign place here in Houston that had a CNC Router and I contacted them to cut out my panels. Since I designed the cabinet in AutoCAD I just sent the shop a DXF file of all of the panels laid flat on a 4'x8' outline. I took a sheet of 1/2" Baltic Birch plywood to the shop and a day later my panels were ready to be picked up. sweet! they charged me $40.
Assembly took about a couple of hours. this is a usable mockup. I plan to use this version for a month or two and camp with it and see how I need to change it or tweak it to suite my needs. I already see a few things I want to change and things I need to correct... Final version will get full laminate treatment and edge trimming. I want it to look as stock as possible.
Can't wait to try this out!
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luVWagn
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Location: Snoqualmie (WA)
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Added the GoWesty carpet threshold black-metal onto my new carpet install. Pic forthcoming tomorrow in daylight.
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pbrown
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Location: Seattle, WA
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I just finished installing my TerraWagon DRL kit that I picked up from GoWesty during the last sale. I also changed to the smoked turn signal lenses. Looks great up there now.
I did find some hacked up wiring where a PO rigged up a funky replacement turn signal bulb socket. I replaced the bulb socket and cleaned up the wiring. I really hate finding things like that.
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oldhuldy67
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:12 pm Post subject: Westy closet light |
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oldhuldy67
I bought a pair of these LED light pods from COSTCO last year.. With a little help it slips snugly over the clothes rod and into place without fasteners; has an auto-on motion detector function that turns on when the door opens, auto- off also. Wish I could find he other one..
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njt1rider
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Adding some Eurovan love to the forum: Custom pull out drawer from my swapped CV interior and mounted my GoWesty panels to the roof; they just didn't get much use being portable.
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pbrown
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Location: Seattle, WA
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I replaced all the window seals including the wing window in the drivers door. I also replaced the glass. Both of the old pieces were badly scratched.
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yoconina
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luVWagn
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Location: Snoqualmie (WA)
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I finally wired in my new sink pump (which works!), and while I was at it rerouted its fused power to my Blue Sea fusebox (2A fuse), and also rerouted the formerly stand-alone Propex and LP/CO detector fuses into the fusebox too (hooray). I now have inverter, dash/radio/interior, Propex, LP/CO detector, and sink all run off of the aux batteries via fusebox and a Bussmann 100A breaker / cut-off switch.
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BlueGrasser
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Location: Sacramento
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I replaced all four speakers with 4" Pioneers. Not a difficult thing to do, but time consuming. Especially taking all everything to route the new ground wire in the back. I opted to attach two wires to be be one gray ground wire and pull it through. Basically just stripped to metal, folded over back into to themselves while hooked on each other, and twisted with a bit of duct tape to hold it. Lathered that up with hand soap and pulled it through. I hit a few tight spots, but I found by pulling back the other way and then pulling fast to the snag that I could get past them all. Scared the crap out of me as it busted loose at the end, but it was only a half inch from all the way through and I was able to pull it out by tugging on the two remaining wires. Everything else was a piece of cake, though I had to trim about an 1/8th of an inch off the trim in the back (no wood though). Tight fit
The front were much easier other than the fact that my brand new high clearance crank from GoWesty was catching a bit in the passenger side, so I tried to bend it out just a hair and it snapped off. Grrr, I hate these cheap cranks...
What a world of difference though. It's not great audio, but compared to the one working old speaker I had it's friggin' awesome. I even had to turn it down on one song on the freeway! Best update I've done so far.
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oldhuldy67
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Location: somewhere with a southern exposure
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| I finally wired in my new sink pump (which works!), and while I was at it rerouted its fused power to my Blue Sea fusebox (2A fuse), and also rerouted the formerly stand-alone Propex and LP/CO detector fuses into the fusebox too (hooray). I now have inverter, dash/radio/interior, Propex, LP/CO detector, and sink all run off of the aux batteries via fusebox and a Bussmann 100A breaker / cut-off switch. |
That's some serious hooray..well done! |
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vanis13
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Location: ABQ NM USA.... Except when not
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:07 pm Post subject: Installed headlight realys |
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Finally did the headlight relays since last trip out every so often I lost all lights after trying to switch between hi/lo - hopefully the steering column switch will continue to work with the now reduced load.
I put the relays in vacant spots in the fuse block attached with screws. had to use a really short screw in the right slot as there was oem wiring. Wonder what would normally go in that spot?
Also discovered that the wires (and thus the fuses) were swapped in the add-on fuse locations for the defogger and the second battery relay.
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BCE56
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:28 pm Post subject: Holiday road trip |
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Just returned from visiting Mom in Sacto. Also did some shooting in the NF East of Placerville. My Cousin owns a company that builds custom AR's.
This was the first trip since recent work: suspension rebuild, alignment, body/paint, and a set of Rheins with BFG AT/TAs, countless other small details.
My tintop Syncro has a frankenmotor, stock springs, OME shocks, and the prev. owner installed a taller top gear at transaxle rebuild. Still running VC.
Tire size is 215-75R 15. 35 psi all around. (Van weighs 1000+/_ 25 lb at each corner.)
This appears to be a good to be a good susp. setup. Ride is firm on pavement, but not too harsh on dirt roads.
Van rolls along nicely, just over 3000 rpm = 65 mph. Verified MPH vs. GPS, and calculate about 7-8% speedo. error.
BUT it doesn't like to pull much out of about 2500 rpm, so a bit boggy on long inclines, due to taller 4th gear. I do not recommend this gear change, due to large gap between 3rd and 4th.
Pulled the Grapevine/Tejon Pass S.B. w/o downshifting at about 54 mph/2600 rpm.
Mileage N.B. on 99 was only 16, bucking a nasty headwind. Southbound on the way home, a bit over 20 mpg, against light to moderate headwinds.
A bit disappointing- Last year on a 2000 mi round trip to AZ I averaged 23.7 mpg.
The only casualty on this trip was the front heater valve, it started leaking at the lever input. Seemed to leak only when in the open position, so I drove home w/o heater. While tracing the leak I discovered Lots of other coolant/heating hoses, and tightened clamps all around. I think I may have another valve in my spares, will check after I post this.
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vanis13
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Washed the F carpet and underlayment after a clutch master cylinder leak.
It was AMAZING how much dirt came out of the drivers side.
soaked the effected underlayment section and teh whole carpet section is a plastic box of some dish soap and simple green for a few hours. then hung on the lowered shower rod and commenced spray down with remote shower head on a hose.
again, amazing how much dirt, sand, etc came out of that carpet. curious how it will look when dry.
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DAIZEE
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I wash mine every spring and let it air dry and it comes out looking new. Dirt rots material. Washing is good for it.
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oldhuldy67
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Looked at an 81 Westy this week, thinking about a parts car but it was really too nice for that, a Cali car and I was amazed how well the slider door still operated..so...when I got home the next day the OCD took over and I spent a wonderful day trying to get it right...
Cleaned, lubed and adjusted, added a rear handle, used new door clip fasteners...whatever they are called and put it all back together. I replaced the nylon guide with the black replacement item Ive had in a drawer for a long .then..ended up reinstalling the OG one with slight modifications to get the "slide in the groove" just right.. Groovy! My wife can open AND close it now... 
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luVWagn
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Any tips and tricks, or edits for the different photos you're showing like "lubricate here", or "tighten this", or "replace this"... ?
I have a 91 and the track door opens/closes like a dream. I have an 87 and the opening/closing is quite rough, loud, noisy.
thanks!
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