What did YOU do to your van today?

babywindow · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:15 pm Post subject: Sliding doors

GoWesty made a nice video on sliding door maintenance which you can find here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5UrduOCJws

luVWagn · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Sliding doors

Royb · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:47 pm Post subject:

not warm out, but dry, so I found the time to finally change the oil and put in the pop-top shocks. I struggled to lift the top with a Rocketbox on before, now, with JackBombay's medium strength kit it's about as easy as it used to be unloaded. I'm guessing it'll be fingerlite without the box up there. Pretty easy install, given my limited skills.
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1991 Westy

Darren2dream · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:05 pm Post subject:

Installed a new CA catalytic converter today and noticed that they've been eating their spinach in the last few years.

Who's going to pass smog tomorrow... (ME ME ME!)

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84' Wolfsburg Westy GL 1.9 Manual

BCE56 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:25 pm Post subject:

I went thru this CA Cat. issue a couple of months ago.

What I learned:
For God's sake, check your O2 sensor(s)!!
A bad sensor will kill a cat faster than you might imagine. (In my case about 100 miles...)

I also found that in Ca. the replacement cat. must have a CARB EO # stamped on the housing to be legal.
To avoid potential problems at visual insp, you might want to install it so the stamped #s are easy to see..

The cat sold by GW and VC is a Magnaflow #339918 (I believe the P/N is correct) and is Ca legal replacement for WBX Vanagons, it has the EO# stamped on housing.

If you are running a Subi conversion as I am, the plot will thicken...

Good luck, and let us know how you make out.

DenverB · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:54 am Post subject:

So, it wasn't today -- but it's the last thing I was able to do to the van before unexpectedly going into the hospital for a week and then my subsequent recovery from a staph infection. ugh.

But hey, our van looks bad ass! Removed all plastic panels from Winnebago that had faded and browned over the years and sprayed them back to OG color using dove gray dye from RightLook.com (thanks to the folks at PopTopHeaven for the tip on what to use). The van looks so darn good now.

(I've got a few more pictures of the process if anyone is interested)

Next step is to replace the felt-covered celling panels with baltic birch panels to really spruce, er birch, it up.
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'77 Transporter/camper (Bussy - Reef Blue/Pastel White)
'67 bug (Santos - VW Blue)
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (Pink Flamingo - Pastel White/Pink)
'88 Vanagon GL Westfalia (Frankie Says - Wolfram Gray)
'02 Eurovan Weekender (Green Apple)
'95-'03 Eurovan full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'84 -'91 Vanagon full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'72 Porsche 914 (Greta - RIP)

www.RockyMountainCampervans.com

oldhuldy67 · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:00 pm Post subject: Vanny

OCD never sleeps..put a copy of aux battery/charger/inverter wiring plan where I, my mechanic or a future owner might need to find it..

Found a pair of the seat COSTCO last year, LEDs with an auto-on, motion detector setting. I used Velcro to keep them in place, lights up the cabinets nicely, bright enough for reading.

This gauge pod arrived from T3Techniques..

This is what happens when OCD runs out of things to do...

Driver seat storage and mounted the Haylon fire extinguisher where I could get at quickly ...

I've had these later model headrests for a few years, thinking they might get mounted on the rear seat..no, not there..I use my slip-over headrests I use on my beetle when we have passengers..but, on the fronts the driver seat now clears the window when I rotate it..nice. I'm getting used to the "non-stock" look in exchange for functionality..one brick is as good as another..needs a cushion, then just right!

eurekabilly · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:57 pm Post subject:

GoWesty 3rd brake light kit. That was easy! (and cheap too).

KindaHippyish · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:16 am Post subject:

I bug-bombed it and vacuumed the interior top to bottom. I saw one too many bugs just pop up from between the dash and windshield and felt the need to do something about it.

I also found a pinhole leak in the brake master cylinder and will be swapping it out this coming weekend.
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1995 Eurovan Camper 5SPD
1991 Vanagon GL 4SPD – Subaru DOHC EJ25 - SOLD
1984 Vanagon Wolfsburg 4SPD – 1.8 I4 - Traded Away
1986 Vanagon GL Syncro 2.1L WBX 4SPD - RIP Sad

eurekabilly · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:31 pm Post subject:

Finally got my 16" GoWesty Steel Wheels with the Michelin Defenders. Also added 1/2in spring shims to the rear, no more sag.

DenverB · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 2:48 pm Post subject:

Got some ski bum renters this weekend and had to put the winter tires on the van. Here she is floating above the ground ...

on the FOUR floor jacks that Discount Tire (in Arvada on Wadsworth) used - they actually slipped one of the jacks and nearly sent my van to the concrete, but it thankfully was supported by the other three. I will never go back to Discount Tire after seeing their jackassery today and thankfully didn't have to pay for it after reaming them a new one.

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'77 Transporter/camper (Bussy - Reef Blue/Pastel White)
'67 bug (Santos - VW Blue)
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (Pink Flamingo - Pastel White/Pink)
'88 Vanagon GL Westfalia (Frankie Says - Wolfram Gray)
'02 Eurovan Weekender (Green Apple)
'95-'03 Eurovan full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'84 -'91 Vanagon full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'72 Porsche 914 (Greta - RIP)

www.RockyMountainCampervans.com

newfisher · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:46 pm Post subject:

tam_shops · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Vanny

Nice work!

Where did you get those? How much did they cost? And, how do you secure them? Might come in handy some time!

oldhuldy67 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:19 am Post subject:

Hey, Tam...German EBay..oops, ist das vord verboten? Enshuldiegung sie, bitte.
Well, they weren't cheap, I seem to recall $60+ each and they were the only ones like that I've seen since. Vintage accessory for early Cabriolet. They have two straps that slip under the seat back and friction buckle to two corresponding straps on the other side, behind the seat back. That was the OG color, too. They are quite "springy", offer a good amount of resistance but soft to the touch.. and are basically held in place by your own body weight, I think they'd be effective in a rear ender, and better that having your head snap off with no head restraint at all.
I lived in Stuttguart for 4 years courtesy of the US Army.. Your tax dollars at work. Drove a 78 Bay Westy, I didn't know working for the government could be so nice, (as long as the Soviet Army stayed on their side of the Fulda Gap)
Non German speaker,? just use a computer translator and "copy and paste" away. Search for vintage headrests of something like that...feile Gluck!

Slimvest · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:51 am Post subject:

pbrown · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:40 pm Post subject:

I reinstalled my newly repaired speedometer (odometer fix).

I also changed out the rear hatch shocks. Hopefully the hatch stays up in the cold now.
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1986 Westy Syncro EJ25
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luVWagn · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:16 pm Post subject:

porterbrown · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:36 pm Post subject:

Been putting this off for years, literally. Finally got around to replacing the broken single-stage LP regulator with a new 2-stage regulator. No cutting/flaring involved for my van. The first attempt had some minor leaks so went back with teflon tape and everything is sealed tight now.

**Why did I wait so long to do this?** Rolling Eyes

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'90 Westfalia GL Automatic

SteelB12 · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:24 pm Post subject:

Today I replaced the charcoal canister and the valve dealie that it connects to, the Temp 2 Sensor, a headlight bulb, and two door panels with home made ones
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1987 Westy

droppedsyncro · Samba Member Joined: April 10, 2012 Posts: 23

That's a good idea....


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