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dhaavers
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Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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^^^ Good, clean fun . . . 
- Dave
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"The WonderVan"
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charleslabri
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Joined: December 08, 2019
Posts: 615
Location: Nashville/Yosemite
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:42 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Packed up out of Yosemite and stayed the night after a rainstorm in Ludlow.
Havent really had the time to actually drive the van after working on the conversion. Well quick stop for a week in Durango to run the COBDR on motorcycles and then to nashville for the winter
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Klister
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Joined: March 06, 2018
Posts: 196
Location: Washington
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Couple days of climbing on east side of Cascades
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charleslabri
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Joined: December 08, 2019
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Location: Nashville/Yosemite
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Old vano took me from Mariposa, Ca through Durango (where i stopped for a week dirtbiking the COBDR) then on through Dallas to Nashville (home).
I took the fools path with no tools, no spares, no nothing. She didnt lead me astray. Almost ran out of gas in little rock trying to calibrate my fuel gauge-turns out with all the dents on my tank its max 14.5 gallons!
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DehlerPEB
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Joined: January 13, 2010
Posts: 111
Location: Germany, Augsburg
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Moved Garden Stuff,
the complete interieur was filled ..... took 2hours to dig it out at one location (got them for free, "Chinaschilf", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscanthus_sinensis, 8 feet tall and appr. 150kg for 3 plant balls).
They will end up as a visual barrier to block the view into my garden ...
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fishgo
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Joined: June 21, 2018
Posts: 127
Location: Madison, WI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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The van rolled over 300,000 miles on this past weekend's trip.
Stats:
1983 Vanagon Westfalia, 3rd owner, 2nd engine
300,456 total miles
178,858 on current engine, a 2.0 AC Boston Bob build.
178,858 on current transmission |
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pathao
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Joined: November 01, 2012
Posts: 291
Location: Montreal, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| fishgo wrote: |
178,858 on current engine, a 2.0 AC Boston Bob build.
178,858 on current transmission |
impressive numbers
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R0ckyMtnCamper
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Joined: May 30, 2022
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Location: CO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Conquered the Shafer Trail and Potash Road in Canyonlands NP.
4WD recommended? 
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indianpeaksjoe
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Joined: July 27, 2017
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Location: Moab, UT
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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^^ awesome. Not too hot in town this week either.
-Joe |
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Klister
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Location: Washington
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| R0ckyMtnCamper wrote: |
Conquered the Shafer Trail and Potash Road in Canyonlands NP.
4WD recommended?
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Oh, that's a pretty area. Spent a few weeks there climbing along Potash and some desert towers. It's raining here.  |
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campism
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Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Did a little work in advance of heating season, hauling four loads of oak from a neighbor's yard down the block. Distance was short and driving wasn't the hard part.
Van gets to rest again while the splitting and stacking takes place.
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mtnhome 
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Location: Summit County, CO
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Decided on Thursday afternoon to flee the early snow and drove down to Albuquerque for the weekend. Wanted to check out Balloons and Buses and to watch the eclipse.
Spent the night in Crestone.
Continued on the next morning Along the way , picked this guy up. He was riding from Durango to Branson . Had a flat and no more tubes. Great to be able fit him and bike in the van! Dropped him off at a bike shop in Santa Fe.
Finally arrived at Andy's(Vanis13) place in Albuquerque. After catching up, we headed over to the Buses and Balloons event to check it out. Lots of great buses and got to meet fellow Sambanistas Mr & Mrs fxr.
Some great people, the fxr's and Vanis13
Unfortunetly, Andy and I did not spend the night at Buses and Balloons but were going to come back before dawn to watch balloon and hang at Buses and Balloons for the eclipse. Left his house at 4:45 for the 15 minute drive. Hit traffic 1.5 miles from Buses and Ballons and spent the next 3 hours going that 1.5 miles.... Missed the dawn patrol launch of balloons but still watched the eclipse with a bunch of VW people. Wish I had the means to get a good pic of the "Ring of Fire".
Also got to tinker on Andy's and my van. Andy is working on an A/C install that I'm sure he'll share here. We also installed the Vanistan seat tilt kit on a van for one of Andy's friends. I brought a kit home for my own van and will take some pics when I install it.
Altogether, a fun weekend when the drive goes smoothly, you get to meet great people, and the weather is good.
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jlrftype7
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| mtnhome wrote: |
Decided on Thursday afternoon to flee the early snow and drove down to Albuquerque for the weekend. Wanted to check out Balloons and Buses and to watch the eclipse.
Spent the night in Crestone.
Continued on the next morning Along the way , picked this guy up. He was riding from Durango to Branson . Had a flat and no more tubes. Great to be able fit him and bike in the van! Dropped him off at a bike shop in Santa Fe.
Finally arrived at Andy's(Vanis13) place in Albuquerque. After catching up, we headed over to the Buses and Balloons event to check it out. Lots of great buses and got to meet fellow Sambanistas Mr & Mrs fxr.
Some great people, the fxr's and Vanis13
Unfortunetly, Andy and I did not spend the night at Buses and Balloons but were going to come back before dawn to watch balloon and hang at Buses and Balloons for the eclipse. Left his house at 4:45 for the 15 minute drive. Hit traffic 1.5 miles from Buses and Ballons and spent the next 3 hours going that 1.5 miles.... Missed the dawn patrol launch of balloons but still watched the eclipse with a bunch of VW people. Wish I had the means to get a good pic of the "Ring of Fire".
Also got to tinker on Andy's and my van. Andy is working on an A/C install that I'm sure he'll share here. We also installed the Vanistan seat tilt kit on a van for one of Andy's friends. I brought a kit home for my own van and will take some pics when I install it.
Altogether, a fun weekend when the drive goes smoothly, you get to meet great people, and the weather is good. |
Great post and AWESOME that you were able to help the Biker out with the ride. I bet he spreads the good word about you and the Vanagon for months or years to come.
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Klister
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Location: Washington
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Delivered 250 lbs of donated steel to an art welder friend in the Methow Valley from Seattle. A bit sluggy over the North Cascades Hwy before it closes for snow. Then did a 700 mile loop in eastern WA.
Amazing landscapes. If you are not familiar with the Ice Age Floods story, check it out: https://www.iafi.org/intro/
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BCE56
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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Took advantage of a promo (100.00 off), bought four Nexen SB 802 tires. Hauled them to my tire guy in the Syncro.
They will be mounted on the Frankenbug tomorrow.
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fxr
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| mtnhome wrote: |
Finally arrived at Andy's(Vanis13) place in Albuquerque. After catching up, we headed over to the Buses and Balloons event to check it out. Lots of great buses and got to meet fellow Sambanistas Mr & Mrs fxr.
Some great people, the fxr's and Vanis13
Also got to tinker on Andy's and my van. Andy is working on an A/C install that I'm sure he'll share here. We also installed the Vanistan seat tilt kit on a van for one of Andy's friends. I brought a kit home for my own van and will take some pics when I install it.
Altogether, a fun weekend when the drive goes smoothly, you get to meet great people, and the weather is good. |
That was great meeting you and Andy, and exchanging ideas.  Looking forward to a reveal of Andy's A/C project.
Here's a quick time-lapse video taken by Allan, another Van guy from Alaska IIRC:
Link
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:56 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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They have 20 acres and 10 dog beds but they jump in the van to nap 
-Joe |
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Kdj
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Location: Naptown
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| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:27 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| indianpeaksjoe wrote: |
They have 20 acres and 10 dog beds but they jump in the van to nap
-Joe |
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Mckinleyvillian
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| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:41 am Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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temp gauge was a lil wonky. it's generally pegged dead center, maybe a tad under. coolant refill/overflow appears to be too full and this has never happened before. I'm losing no coolant at heads or anywhere else, so I decide to drive the van and get it nice and hot and see what happens with the radiator bleeder.
Get to a nice, steep front end incline, twist the screw and air hisses out followed by some bubbly coolant. top of the radiator isn't as hot as I think it should be and I drive home.
Upon getting home, I check the radiator and i'm missing a clamp on a radiator pipe/hose. Glad the hose didn't go flying and hoping that this is the issue!
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brickster
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| Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Things your van did recently |
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| Mckinleyvillian wrote: |
Get to a nice, steep front end incline, twist the screw and air hisses out followed by some bubbly coolant. top of the radiator isn't as hot as I think it should be and I drive home.
Upon getting home, I check the radiator and i'm missing a clamp on a radiator pipe/hose. Glad the hose didn't go flying and hoping that this is the issue! |
It takes some time to get all of the air out, which isn't surprising considering the length and complexity of the system. Open up both heater valves fully, and don't forget to bleed the rear core as it is also a high point. I keep checking for air for 3-4 drives until it's all out. |
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