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 Topic: Concerned about this frayed alternator wire |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 26 Views: 4511 |
 Forum: Vanagon Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:52 am Subject: Re: Concerned about this frayed alternator wire |
| Dredging up this one as my search found it to be about the most relevant. My 86 also has the shredded alternator-power box wire. The other 2 wires in that loom appear to be in perfect shape, good ends ... | |
| Topic: Battery box cover: Button-head screws and rivnuts |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 44 Views: 2563 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:05 pm Subject: Re: Battery box cover: Button-head screws and rivnuts |
| The screw down lids are an abomination to me, for various reasons. I remove the added on inner box structure that Westfalia installed for those lids and then install a hinged lid from a passenger van. ... | |
| Topic: What's your van-plan for 2018? |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 74 Views: 4802 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:50 am Subject: Re: What's your van-plan for 2018? |
| Wow !!! -- Team Spatula is on here. I lost track of you ages ago .... remember that Bay crew cab. Somewhere back there in the Carolinas is my old '69 crew cab. I think about it once in a while and ho ... | |
| Topic: Vanagon hunting thread? |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 8 Views: 568 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:37 am Subject: Re: Vanagon hunting thread? |
| Honestly in the area where I live and work vanagons are pretty much as rare as a bay, splitty, or really anything aircooled. In my own hunting, and I do travel for work, but I have seen exactly 1 lurk ... | |
| Topic: How rare is it? Saiga Beige seat |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 22 Views: 2490 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:51 pm Subject: Re: How rare is it? Saiga Beige seat |
| That looks to be roughly the same color family as my '86, but mine had the "instant-shred-upon-touching" upholstery. Perhaps the Euro versions had more options?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw ... |
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| Topic: How rare is it? Saiga Beige seat |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 22 Views: 2490 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:14 pm Subject: Re: How rare is it? Saiga Beige seat |
| That looks to be roughly the same color family as my '86, but mine had the "instant-shred-upon-touching" upholstery. Perhaps the Euro versions had more options?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw ... |
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| Topic: What's your van-plan for 2018? |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 74 Views: 4802 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:06 pm Subject: Re: What's your van-plan for 2018? |
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The Ex's are almost to a person sad they sold out. That's how I felt since I sold my last splitty... 
but as I'm trying to age gracefully, and not fully give up the dream, hence my purchase of ... |
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| Topic: Vdubtech - [email protected] |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 14 Views: 4320 |
Forum: Buyer and Seller Feedback Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:02 am Subject: Re: Vdubtech - [email protected] |
| Great communication, sent pictures and video of the parts and answered multiple questions just to make sure we were on the same page. Parts arrived very quickly, very well packed for large and delicat ... | |
| Topic: NC Roll Call and Meet Up |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 165 Views: 20878 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:30 am Subject: Re: NC Roll Call and Meet Up |
| time for a 2017 bump to this thread...and I admit I have a bit of an ulterior motive. I'm close to Hickory, and have an 86 Weekender I've been trying to get back on the road for months now, and am str ... | |
| Topic: Wild Westerner Club |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 3260 Views: 312719 |
Forum: Bay Window Bus Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:42 am Subject: Re: Wild Westerner Club |
| Maybe I can afford to buy on now. LOL
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1603465.jpg Where did you find that? I can't seem to source any except for one on eb*y for $30...or are they experiencin ... |
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| Topic: Budsaircooledparts - [email protected] |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 1 Views: 771 |
Forum: Buyer and Seller Feedback Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:38 am Subject: Re: Budsaircooledparts - [email protected] |
| Got a couple gauge clusters from him for a super deal. Thanks!!! | |
| Topic: bryan wilson - [email protected] |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 167 Views: 41241 |
Forum: Buyer and Seller Feedback Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:16 am Subject: Re: bryan wilson - [email protected] |
| Got a starter in an amazingly short amount of time, like 3 days after sending paypal. Great price, great communication, and super-fast shipping...thanks, | |
| Topic: blinking coolant temperature LED |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 280 Views: 57411 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:00 am Subject: Re: blinking coolant temperature LED |
| Ok, a slightly different question - After wading through this thread, (and all the great info) I diagnosed my '86 was blinking due to the bad capacitor issue. I happened to have a Mark II cluster in m ... | |
| Topic: SteelersBus - vwkey[email protected] - VW Locks/Keys |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 344 Views: 83041 |
Forum: Buyer and Seller Feedback Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:40 am Subject: Re: SteelersBus - [email protected] - VW Locks/Keys |
| Repeat customer here - I had a semi-complicated order and he worked with me to get it all put together. Thanks, I'm sure I'll be back down the road with my next project! | |
| Topic: Gauge cluster connector R&R |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 1 Views: 234 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:25 am Subject: Gauge cluster connector R&R |
| Howdy - I've tried searching through older threads and can't find this exact question.
In my quest for a working gauge cluster, I pulled the old one, and noticed that a couple of the wire connectors ... |
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| Topic: Mk2 Jetta/Golf Clock Swap into Vanagon Cluster...who's done it? |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 9 Views: 1940 |
Forum: Vanagon Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:53 am Subject: Re: Mk2 Jetta/Golf Clock Swap into Vanagon Cluster...who's done it? |
| Very cool to learn this. Does anyone know if any other parts of the MKII cluster will swap over? My gauge cluster seems to have some pretty serious issues, and I can't find vanagon replacements that d ... | |
| Topic: Terry Kay - [email protected] |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 124 Views: 39771 |
Forum: Buyer and Seller Feedback Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:51 am Subject: Re: Terry Kay - [email protected] |
| Just to throw my 2¢ in, I found one of Terry's ads here, sent an email, and received several quick replies to my questions. I sent paypal, and got the manual in just a couple days. I was pleased with ... | |
| Topic: Mk1 factory tach gauge set install/conversion question |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 6 Views: 1666 |
Forum: Water-cooled VW Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 1:17 pm Subject: Re: mk1 factory tach gauge set install/conversion question |
| That's intriguing -I've been wondering about swapping a later cluster w/ tach myself, like from a Cabriolet or something. Definitely keep us posted if you get it to work. | |
| Topic: Woo Hoo ! 82 Diesel Rabbit |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 5 Views: 1048 |
Forum: Water-cooled VW Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:21 am Subject: Woo Hoo ! 82 Diesel Rabbit |
| Don't know about Seafoam, but I ran a can of Lubro-moly Diesel Purge through mine. Don't know if it really helped, but it was recommended to me... | |
| Topic: Woo Hoo ! 82 Diesel Rabbit |
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| TeamSpatula Replies: 5 Views: 1048 |
Forum: Water-cooled VW Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:40 pm Subject: Woo Hoo ! 82 Diesel Rabbit |
| Change the fuel filter if that hasn't been done recently... | |
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