82 WestyRabbit Restoration

[rogertj]

Good progress this is a good feeling to never stop progressing with our vans. Whatever it takes! Keep going! Good job!
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Roger
Had a Carbureted ABA after engoing the heck out of it now going for ABA 2.0 Jetta EFI ill put a garrett in to the tin can later or maybe go electric?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

[Abscate]

Still subscribed - I wonder of that Mechanical ADvantage place is still there in NW CT?

THanks for keeping the pictures almost totally free of T4 Wankers.
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[dobryan]

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Dave O
'87 Westy w/ 2010 Subaru EJ25 (Vanaru) and Peloquin TBD

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson

MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646

Traveling after Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371

The Western Syncro build
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746794

[82westyrabbit]

I was finely able to get the van off the lift for the summer
The new brakes work great and make me feel cool 😎

The roof vent I installed started to leak after a few years so I pulled it out and reinstalled it with some modifications

I fiberglassed in some wood to make a ridged mounting on the front and back mounting surface.

I installed a wood doubler on the bottom.

I painted around the vent. Clearly I am going to have to paint the rest of the roof but that will wait until next winter. Now it should be ready for some trips this summer. John

[82westyrabbit]

I am working on this winter's van project. I am getting started quite late because I was working on a friend's dune buggy project.

Item one: Installing a Truck TF49 Fridge.

Item Two: Installing a Chinese Diesel Heater under the fridge.

Item Three: Removing the swivel seat base on the driver's side

Item Four: Installing a second battery

Item Five: Installing a powered subwoofer under the driver's seat

Item Six: Installing a 100 watt solar panel in the luggage rack.

As my van started life as a diesel, the main battery is in the engine compartment which required running a full size battery cable from the starter to the auxillery battery with a big fuse at each end of the wire. The seat swivel has already been removed. It was a hard choice to cut that swivel out, but i figured if I hadn't used it since 1988, I wasn't all of a sudden going to start using it. It made it a lot easier to install a big marine battery under the driver's seat. All of the components are already installed leaving me with wiring and trim to complete. John

[Johnoo]

Wondering how the Chinese diesel heater (CDH) under the TF49 worked out for you? Any significant modifications required to make them both fit?

[82westyrabbit]

The diesel heater works great. The fridge has to get pushed all the way to the top. About a 1/4 or a 1/2 inch higher than the Rocky Mountain kit installs it. I have meant to post some pictures of the complete project but haven’t gotten that far. This is my busy season. I have a bunch of stuff to post when I slow down a bit. John

[Johnoo]

Many thanks for the quick update. I'm very interested to see and understand more about raising the fridge more than the Rocky Mountain West install kit (when you have time).