What did YOU do to your van today?

[dhaavers]

^^^ Sweet! Time to start taking orders!

I think I see a little side gig in your future...???

- Dave
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86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS>

[jimf909]

Nice work on the console. I’m not a fan of putting anything in the walkway...unless it’s a well-crafted wood box with cupholders.
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- Jim

[Dampcamper]

Finished the "lower part" of the dash harness repair/rebuild/upgrade in my new-to-me 83 diesel tintop. Some time ago there had been a short (mini-tab connector on lamp for heater control came off, shorted against chassis steel and that dash lights circuit isn't fused in this model so away she went!):

I disconnected the fuse panel one wire at a time and labeled them all, installed GoWesty's Daytime Running Light module and Jay Brown's headlight relay kit too:

Found a number of the bronze female 1/4" tab connectors had "lost their grip" (no springiness) so were loose connections. I don't like intermittent electrical problems so replaced all loose or doubtful connectors. Added a solid chassis ground to ground trees (brown wire running down steering wheel support strut). Also installed Jay's high-temp headlight sockets and Hella H-4 upgrade headlights (from GoWesty) into my newly de-rusted, zinc sprayed and powder coated headlight buckets.
Part 2 of this project is to rebuild the dash instrument housing - kind of like putting a crown on a badly decayed tooth, there is a lot of plastic missing. Also to repair "upper harness" wiring damage. More photos to follow.

[Chestercopperpot]

[erikgundy98]

Catching up on maintenance that gets away from you when you have young kids...

Cleaned seats (at least 30 passes (buckets of steam cleaner extracted) on each seat)- took at least 15 hours after all said and done over 3 days. Lots and lots of dirty water kept getting sucked out of these seats! Yuck!!

Sent off fuel injectors to Mr Injector

Pulled dash and removed leaky heater core and squeaky fan.

Unluckily- my heater box was glued at the clips. Took extra time to carefully separate the heat box- but all buttoned up and getting put together
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'90 Multivan Westfalia

[12Paths]

I Did a light polish on Bellhousing and pulled Subaru harness for swap. I’m pumped I’m finally getting some movement

[r39o]

Baby got pretty new red shoes.....

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"Use the SEARCH, Luke" But first visit the Vanagon FAQ!

1990 Multivan EJ 22, Rancho trans 0.82 4th, Small Car front AC, CLKs w/ 215/65-16, homemade big brakes 303mm, Konis, Recaros, etc....

Click to see my ads for Cup holders, Subaru clutch fix and CLK wheels (no wheels currently)

[bobbyblack]

Daughter #2 Begged until I got the camper out... Had to pull Daughter #1's '86 out first, with a chain... Transplant on the '86 is taking them forever (I'm being patient, and somewhat helpful..) Here are both daughters, so happy to get the top up! Then I put the fridge back in.

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'87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch

[gkid]

Installed Mercedes rims with hardware supplied by Christopher at T3. Rear tires are 27x8.50 and front 205/75r14

[bobbyblack]

Installed these on PS of my 2.1 WBX, as instructions from mfg state. By eye, this will lead to pooling of oil inside the tube, but there seems to be no way to grasp the tubes firmly enough to install/remove them if in the opposite direction. Also, the end seals seem to be opposite of intuitive, as the head end seems to be set up to take the smaller seal, and the block end the larger diameter seal. Truth be told, the package comes with all the same size end seals, but you have to stretch them over the ends, and the larger end just gets stretched more.

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'87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch

[sparxdaddy]

Hello guys. New to the Vanagon life. So, what did I do to my (1984 tin top) today?

-put some stickers on it. I do this when I'm frustrated and just want to feel better about things.

-I troubleshot crank issues and ended buying a new starter.

-Bought sound deadening insulation for the new floor (vinyl) I'll be installing.

-Sat in the backseat with the rear gate open and let the Santa Monica breeze hit me to stay focused on why I love this thing so much.

Sorry about the randomness.

Danny

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[bobbyblack]

Removed and reversed the collapsible tubes. Found rocker lifter screw faces scarred and one push rod bent. It IS my circus, and, indeed, that IS my monkey. Recalculating.
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'87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch

[sparxdaddy]

[OCWest]

What else? I took it for a drive

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1974 project Thing

[bobbyblack]

Having done the passenger side push rod tubes, having noticed the paperclip bent on #1 exhaust lifter, having fixed, and getting Floss out of the garage in the darkness last PM, I decided it was a cold enough morning to look for any exhaust leaks.

Got up early enough to let her run for a while, and watched and listened. The only exhaust indication I could see this (last?) cold morning was from the tail pipe. The sounds I am still hearing seem like an exhaust leak, but I have not identified exactly where as of yet. I guess it could be the driver side lifters, but it sounds more like a 'snap' than a tick-tick-tick. I think its the #3 exhaust/head fasteners came loose again, but I didn't see any exhaust vapor coming from there this morning. At least the passenger side tubes and rocker lash are done for now. So, then I decided to run her down the road, having forgotten the tank was on low orange -> now on low side white line.. barely sputtered back to the driveway, lucky to shut off engine with key. Running out of gas on the first drive of the year is sort of a funny thing, I guess.

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'87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch

[Rich_T]

Finished adding some bling to the van this evening in the form of purple and yellow powerflex bushings. Alignment scheduled for Monday. Took it for a short test drive and, wow what a difference! Jazzed to check this project off the list and wishing I would’ve done it sooner!

[andreaskvistdahl]

Filled her up with Premium, and went 300km for the first time after ignition, brakes, rust and electric trouble. Felt good to have her on the road again. She hauled a heavy load all the way to my new house up in the Norwegian National park, Jotunheimen

[Paulbeard]

Replaced wiper blades…first time since the van entered my life almost three years ago. And wouldn't you know, they sent me the wrong size for the rear.

Also added a battery hold down strap, also long overdue.
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Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs

[Slate]

Milepost 169965:
Curb side CV Axle started clicking in Puyallup, WA at MP 166097 and finally got around to fixing it. Of course I could not get the outer CV bolts out so had to pull the hub. Tried removing the hub bolts with a box end wrench so I could leave the hub/brakes assembled but that did not work so pulled the axle nut, brakes and hub, leaving the wheel cylinder attached to it's line but loose on the backing plate. Once tackled and figured out, not really a hard job at all.

Yeah, I know, everything's really cruddy. Still is. I'm going to source another hub with complete brakes and rebuild that properly and then swap it out one side at a time rather than have the camper down while I discover and then find the parts needed on this adventure. It's camping/traveling time!

Really happy with the rebuilt NAPA axle but only time will tell. Changed the drivers side in January around MP 164841 and it's inner CV just started clicking about MP 169600. Crappy Advance Auto new part that look and felt like it turned out to be when I installed it...

Had a heck of a time getting the backing plate and wheel cylinder mounted until my wife suggested I flip the backing plate vertically

Torqueing the outer CV bolts was sure easier off of the car. I may always do the outer CV this way rather than leaving the hub on the car. Just to easy to mess up the Allen cap screws.

[levi]

If you still have the original axles you might want to hold on to them.

I went through 3 sets of napa/AutoZone type axles inside of a year before I accepted the reality of German Lobro's.

Problem then was the aftermarket axles splines didn't match up with the lobro cv joints. Had to source original axles.
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but till I do I won't be hangin round.
Going down that long lonesome highway,
gonna see life my way

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