What did YOU do to your van today?

[Russpauly]

[VWeGoBeachNow]

[joetiger]

Due to completely irrational college sports biases, I have been trained from a young age to hate all shades of the color red in all contexts, with the exception of Tornado Red Vanagons. So cool looking. I want one.
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Joe T.

'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32

"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron

"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond

Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present

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[bobbyblack]

Had been hearing a cyclical noise from the front end. Got floss up to give her a feel, left seemed a bit stiff, but no play 10-3 nor 12-6. Right indeed has a tiny bit at 3-9 and a tad at 12-6.. Decided to rotate the tires. Getting ready to trek to Bug-in Minneapolis I think she'll make it there and back, and I expect my front end rebuild parts from Christoph3r soon, so it will get done one way or another!! Hopefully not after a AAA tow home. She'll never be a trailer queen, hopefully not a flatbed nightmare either.

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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

[Marcq]

Replaced the seat with a permanent bed for storage, just ordered another foam

Marc..

[jlrftype7]

Replaced rear brakes.... all of it...
New backing plates, new wheel cylinders, new rubber hoses, one new hard line( threads stripped coming out of the old hose)
New spring kit, new drums, new anchor pins, new bolts, new parking brake cables. Added some grease into the outer rear wheel bearing via a needle attachment while the flanges were off( they were rusted to the drums and had to be popped apart with the shop press)..
Painted the rear trailing arms with Eastwood Chassis Black.

The pictures of correctly placed arms and springs here on Samba were great to double check my work as this was my first rodeo with the rear brakes.
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto

[obzrve]

Reconnect my horn
Replace the ignition control module
Clean Fluid injectors
Seal vacuum leaks

[VWeGoBeachNow]

Replaced my spider cracked oem tail lights with the smoked ones from Ken at Vanagain.com and replaced a broken license plate bulb.

They are the European version made by JP Group Denmark. Nice quality and yes I know they are not street legal My slightly upgraded bulbs make it a bit brighter. Might run led in the future.

My Hella front smoked turn signals has been waiting for this

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88 Wolfsburg Limited Edition Vanagon GL Tin Top
Vesuve Grey underneath cheapo Vesuve Grey paint job
2.1 L
4spd

[yew]

I decided I'd done enough engine/mechanical that I'd earned looking into an issue with the stereo -- which stopped working a while back when I tuned up the window crank assembly. Head unit was getting power, but no sound. Replaced it, same issue. Then figured out that the driver's side door was pinching a wire bundle and when I take pressure off it I get sound back to all speakers. I still down understand why, but I guess I understand the fix

Tomorrow new stereo head unit goes back, and I ordered ABS door panels because part of the problem here is that the original ones are water logged and falling apart.

A PO put two speakers in the door and I'm suspecting modern speaker tech will allow me to put one pair in, smaller, with better sound. Lemme know if anyones's got particular recommendations there.
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"Panda": '85 Adventurewagen - 2.1L WBX

[bobbyblack]

Drove like the wind. In a F5 cyclone. Now home from the Bug-In Minneapolis. Did NOT win the '67 seafoam beetle.. didn't figure I'd be that lucky.. Some guy named Andretti did, imaging! No worries, already have TOO MANY. Was fun. just over 500 miles added to the ODO. Glad to be home and in bed
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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

[jlrftype7]

[jlrftype7]

Finally installed the GoWesty Altn. Support Bracket that I had ordered months ago. My 1.9 had the threaded holes even though I don’t have power steering, so that was less work needed than if I had found non-machined casting bosses like the one poster with his ‘83 1/2 did.

The main pivot bolt snapped on me, so I spent some quality time coaxing the broken bolt out of the bottom of the Altn.
Installed the new bracket and hardware, added copper Anti-Seize to the new pivot bolt and got the satisfaction of finally watching my Altn stop wobbling with the engine running.
Made a temporary repair of the Blue Field wire, cleaned the main output post and eyelet of the double wires for now. A new harness for that circuit is now on my to-buy list.... Blue Wire Insulation was crumbly to the touch...
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto

[4mymalamute]

Replaced passenger side power window regulator....got it all back together and rolled it down...and I hear a "snap" that was plastic. Sure enough, the dang little plastic holder that keeps the wire in place snapped. Apparently something is in door that the window is hitting and when rolled down almost completely, it hits thus causing the window to put pressure on the plastic. Uhg, not sure what to do now.
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1989 Sally the Syncro.....she is a work in progress. 1.8T and tuned...she scoots up the hills...watch for flying dog drool out the windows.

1969 Bucky the Bug Convertible...red, rusted, work in progress....LOTS of work.

[Steve M.]

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[jlrftype7]

Ran a new power wire up the A pillar on the Drivers side to replace the Mouse chewed open circuit...


Installed one of my LED Festoon bulbs in place of the standard incandescent bulb as a test.
Still more work to do on that circuit...Passenger Side door switch turns on the dome light at the left door while in Auto mode/ Door mode, but the Drivers door switch does not.
2nd contact of the drivers door switch does work with the Buzzer relay, so the mice didn’t kill that portion of it. Always On portion of the front light works, so the wiring is still okay there. I found that blasting the metal contacts with my Baking Soda Blaster is a quick way to safely remove the corrosion on the dome light contacts and not hurt anything . More effective than Contact Cleaner....
Slider door switch works nothing, I’d already cleaned all the door switches earlier this year, so it’s time to break out the Multimeter and find my remaining opens.

Adjusted the new rear brakes one more time and dialed in the Parking Brake as well.
Much better pedal height and stopping power now.

More to do....
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto

[Love My Westy]

'Got my Van out of the garage and washed it. Armor-All on all window seals and the front bra.
Just ordered the Bus Depot polycarbonate headlight covers to go over the GoWesty ones so now I'll have double protection. The reason is that my drivers side high beam was broken even with the GoWesty lens protector on it. It cost me $75 for a used high beam.

'Going out now to load our two e bikes for a ride around Park City tomorrow.

[4mymalamute]

Dropped Sally the Syncro off at Stephans Auto Haus to get all the AC lines replaced. Just had new compressor, etc put in and while it was sitting in my driveway...the old lines blew.
So, now Sally will have a sweet chilly AC....for the dogs to enjoy.
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1989 Sally the Syncro.....she is a work in progress. 1.8T and tuned...she scoots up the hills...watch for flying dog drool out the windows.

1969 Bucky the Bug Convertible...red, rusted, work in progress....LOTS of work.

[smd333]

I ordered a set of these
HANKOOK VANTRA LT (RA18)
75.97 apiece
https://simpletire.com/hankook-185-r14-2001939-tires
I'm planning on getting the lifetime alignment at the local Firestone as well

Also got to meet dobryan at his home a few days ago and he was kind enough to look at my van and offer me a few beers... even made a small modification to the battery compartment to make it safer. I know what to bring if I go back to his place now lol

[pinetreeporsche]

[jlrftype7]