What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today?

[mikemtnbike]

I have had zero issues carrying two lightweight personal watercraft (either one inflatable, one standard paddleboard or one of the paddleboards and a sit-on top kayak) for road trips of 5-6 hours.

Around town, I've had 4 boards on there multiple times.

I would never, ever, never, not ever try to lift the roof with a load on it. If I do every put a solar panel up there, it will be flexible one I can glue down(and will be very light). I'll probably just stick with a suitcase panel.

When it's down using the gutter mounts, the roof is resting on the van and the load is being shared by the van. I don't agree with go-west mounts that have all the weight on the roof vs. the sides, but that's just me.
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1991 Vanagon GL 2.1 AT Westfauxlia. "Frankie" Totaled https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764510&highlight=carnage
1995 Eurovan Camper "Marzivan"
2020 GTI SE manual

[krusovice]

Thanks for posting this. It was my project yesterday (along with replacing the starter). I’d likely have figured it out but it was nice to not have to.

One note: I started with a carriage bolt. That released enough tension to remove the belt, but not reinstall. I had to find one with more threads and then it was easy. (I won’t admit how long it took me to figure that out).

[HeyCrutch]

With the 2002 EVC slated to transition back out to the western U.S. in a couple of weeks finally, I'm taking care of a few small items that have been on my ToDo list. One is to install grommets into the Lloyds 1-Piece Front Cabin floor mat (purchased through EuroCampers I think?? ... a few of the typical vendors market them).

Anyways, the Lloyds mats are great but they come with odd tie-down strips that don't function at all with the stock OEM VW floor mat posts.

Used a socket and a torch to bore through the mat in spots that line up with the OEM VW posts that are already in the cabin carpet -- then installed aftermarket 2-piece grommets in the holes. Now the mat sits nice and flat and won't move. If you have a 1997 or prior van that didn't come with posts, you can get screw in posts as part of a package with grommets.

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-2003 EV MV Wk - Forest - 51k
-2002 EV Camper - Ghost - 82k
-2003 EV GLS - Fluffhead - 176k

-1997 EVC - 12vVR6 (SOLD 5/2025)

[Da TOW'D]

We used a Hoover Power Scrubber to clean the cloth front seats.
The PO must have had a big dog the seats were pretty funky
they smell a lot better now.
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'57 type 1 Blackberry
'58 SC Ruf
'62 type 3 Notch
'92 Eurovan Willy
'99 Eurovan Winnie
and NUTS