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ChesterKV Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2005 Posts: 1725 Location: El Cerrito, CA
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Trimmed a bit of my Bosch rebuilt starter so I could get the last hex nut onto the motor stud and finally securing my Subaru 2.2 to the transmission. _________________ 1984 Wolfsburg 7-passenger stock sunroof
1992 Subaru Legacy EJ22 boxer motor installed.... van is now sold.... currently playing with a 1987 Toyota MR2 with 1.6 liter twin-cam motor. Better than the Subaru boxers....... I'm impressed. Well, okay, in an "apples and oranges" kind of way. |
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tencentlife Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2006 Posts: 10077 Location: Abiquiu, NM, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Tried the last combination of rocker ratios I hadn't tried yet, all 1.1's. I had 1.1 on intake and 1.25 on exhaust, which gave it really nice torque in the low-mid range, but it runs out before 4k. As expected, all 1.1's smoothed the idle some, made it a bit less responsive to throttle, spread the torque band out some but at the cost of some of that peak, and didn't add anything at the top end. So, I'm going to mess with all 1.25's again. I was half into that and it was sunset so time to take the dogs for a little walk.
Yesterday I tackled a nagging problem that I hadn't been able to isolate because it sounded when I'm driving to be coming from the back like under the rear seat near the slider. Then my dad was riding in the back, and he noted a squeak he heard, and I said I could never find it but it drove me nuts when it happened, and he said it's right here, and propped up the AC duct joint right behind my head, and the squeak stopped. Man, that thing had eaten at me for months. Something about the sound always made it sound like it was coming from the back somewhere. I knew the plastic was cracked where the metal plate holds it to the roof, so it sagged, and I had got some 3" screws awhile ago to hang it better, by going thru the underside and screwing into the metal support plate to tighten up the duct. Turns out 3" is too short, but I had some long screws, with white heads even, that I trimmed to 3 1/2" or so and shot those up thru there, and it hangs nice and snug now. No more squeak. _________________ Shop for unique Vanagon accessories at the Vanistan shop:
https://intrepidoverland.com/vanistan/
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70coupyel Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2006 Posts: 1657 Location: So.Cal
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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I ordered a Kelty Carport side awning for my van
Glenn _________________
TheAndante wrote: |
Saying that specs are different than dimensions doesn't make sense. Porsche specs/VW specs/engineering specs are nothing but a series of dimensions,sizes,percentages,measurements, etc. |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338946&highlight=
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83 Westy Waterboxer |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2003 Posts: 1839 Location: Englewood, FL
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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I went and had the propane tank filled as it was on empty again, got a young guy this time so no cracking knees and bitching because the westy is lowered brought it home and started to load it up for this weekends camping trip! _________________ Markus |
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Van-go108 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2006 Posts: 2995 Location: Southwestern, NM
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well....I totally ignored Her today again. I've been drivin' my Mother-in-Laws Audi Allroad wagon instead. They went to Tuscon.
I'll go kiss my van before I go to bed.(out of guilt) She will be haulin' a pallet of concrete and portland on Sat morn. That will make her feel useful. _________________ "Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: What I Did... |
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Read all the responses about Winston's alternator and wished I had the time to go out there and have a look, corresponded with Terry K. about a new product he might offer, posted about my NON-screaming 'key in' buzzer, worried about filling up when they were filling the tanks and writing Chris to tell him that at least I put a bottle of HEET in the tank...
Wrote this...
Best! _________________ 'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
many ways, but never, never, never in silence." |
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BC Westie Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2007 Posts: 331 Location: British Columbia
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I thought about her sleeping nice and warm and dry in storage for the winter. Then cruised the Go Westy site. _________________ 1980 Vanagon Cali Import 86,000Miles
1981 Vanagon (Auto) 219,000kms
1981 Westfalia (Auto) Cali Import 169,000Miles
1981 Westfalia 300,000kms
1982 Westfalia Cali Import 193,000Miles
1982 Westfalia (Auto) 205,000Kms
1984 Vanagon 306,000kms
1987 Vanagon GL 300,000Kms |
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Boogievan Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2007 Posts: 152 Location: Port Orchard, WA.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I drove it to work..Then I drove it home!!! Glory!!
I then tinted a window, but the tint was all hazy and crappy looking, so I took it off... lame. |
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jsSyncro Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2007 Posts: 59 Location: mill valley, ca
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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wired up a new aux battery and started wiring some heated seats..... _________________ ++++++++++++++
87 Syncro Westy Hoth Patrol Unit |
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jackbombay Samba Member
Joined: October 19, 2007 Posts: 2723 Location: Eastern Idaho
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Pics of some of the crap I've been doing for the last week,
New 16" wheels and some burley Hakkapeliita delivery van tires and the van is a completely different vehicle, super rad. Tires are 107 load rating, 2100 lbs per tire, 195 75 16's, snow tire thats good for year round use. These new wheels are 2.5" taller than the old ones, %10 more "gearing"
I had some resonance/harmonic issues that are now gone, at less than 35 in 4th and between 55 and 60 in 4th were the problem areas, not anymore . Plus 65 MPH is now 2,800 RPM, really nice.
Theres less noise at 65 than there used to be at 55, new oil cooler is sweet as well ,keeps oil temps down notably and oil pressure up, but I need to "seal" it better to the bottom of the D pillar so all the air is forced through it.
Here is a view of the body work extension I made into the wheel well to house the new oil cooler, the new underbody coating makes it obvious,
And here is a view from the other side, that used to be a flat surface, ie the oil cooler is 2.5" farther towards the top of the picture than was possible before I hacked it up and melted it back together with extra metal, all I had was .030 flux core wire :-/
And here is a pre-pump I added (just to the right of the fuel filter), 43 GPH at 7 PSI, but it only runs when fuel flows, minimal power consumption, Walbro refrigerator fuel pump actually, but it makes a ticking sound when it runs, needs some rubber grommet isolators.
I also added a fat gauge package, its not done here, Coolant temp is now on the right and EGT on the left,
PVC and Bondo, beauty in its purest form.
Oh yea, the holes in the middle of the 16" wheels I got were 57mm and they needed to be 67, thats what I was saving all those super mini cutt off grinder wheels for all these years! Check the mini cut off whleels on top of the wheel
I also had to customize the lug nuts for the rear wheels by spinning them in my drill and shaving them down on the bench grinder so the taper would fully engage the wheel, no, I'm not an engineer but I play one in real life . |
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tencentlife Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2006 Posts: 10077 Location: Abiquiu, NM, USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: |
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All in one day? Wow!
(OK, mine was two, so I'll cut you some slack...)
What motor is in the back there? Turbodiesel? Got enough wires in that engine bay? You went for the big oil cooler, huh?
Good idea on the PVC pipe fab work. What size pipe admits a VDO gauge? They're 2 1/16" OD, kinda weird.
All that really deserved its own thread. I'm hijacking asking so many questions. _________________ Shop for unique Vanagon accessories at the Vanistan shop:
https://intrepidoverland.com/vanistan/
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jackbombay Samba Member
Joined: October 19, 2007 Posts: 2723 Location: Eastern Idaho
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: |
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tencentlife wrote: |
All in one day? Wow!
(OK, mine was two, so I'll cut you some slack...) |
A week.
tencentlife wrote: |
What motor is in the back there? Turbodiesel? Got enough wires in that engine bay? You went for the big oil cooler, huh? |
98' AHU TDI Eventually I want to run the wiring the other way around the engine bay which will clean it up a lot. Oil runs at 220* F on a 30*F day at 65 MPH so I went as big as I could fit with the oil cooler.
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Good idea on the PVC pipe fab work. What size pipe admits a VDO gauge? They're 2 1/16" OD, kinda weird. |
2" PVC works well, a little sanding or rotary file on the inside of the pipe and they fit great, the Autometer gauges are a touch bigger then the VDO so they need some more material removal to get that just right fit.
tencentlife wrote: |
All that really deserved its own thread. I'm hijacking asking so many questions. |
D'oh! I'll start a new thread when I finish with today projects. |
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deprivation Samba Member
Joined: September 14, 2006 Posts: 1220 Location: Austin, Texas
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Pried the cover off the AFM to clean the tracks (and maybe some spring-adjustment)
Sprayed PB on the shocks mounting because I'm putting in my Bilsteins next week.
Spent some time w/Bentley because I have low OP and I'm looking at either a rebuild or at least a new oil pump _________________ 1986 Westy 2WD auto a.k.a. "The Old Girl"
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swmontana Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 100
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: |
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I took mine back to B & B Motors (known locally as "Bring it Back Motors) to have the Haki snow tire they had installed backwards re-mounted. They did get one of them mounted correctly so I suppose I could have left it as it was for ease in backing out of the driveway. _________________ 1987 Wolfsburger
1997 F-250 Powerstroke
2002 ZX-5
2000 Fleetwood 737
Gone but not forgotten: 57 Bug, 66 Westy, 67 Bug, 71 Bus, 72 SQBck, 84 Westy, 87 Van, 90 Golf |
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4491 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Drove the Westy to work, noticing that having tweaked the fridge latch strike to remove the slop now makes it harder for the door to stay latched so now I need to remove the front panel again and de-space the latch strike so it will stay shut. Again.
And I still can't get it to light on propane. |
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iceracer Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2006 Posts: 949 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Since it rained last night the roads are wet and I was able to light up the rear tire/ tires on my 88 westy turning out of parking lots, even got it to squeal - and it is an automatic. Just one of those dreary friday blues type of days where I have no patience and am in a hurry but don't know why. _________________ 86 Syncro Wolfsburg edition
63 Beetle (The Iceracer) |
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zohami Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Kailua
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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On Monday before work I installed Weitec lowering springs and Koni shocks.
My '85 sat higher than the later models, and I never go off-road here, but need to park in some low-clearance garages. Couln't find Carat style springs so went with the Weitecs - what a difference! the pogo stick over speed bumps is gone. Turns feel like I'm sitting on a roller skate. Handling is remarkably improved.
So today, new tires and an alignment were in order - Can't wait to go for a cruise this weekend.
Aloha
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Christopher Schimke Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2005 Posts: 5390 Location: PNW
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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zohami wrote: |
On Monday before work I installed Weitec lowering springs and Koni shocks.
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Pictures of the final product? You like the weitec springs? _________________ "Sometimes you have to build a box to think outside of." - Bruce (not Springsteen)
*Custom wheel hardware for Audi/VW, Porsche and Mercedes wheels - Urethane Suspension Bushings*
T3Technique.com or contact me at [email protected] |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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I drove my Doka up to my wood lot/Bon fire pit & used it as a work bench to fuel/tighten my saw. The trucks running great, almost time for its winter snooze..........
_________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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tikibus Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2006 Posts: 834 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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1st checked the oil.
Then drove Tiki to work in the rain with both heaters working. Cut out of work early and cruised back home, back roads ( as Rochester has them...)
Went out to happy hour. Ah, workweek over.
Want oh so much to camp now. It is past peak here in WNY. Cold coming soon. Tiki goes into hiding from SALT.
Much work to be done.
Smiles on face to know next years travels are a few short months away.
_________________ Happy Trails!
Mark
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Founding member of the Empire State VW Camping Club.
http://www.empirevwcamping.org/
1984 Westy - Tiki
1997 Honda Civic -The Green Hornet
1971 Volvo P-1800E- needs TLC |
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