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DAIZEE
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Joined: January 26, 2010
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Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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SkyLo first thing for sure is CHANGE YOUR FUEL LINES. We can't emphasize this enough.
Welcome to Vanagonitis, roll up your sleeves, get a Bentley, ENJOY. oops just realized that this may not be a Vanagon but as long as its a VW do all of the above! 
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'09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
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Timwhy
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Location: Maine
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Popsvan
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Joined: May 10, 2010
Posts: 112
Location: Louisa, VA
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 5:39 am Post subject: Drivers grab handle |
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| Installed the driver's side grab handle I've had in the basement for over a year. Very useful mod, and no big deal drilling the holes as long as you're careful of the wire bundle in the A-pillar. An hour very well spent. |
That is on my to do list got an extra. What size drill bit did you use?
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Rory |
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jkidd152
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Joined: June 09, 2009
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Location: Portland, OR
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took off the pop top and cleaned it inside and out. the bleach + water trick on the inside "fuzz" works amazingly! so clean now. now i am going to attach the new canvas and if the rain quits, i'll have the top back on today!
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tozovr
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Joined: June 03, 2009
Posts: 547
Location: York, ME
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: Re: GTI steering wheel |
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I picked this steering wheel up from the guy who hooked me up with new tires and spacers for my new rims. I installed the new GTI steering wheel tonight and like how it looks. The circumference is smaller than the stock steering wheel, so it takes a few more turns than normal, but so far I like it.
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I wanted to do the same wheel, but my current Grant GT wheel is the same size...I'd like bigger if I change because I can't see my temp gauge well and I have manual steering with the big Go Westy Wheels/Tires. Thinking 16.5" Eurovan wheel but I REALLY like the GTI Wheel.
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campism
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Joined: September 07, 2007
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Location: Richmond VA
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"What size drill bit did you use? "
I removed the existing right-side handle and made a template for locating the holes, then marked the left A-pillar with that, then drilled 1/8" pilot holes first, then 1/4" holes and probed around for the wire bundle, and finally 7/16" holes to fit the plastic wedge pieces into. Just make sure you aren't leaning too hard on the drill as it goes through the metal, as you do not want to damage the wire bundle. It can be difficult to stop short. |
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autostick73
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Joined: May 19, 2007
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Location: Adel, Georgia
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:16 am Post subject: Re: GTI steering wheel |
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| agpushkas wrote: |
I picked this steering wheel up from the guy who hooked me up with new tires and spacers for my new rims. I installed the new GTI steering wheel tonight and like how it looks. The circumference is smaller than the stock steering wheel, so it takes a few more turns than normal, but so far I like it.
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Where did you get the white face gauges?
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Kopasz
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Joined: August 15, 2008
Posts: 241
Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:52 am Post subject: Re: GTI steering wheel |
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| tozovr wrote: |
I wanted to do the same wheel, but my current Grant GT wheel is the same size...I'd like bigger if I change because I can't see my temp gauge well and I have manual steering with the big Go Westy Wheels/Tires. Thinking 16.5" Eurovan wheel but I REALLY like the GTI Wheel. |
I haven't driven it yet, except around the block, but I have had the same concern. I was hoping it wouldn't block my view of the dash to much, but I guess we'll see.
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adam
'87 Wolfsburg Weekender, Bostig Zetec
The rehabilitation of my Van can be found here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5949024#5949024 |
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Kopasz
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:02 am Post subject: Re: GTI steering wheel |
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Where did you get the white face gauges? |
they are actually silver. I ordered the sticker templates from Brent Weide, a Portland Vanagonite. I printed them onto clear self-adhesive paper and stuck them to the gauges (which I spray painted silver). The self-adhesive paper (stickers) do not stick well to the painted faces. There are companies out there that will do a much better job than I did. TristarEric had a pretty sweet set-up in his Tristar STi, but I don't remember where he got ordered them.
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adam
'87 Wolfsburg Weekender, Bostig Zetec
The rehabilitation of my Van can be found here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5949024#5949024 |
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Kopasz
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:08 am Post subject: |
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That looks awesome. Very nice indeed.
What model Van is that? Cargo transporter? With windows in the cargo compartment? Can you post more photos?
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adam
'87 Wolfsburg Weekender, Bostig Zetec
The rehabilitation of my Van can be found here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5949024#5949024 |
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blakeck2
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Joined: April 10, 2009
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Location: Los Osos, CA
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Cleaned the engine for the first time since Syncro de Mayo.
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SkyLo420
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Joined: May 26, 2010
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Location: Small Town, Middle o' WA
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| DAIZEE wrote: |
SkyLo first thing for sure is CHANGE YOUR FUEL LINES. We can't emphasize this enough.
Welcome to Vanagonitis, roll up your sleeves, get a Bentley, ENJOY. oops just realized that this may not be a Vanagon but as long as its a VW do all of the above! |
Thanks a bunch. i got a bit of work to be doing on it. as it sits right now its drives good and runs good. i like it alot already. needs some help but overall its in pretty good shape. [/img]
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trihartsfield
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Joined: April 25, 2010
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Location: Sheridan, MT
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Cleaned the engine for the first time since Syncro de Mayo.
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How did you do that without causing problems with all the electronics? I want to really clean my engine but I am afraid it my damage something especially in electronics. |
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Timwhy
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blakeck2
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How did you do that without causing problems with all the electronics? I want to really clean my engine but I am afraid it my damage something especially in electronics. |
I didn't take any precautions, just took a hose and went at it, then lots of simple green and repeat til it was nice and clean. It started right up after. I've heard of people covering the rotor and a couple of things with a ziplock but I didn't. 
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blyhigh
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Location: The Beaver State of Mind
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Totes mechanical virgin here. Had some very strange electrical problems like headlights wouldn't turn off and keyless entry wouldn't work. After much Samba perusing I narrowed it down to the ignition switch or demons. Downloaded pictures provided by Ben (thanks!) and had phone backup from Dogpilot (thanks!) and had at 'er. Took me a couple of hours but I managed to install the new switch. All is good again. Could never have done it without The Samba.
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wildenbeast
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Location: Colorado
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Added a (high speed) radiator fan switch that can be turned on/off from the driver's seat. Really helps the oil temps of my IDI diesel chug up mountain passes.
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:41 am Post subject: Re: GTI steering wheel |
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I picked this steering wheel... The circumference is smaller than the stock steering wheel, so it takes a few more turns than normal...
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Ummm...I think the NUMBER OF TURNS should be the same but your EFFORT will be more than normal...??? Still, looks nice. Maybe a smaller wheel would keep me from getting my legs jammed between the floor & the wheel...interesting...
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BDC-1
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Now that looks NICE! Looks like you need to take the van on a little photoshoot! |
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That looks awesome. Very nice indeed.
What model Van is that? Cargo transporter? With windows in the cargo compartment? Can you post more photos? |
thanks, I'm eager to take some shots but still need to finish a couple of things before I can roll it out. hopefully in a day or two. just finished putting a sliding window on the drivers side today.
in the meantime theres a few build pics here.
and yes, its a Transporter. |
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BDC-1
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finished installing the sliding window today:
plus some small tweaks on the interior and minor paintwork in the rear.
also took the van for a spin and snapped a few picturs, even though the car is missing a few bits and pieces (rear bumper trim among others).
more shots here: http://www.ballsdeepcrew.com/?p=76 |
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