What did YOU do to your van today?

[elizer]

Went to single round headlights. They are jw speaker dual burn evo 2. I still have to aim them tonight against a store wall. I am pretty pleased. I actually bought the SA grill kit from VC but decided to go with singles. I also got JW speaker round fogs as well that I will put in later. I HATE those grill clips. The install got delayed a few days because I broke some in the process of the install. Also they get hung up sometimes when I try to remove it.

I also put on some trim shine on the lower grill and so I wouldn't have to paint for a little while.

The gowesty bracket is pretty sturdy. But I reached the farthest left limit on the right headlight. So you see a lot more of the bracket than on the driver side. I have a set of early headlight brackets that I may try out later. I also had to hit the mounting tabs with some black spray paint on a q tip because they are highly visible.

[syncrogreg]

Well that was fun!

Greg
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[elizer]

I was planning on doing the Westy Lounge kit install yesterday but my Dremel disappeared. I have to find it.

I ended up doing the jack bombay pop top assist install and my yakima ARGs.
Ideally, I would have liked the strut to have been attached to the rear bottom bolt of the ARG. Drilling holes in the pop top and measuring 300 times was the most nerve-racking part. I had to also clearance the yakima hole a bit to accept the jack bombay ball end bolt. A long sleeve shirt would have come in handy for all the little fiberglass particles sticking into my skin but it was way too hot outside.

[MsTaboo]

[elizer]

Ordered my kit a week or two ago and it came with new springs.

[MsTaboo]

[bobbyblack]

Flossie parked when it was dry. 3 inches of rain overnight. Daughter #1 gets to remember the hard way about VW's classic Boffins Idea #1:

1 wheel drive.

Daddy to the rescue with a log chain and a Toyota AWD SUV....

Sheesh... I've got to add a 2nd wheel drive soon... After all, a bit more piece of mind would be worth a rebuilt 091 with a TBD, only like $3 or $4K, I think... PowerBall again tomorrow, I guess.


Prologue: home, rinsed, swept out, and drying off. Loaded up to deliver show to a museum show in the AM

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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

[elizer]

lost the interior handle trim screw replacing power lock actuator and getting ready to replace a broken wire. 30 cents at VC ... I wonder if they would send me a cookie just for that? Either way now I feel compelled to buy something else... time for some internet shopping I guess.

[campism]

Gave it a bath now that pollen season is over and the benefits of washing will be apparent for more than two days. Discovered while scrubbing a headlight that one of the adjusters is broken so I'll use the old "fuel hose and E-clip" trick to fix it.

Here's an earlier fix on the other side.

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'87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic

[calo1956]

Not so much what i did to it, more what i did with it, I took it to a local car show, popped the top, and enjoyed the show!
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[Deadvanwalking]

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[elizer]

Yakima 66" bars and mount came in today.
If anyone was wondering its about 7" on each end sticking out from the mounts. Also, you should get a file and deburr the aluminum loops where the bars go through. The first one I put on the bar scratched up the nice new rubber.

The bars are a little high for my liking. The args were mounted where they were so I could share a bolt with the jack bombay struts. I will run them like this for a while I guess until I can get someone to fab me up some ARGs that are flipped upside down. The 1A mounts should still clear and not touch. Not too worried about getting the skylight vent up. If anyone can fab me up some upside down aluminum args I will pay.

[jimf909]

^^^ Looking good!

Using the Yakima Sideloader ARG will drop the base of the tower to below the lower bolts, about 1 1/2” - 2”. Perhaps not as much as you hoped? The Sideloader also only mounts with two bolts. I used them for years carrying heavy loads so I don’t believe the four bolts of the Wideloader are needed for carrying capacity or to distribute the load. I think the Sideloader looks better too because there are no exposed carriage bolts.

https://www.rei.com/product/494243/yakima-side-loa...J4EALw_wcB

FWIW, YMMV.
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- Jim

[elizer]

Thanks! Alas I have committed with the 4 holes. I know a lot of people used the thule 2 bolt args as well and had no trouble. Using the jack Bombay kit I used the forward top bolt to keep it as low and back as possible. Going with the sidewinder kit would have saved me from making my own backing plates.

[dhaavers]

FINALLY added the missing spacer from my reverse light switch @ the tranny,
so now no more sporadic reverse lights in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th gear...

Wash & wax, prep for road trip...see all y'all on the road!

- Dave
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"The WonderVan"
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[jimf909]

[Zeitgeist 13]

I finally got around to semi-permanently attaching a prop-rod for the decklid.

I think it's a rear hatch strut from an Audi, but I don't recall which one.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[dhaavers]

[jimf909]

^^^ Thanks. Hmmm, SRL syndrome, one more thing to worry about.


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[dhaavers]

...Mostly just if you return your core tranny without first removing the spacer to use on your "new" rebuild...

- Dave
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"The WonderVan"
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