What did YOU do to your van today?

[4mymalamute]

Fixed the cruiser control. Took the two sensors off each peddle, took them apart, cleaned them, checked diaphragm in back (easy...just sucked air out of it and it held) and ran a new hose from it to the pump. EASY and it works like a champ!

[Igeo]

Finished installing Schwenk springs and new Bilstein XHD shocks on my '87. The ball joints were tight, so I put them back into service. The rear springs are easy to swap. I used an internal spring compressor for the fronts. Made me nervous to compress the springs, but it all worked out. Big brakes go on the front next week after I clean up the backing plates.

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1987 Westfalia 2.1 WBX Manual

[jp52]

Pulled the dash (again) to install heater and vent ducts, sort out weird stereo wiring from previous owner, fixed cigarette lighter power, etc all in anticipation of the new radio arriving Monday. Hooray for tunes!

Also swept all the mud out of the van from the last few mountain bike rides/dog.

Its making me consider a rubber floor mad rather than something fancier.

[cellerdoor]

removed the propane tank, refrigerator, utility boxes and kitchen cabinet to start my camper utility refresh. Still have to take out the bench seat and water tank cabinet.

Pondering many upgrades while the cabinets are out.
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1986 Westy

[campism]

[elizer]

Love the sliding door mod.

[campism]

[AndyBees]

Removed all ground connections and cleaned them... engine starts much better (ALH 84 Vanagon).
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'84 Vanagon Tin-top, ALH TDI. 1989 Tin-top
1983 Air-cool, 225k miles, 180k miles mine. Seven trips to Alaska from 1986 thru 2003.

[dhaavers]

FINALLY moved into winter storage...with a new $75 Walmart battery...trickle charger...waiting for spring...

"Sleep, my little one...my pretty one...sleep." - Tennyson



- Dave
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86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS>

[vanis13]

[dhaavers]

[Paulbeard]

Replaced the AWG8 wire from the starter to my ACR with a premade AWG4 cable from the local marine supply store.

Discovered an oil leak but not the source. Somewhere in the vicinity of the oil filter/heat exchanger and new gauge senders.
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Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs

[Vnyd Dog]

Mounted up the Jack Bombay struts. Followed the instructions exactly and it came out great. My ultimate goal is mounting Thule ARGs. The two-hole bracket kind so I want to "reuse" one of the strut holes. I know someone has done this before but I can't find the thread. I'll use the rear ARG hole with the strut acorn. But, it looks like the ARG bracket and arm itself need to be bored out?? Pics? Linky?
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'87 Westy 1.8T Conversion, Orignal Owner, European Delivery @ Westfalia factory in Weidenbrueck.
The Story:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=713391&highlight=life

[elizer]

The bolt that jack bombays strut uses is bigger so you just have to bore it out as you said. With the thule it will be a little lower so you might need to get a the midlength towers from thule. I went with yakima so I am not 100% sure with thule.

Hardest part for me with the arg was making sure they were in the exact same placement on both sides. Took a lot of measuring.

But if i were to do it all over again I would not have tried so hard to use the same bolt and just placed the arg at a more optimal spot.

[4mymalamute]

Finally replaced both the lower and upper oil pressure units....and while I was there, I replaced both belts. Now for the sending unit in the gas tank

[Paulbeard]

Reconnected/cleaned up the rest of the wiring I undid when I took the dash out the other week. I have a radio again as well as footwell lighting and other conveniences. Handy grounds are to be found at the screws for the glovebox hinge.

Did some more testing of the solar charging system: full sun, 18V at the panel, 14 at the battery from the charger but at 2 mA. At the panel it's 7 mA so there's nothing happening there. Maybe after the equinox the sun will be strong enough to make a difference.

Now to see how long it takes to wear the battery down after driving around to charge it up.

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Currently -> Frida: 87 Tizian Red (mostly) Vanagon GL Westfalia w/ 2.0L ABA conversion
Formerly -> Steward of a 73 Super Beetle (Beater) and 67 Beetle 1300 (Little Max) both names by POs

[AZ Landshaper]

Replaced my Blau expansion cap. Old one wasnt able to make the horn noise and didnt allow coolant back into the expansion tank once pushed out. New one toots like a trumpet. Works too. No more blinking light every morning or slowly draining expansion tank.

vroom vroom vrooooom!
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85 Weekender w/ EJ22
Previously
64, 71, 72, 73, 76, 81, 84, 85 & 87 Campmobiles and Westfalias
and a 67 bug.

[Steve Arndt]

I replaced my windshield mister nozzles with dual hole units and aimed them. Fresh wiper blades for winter too.
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Steve
Steve's 87 Syncro project

[jlrftype7]

Finally got back to working on Hilga with the Holiday Crush now subsided. Replaced the Rear Heater Core tonight with a new core from Van Cafe and finally quieted down the squeaky blower motor along with it. I had lubed the easy to get to rear bearing , but only got the still noisy front bearing on the Rear Blower once I had the assembly out of the Vanagon.
One down, one to go...
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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

[AZ Landshaper]

I got a disposable paint brush and a jar of ATF fluid and painted my suspension bushings. The van squeeked incessantly all the way back from BBTB in Lake Havasu. 4.5 hours. Thank god for head phones. Now, 10 miles after the ATF treatment things are silent. Im not 100% sure we are in the clear but so far so good.
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85 Weekender w/ EJ22
Previously
64, 71, 72, 73, 76, 81, 84, 85 & 87 Campmobiles and Westfalias
and a 67 bug.