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bucko
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 Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: So, what did your Vanagon get for Christmas? |
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Any goodies to be installed that you got for Christmas?
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Current VW drives: 1984 Westfalia
Past VW drives: 1967 Beetle, 1973 Beetle, 1977 Bus, 1971 Military Type 181 |
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70coupyel
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Location: So.Cal
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: Vanagon Xmas Gift |
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Not a real van part but good for our next Vanagon Getogether 
MerryXmas
Glenn
P.S. Did we all eat too much?
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| 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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vwlovr
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Location: on the road
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garmin gps..i'm already working on a vanagon avatar for it  |
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brooklynvan
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Location: Brooklyn NY
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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Mudflaps.
and I started talking to Tencentlife about a new engine.
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TRADED: 1967 Panel for 1976 BMW 2002
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RIP 1986 Saab turbo
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campism
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Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Non-skid dash pads for mugs or whatever, a 12V switched "aircraft light" to be mounted somewhere over the passenger seat, and the bro-in-law gave us a set of 8 ball valve caps that have been installed. Groovy. |
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RCB
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Well.thanks to the originator of this post, Helga is getting a newer set of dash vents. ( thankz again bucko) Ive been searching for these for awile now but no luck.
From OE VEEDUB I got a set of German hub caps and from Go Westy a set of chrome trim rings for the 14" wheels. (thanks Mary)
From TK, I got a tan console and from Bryan Wilson I got an air flow meter and an auxillary air valve. (thankx to the boss).
From Bus Depot I got an EGR filter and from the Swissfamily I got an EGR cross over pipe that will aid me in passing the smog check.
Thankx and safe and happy trails to all.
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Mad-Max
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Mad-Max
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RCB
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Mad Max..... If they be Yellow they be HD. If they be Black, they be Touring. Ive got the touring and like em a lot.
My neighbor has the HD and they telegraph every glitch and bump and I personally didnt like em.
Thats just my opinion. Either way; youve got an improvement, a real good one |
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Mad-Max
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82WestyMan
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Well, won a couple of new toys for the 82 Westy restoration on eBay Christmas Day from a very nice seller one state over...
A full set of insulated window blankets and a set of front door window vents...
... a christmas present to myself... even if i have been on santa's naughty list for years...
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RevKevin
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You got the margaritas Glenn, I'll cover the grill. Little gift from the in laws, should be great for camping this summer.
My mom and her BF also got me a laptop so I'm wired everywhere I go now, it's not a super crazy gaming system or anything but it means we don't have to deal with the 45 minute mandatory logoff on the hospital computers and I can play with all my music programs here and have my files everywhere I go.
And of course I can't forget the Card, VanCafe gift certificate, and seat brackets everyone pitched in on. I got the brackets in yesterday and they fit great, thanks again guys! |
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OilNBolts
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New brakes front and rear, everything but the calipers. VanAgain strikes YetAgain.
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vwlovr
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| RevKevin wrote: |
You got the margaritas Glenn, I'll cover the grill. Little gift from the in laws, should be great for camping this summer. |
hmmmm....bacon. if you mounted that on your dash, you'd have the coolest vanagon i've ever seen. |
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skaaudivw
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| front heater core and blower, oh the joy of dash removal. |
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CF
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anne (87 westy) got power mirrors
ruby ( 87 syncro) got front rotors
pia (99 euro) is getting a entire new exhaust system
now where is that credit card statement ???  |
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jackbombay
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Nuvi 150 GPS  |
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Raynor Shine
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| Unfortunatley a new Brake MC, and srping jacks for the rear to correct the Westy lean. Saw them installed and they work! . Much better than the airlift kit. |
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tencentlife
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| RCB wrote: |
Helga is getting a newer set of dash vents....From OE VEEDUB I got a set of German hub caps...from Go Westy a set of chrome trim rings for the 14" wheels...
From TK, I got a tan console and from Bryan Wilson I got an air flow meter and an auxillary air valve...
From Bus Depot I got an EGR filter and from the Swissfamily I got an EGR cross over pipe |
...and a cartridge in a bare tree.
My rig demanded a new clutch slave a week before Xmas, so that's what it got. It's been a good little boy this year (I think it's a boy...maybe it's a girl? How do you tell? I do know when it's sleeping and when it's awake, but does that make me Santa Claus?) so I didn't grouse about it.
What I did do while it was out was remove the bracket and spot-welded that little bolt on the back that's so hard to get to into place, making it a stud. So much easier to tighten down the slave without having to wrassle with two wrenches in there.
The ball tip on the end of the clutch lever was long gone, and the new slave had a nice new plastic socket that looked terrified of being chewed up by the jagged vestigial stud jutting out of the arm, so I took the rod out of the old slave and cut off the nice rounded tip that rides on the piston. Chucked it into the lathe, drilled a hole in the center, and pressed it onto the stud, making a nice new ball and socket arrangement. All's well in Mudville now.
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[email protected]
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Xmas Gift |
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Not a real van part but good for our next Vanagon Getogether
MerryXmas
Glenn
P.S. Did we all eat too much?
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we have one of those, don't expect great things outta it  Enough alcohol it doesn't matter though This is our blender of choice allthough ours acted up the last Ginnie Springs campout, and needs a fuel system cleaning-
The Vangon got an oem rubber front floor, Reimo dash console, some window cranks (temporary until I fit the power doors sitting the shed)
For camping we got a new portable propane heater (coleman procat) and a the wife bought the westy a nice carbon monoxcide detector to go along with! I think (have not opened the present yet) My buddy bought a fresh gas tank for the boat as well. I hope so anyway as the next campout will be at a campground on the water on tampa bay!
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