1977 Westfalia Camper-The story of how we met

[Xevin]

[notchboy]

Since we all have time, one thing I wanted to square away was the headlight washers on the 77. Back when I first put these on, I had the wiring all set up and the things actually worked, kinda. The original pump and the backflow inline pressure valves were old and noncompliant. At first, I didn't know what the exact issue was. When I was initially trying to get it to squirt, only one side would work. Before I could figure it out, it stopped working.

Frustrate, I let it be till now.......................

My first thoughts on why it wouldn't work were correct. The single 45-year-old BOSCH water pump gave up the ghost. I purchased some modern headlight washer water pumps to make two and share the load. These smaller ones draw less as well.

So I pulled out the old pump, put the two new ones in with shared wiring harness and replaced the old og windshield squirter as well. The relay that runs the whole thing was suspect, so I cleaned that up as well with OE terminals.

My initial fix for the pressure valves was to remove them and put in a bypass seen in the pic. But I was able to play with a broke valve and found that you can pop off a cap, get to the spring and diaphragm. So I pulled the springs out, making a no pressure valve. The new pumps are not strong enough to push through the pressure valve. A combination of a stiff spring and old, harden diaphragms. After figuring that out, hooking the water lines all backup, she squirted like a champ!

After all that, I found that all the jet housings have some sort of crack in them I glued a couple with UV goop and they seem to be holding. If any part needs to be 3D printed, its these.


I've personally never seen one of these in action. Much like the Eberspacher clock, it was a fiddle around with it to see how it works affair. With the key on - Headlights on - there is a power wire from the headlight switch to the headlight washer relay that activates it - they will not work unless the headlights are on - figures so that you can see if they are cleaned - and they won't be activated when using just the windshield washer/intermittent wipers - so headlights on - pull up on the wiper stalk - it activates the headlight washers that only squirt a pulse of water - not continuous like the windshield water pump - so when you pull the stalk up - the headlight washer squirts, the windshield washer squirts, and the intermittent cycle is activated for three passes.

Now your front end is clean.





New and old windshield washer pump. Installed in OG position.

New inline water pump

Dicking around with the wiring.

Cracked jet holders.

First work around to the pressure valve.

Internals of the pressure valve.

Success!

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[Xevin]

Like a llama Pretty slick Notchboy

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[notchboy]

Yeah kinda like that for sure.

Now the intermittent wipers don't work

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[crownline]

Shouldn't you have wipers on the headlights also? If you went to all that trouble. Poor headlights get sprayed in the face and no one to wipe them off.
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1972 Bus 1700 cc Single Carb. But not a progressive.
Barelymuvin
Wish I still had the ones I got rid of.

"It"s got some dings and dents and neither of us is going to SEMA."(Update, I went to SEMA in 2019 but the Bus stayed home)
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[notchboy]

[crownline]

So I didn't think there was such a thing for the bay window. But there is
But, all washer systems I've seen in the wild do not have wipers. Even I have my limits onto how much crap to hang off a VW


It's going to eat at you now that you know. It's only a matter of time.
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1972 Bus 1700 cc Single Carb. But not a progressive.
Barelymuvin
Wish I still had the ones I got rid of.

"It"s got some dings and dents and neither of us is going to SEMA."(Update, I went to SEMA in 2019 but the Bus stayed home)
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[Xevin]

[notchboy]

[notchboy]

Relax. Take a break and listen to a good song. It will fall into place.


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[Xevin]

If you could read my mind Notch,
What a tale my thoughts could tell....


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Why the Bay forum is the best.
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[ImAddicted]

Just be careful out there...


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1979 Transporter (sold)
KC1MUR

[notchboy]

A recent washy washy.



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[ivwshane]

If only the windshield washer sprays were as good as the bottom sprayers:(
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77 westy 2.0 FI
69 ghia coup 1600dp
70 single cab

[notchboy]

[notchboy]

One of the last things Im playing with is the Chem Toilet Speaker Box. I want to make an independent sitting/speaker box that goes off of blue tooth phone music.

The later Westys had an option for the real poo box. One that could hold a chemical toilet that sat behind the passenger seat. Option being - with or without the toilet. Stool or storage so to speak.

Its in this vein that I wanted to make my "sound system". I thought about doing a nice set up all around the inside but didn't want to run all the wire and make ninja holes to conceal it all. This is the beginning of this idea using the box.

I had a good size box on hand for a couple years now. COVID hobby time has me putting the feet on, laminating it and putting the T molding on to mimic the stock set up. I will do the top in OG yellow plaid fabric once I buy some hinges and cut a top.

I plan to have two bass pointing down to the floor and two 6x8 3 ways pointing back and to the driver side - separated down the middle making L&R.

When I break out the speaker, blue tooth and amp - Ill post those figures. Here is where the box is at now once I cut the T molding grooves out. Glued in as the channel is a bit loose.

Here are shots of OG Bay window ones and even better Vanagon types. No yellow pails here. This is propper pooping accessories. Keep the yellow pail for wobbly pops.

Here is the shot taken from the last year Westfalia catalog. Top is the Chem toilet - bottom is the deluxe buddy seat for the poo pail - yellow bucket.

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[notchboy]

Kinda like a suitcase conversion without seeing so much on the outside.

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[Xevin]

can’t wait to hear it I’d like to make a request and give a shoutout to my homies in So-Cal......and Sheila on 8th street




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[wcfvw69]

[Xevin]

That’s right Bill. I’m OAF. But you have no idea who dude was. Because he wasn’t around in the 80s

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