KrustyKamper 1977 Westy FI *** UPDATE ***

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Not a bad place to just happen to live! I have been to Bavaria before, Munich and Freiburg, just one of the best areas of Europe period.
At least you have access to VW Classic Parts, they won't sell to "Murica. Also Bosch has a classic parts division based in Germany, and they rebuild AFMs! I would puruse their site and contact them to see if they can help with some FI parts:

http://www.bosch-classic.com/en/internet/bosch_classic/produkte/produkte.html

You are in the holy land sir....(or ma'am, )
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1971 STD BEETLE- DD-1st car, 1st love. keepin' it stock! 1600DP, Solex 34-3 Mexi Bosch SVDA Dist NOW w/POINTS
1977 WESTY "KrustyKamper" 2L FI

[furgo]

It all balances out a bit...

Yes, there is VW Classic Parts, which is very handy, and Bosch Classic (although I'm not sure if they rework AFMs), but unfortunately not the holy parts land FI-wise. As buses were never fuel injected in Europe (other than Sweden IIRC), they are even more of a rarity.

Thus the domain knowledge is rather scarce: you can't just take your bus to any shop for repairs or rebuild. In the German forum, where many of the best experts contribute, there is effectively one single thread for FI, which a handful of folks keep updating when they've got issues or questions on parts.

When it comes to sourcing parts, it's even more difficult: there is an equivalent of the Samba classifieds here, but FI parts come up only very rarely. When they do turn up, either on the forum or on the generic classifieds, then at astronomical prices.

Just a recent example: I bought 4 pieces of intake runner hose from CRP "Made in Germany". They are, however, not available in Germany (*), so I had to order them from the US. In this case the postage was only $10, so it was worth it, but postage of $50 (plus customs if you're unlucky) is not unheard of. On this rare occasion, I was also lucky that they were reasonably priced.

BTW, talking of Bosch Classic... regardless of where folks are in the world, I don't know why more people don't use their site. You can search parts by either VW or Bosch part # (automatic cross-referencing!), download datasheets and if you register your vehicle there it shows you all part numbers relevant to your bus and model year.

I really wished VW were as good as them with parts, either new or 40 year old. The VW Classic parts site is no match to that. And while I'm at it, the practice of obliterating all possible info from their database when a part becomes NLA is just... well, don't get me started

In any case, regarding VW Classic Parts... I thought there was a site in the UK that did re-sell them to the Americas. VW Heritage perhaps?

(*) I did find a local vendor afterwards, who were selling at 3x the price I paid for the US-reimported pieces of hose, though!
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'79 Westy, P22 interior, FI 2.0 l Federal, GE engine (hydraulic lifters)

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