Official lazy person's stupid question thread

[Diy2k]

@thegas

Yea , you can jump the pump via the relays. Disconnect your injectors and have a tube running into a disposable gas approved container. BUT first contact your county and check for HAZARDOUS waste disposal , which is usually monthly.
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1987 VW Vanagon Wolfsburg Weekender
2012 Ford Transit Connect Xlt

[Wildthings]

My 91 sat with a full tank of ethanol laced fuel for several years and I decided to see what would happen it I just ran it and kept dumping FI cleaner and other additives into the tank as needed. It took about 15,000 miles or ~60 tanks of fuel for the crap in the tank to fully pass through the system to reach the point it was no longer necessary to add FI cleaner with each fill up. I still want to pull the injectors and have them professionally cleaned now that I am pretty sure they will stay clean.

[LandSailor]

[AndyBees]

[bobbyblack]

I want to paint one of my Westy tops with a supposedly heat rejection paint so I can do a side by side 'demo' here. I'd like to know what the square inches, feet, or meters of the fiberglass parts up top is so I can order the right quantity.

So, anyone calculated the area of the outside part of the Westy poptop and luggage rack?

-bobby
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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

[Team WorldTour]

No, but I painted the roof of mine metallic silver.
Let me tell you, summer concerts are more enjoyable now that I'm no longer sheltering inside a Dutch Oven!

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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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[Wildthings]

[djkeev]

I used one quart of Rustoleum White Farm Equip paint on my roof.
This gave one coat with a tad left over.

If I had time, I should have done a second coat.

If I do, the total volume used would be about 1 1/2 qts.

The reduction in heat gain inside is nothing short of amazing!
and it cost me but $20 to date.

Dave
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Stop Dead Photo Links how to post photos

Ghia
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392473

Vanagon
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6315537#6315537

Beetle
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=482968&highlight=74+super+vert

[Team WorldTour]

Here in Germany, one can buy a 'radiator reflector'. Essentially, it is a thin piece of polystyrene with silver foil on one side, and insanely sticky adhesive on the other, and it mounts to the wall, and reflects the heat back out to the room, instead of letting the {brick} wall absorb it all.

So, in addition to the Metallic Silver paint on the roof, I also have this applied directly to the interior roof. So, whatever heat radiates through the painted roof gets reflected right back out.

*Very* clever, if you ask me.....
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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
"Where am I going? And what am I doing in this handbasket?" -Nicodemus Jordan
When All Else Fails: Lather, Rinse, Repeat!

[DuncanS]

Tons have done it and it makes a huge difference. Did a trial a couple of weeks ago and when I get through with the welding, I'll use two part Hatteras Off White Interlux. Not as cheap as Dave's farm paint, but extremely tough marine polyurethane paint. High gloss for even more reflection and goes on with sausage rollers for a spray look.

[ProspectiveOwnergon]

I'm not electrical engineer inclined, so following the Bentley wiring guides has me absolutely lost.

1990 westy camper

I'm working to remove the relay under the driver seat and how I can run the sink/pump off LiFePo4 battery. There are 2 red wires going behind cabinets, come back out, through the mini 2 fuse panel and back into the cabinet area. My fridge is already swapped to truckfridge (running off aux battery). What I'm tring to figure out is which on the 6 red wires I can hack into to run off the aux battery (5 fuse block sub panel).

Additionally, I presume that same red line goes to the in tank water pump and water level LEDs on stove front?

[Team WorldTour]

I want to say, circuit #8 in the fuse block is a red wire. Clip that, and run a wire from the House Battery to it. It will make EVERYTHING not motor related run off the house battery.
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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
Click to view image
H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
"Where am I going? And what am I doing in this handbasket?" -Nicodemus Jordan
When All Else Fails: Lather, Rinse, Repeat!

[ProspectiveOwnergon]

[ohhorob]

I've procrastinated too long and looking for some help selecting a set of tires for my 2WD '85 westy.

It currently has Toyo Eclipse P215/60R16 M+S. They've been on the van around 5 years but sitting outside in the sun and not moved for several months at a time. It has a low speed (~25mph) wobble that someone suggested could be the unevenly aged tires.

I'm going to book it in for a tire change, balance and alignment and I'd like to know what The Samba folks would currently recommend and see if the shop can get those in and fit them.
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"Gundy" - '85 Westfalia
GoWesty 2300cc, Digijet

[bobbyblack]

Nothing wrong with replacing tires that are 5 years old... But, the lumpy feel can go away if you drive it a while. Good pressure, do some tire 'warm-ups' like at the race track, on a hot blacktop road, maybe this will relieve the memory in the rubber and radial belts.
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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

[Team WorldTour]

X2 on what he said.
Give it a run up Graham Hill Road (after checking the tire pressure!) and back down 17, and then decide if they need replacing.
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1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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H6 Subaru Engine Swap Thread
WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
"Where am I going? And what am I doing in this handbasket?" -Nicodemus Jordan
When All Else Fails: Lather, Rinse, Repeat!

[Zephyr_shreds]

Can I install the new intake and exhaust that goes with the turbo for the 1.9 Diesel engine without taking the engine out in my vanagon. I can’t wait to hear the turbo sounds. Pshshhssss sssss ssss. Weeeeee:)

[AndyBees]

[69tr6r]

Long shot here, but I did a stupid thing last night. I pulled my rear bumper brackets off the van because a few months ago I built a receiver hitch that I welded to the bumper brackets, and I wanted to remove the receiver hitch to paint it.

Well after painting it, as it was drying, I took the van for a drive. I forgot that the muffler hanger on the right side frame rail was one of the bolts I removed.

There is a spacer that goes between the muffler hanger and the frame rail, and of course it went missing on my drive. Anyone have an idea where I can get one? Or what the thing even looks like?

I was going to cut a length and thick wall pipe and use that as a spacer temporarily. Here is a picture of the are I'm talking about. You can see the 2 bumper mount holes, and the muffler hanger.

I looked online at the fiche diagrams and it doesn't show on the Rear Bumper diagram, or the Exhaust diagram.

Thanks!

[Vanagon Nut]