Official lazy person's stupid question thread

[Wildthings]

[dobryan]

[shagginwagon83]

[Wildthings]

[ZsZ]

Do any body know the length of the chassis loom from the fuse box of the engine bay box and the length of the rear lighting loom from the black box to the rear left lamp?

I am in a foglamp project, I need to order wires, but my van is in sotrage away from me and I can't get to it until the weekend.
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Zoltan
1.9 MTdi 2wd Multivan (ex Caravelle)
Van since 2006, engine since 2008

[ZsZ]

[BrownEye02]

Anyone know of an alternative replacement option for the automatic shift linkage rear rubber bellows? Looks like no one is offering a replacement at this time. Besides a full cable swap.....
PN: 211713269B
Eyeballing something like a motorcycle clutch cable bellows but wanted to see if someone else has come up with something.

[pathao]

[VicVan]

[Wildthings]

[Zeitgeist 13]

You are about to read the dumbest question ever posted on the intertubez. It's a doozy. A real failure to launch. A flop of nuts.

Here goes: Would it be possible to "trick" Digifant into functioning on a 2.0L aircooled Type 4 engine? I know the values for the temp sensor are different, so I'm guessing that would be the trip up...but is there a work around?
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[AndyBees]

[danfromsyr]

yep, not a stupid question..
and yep, it'd work mostly just fine.
I'd only have to really sus out the timing, as it's handled by the ECM in the digifant
the 1.9l Digijet dist would have a vac advance..

to make sure you had the right ign timing at the right rpm/load for the AC motor.
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[DuncanS]

Find out the impedance the Temp II sensor uses and the time it takes to warm up. Build a device that can match those impedance values either time related, or better yet by a thermistor which will mimic a water cooled engine. But how do you organize the throttle position switch? Or AFM sending units and the connection to the idle stabilizer control unit? You will need correct engine mapping. And is an air cooled engine OK even running on the mapping of a water cooled engine? And in the end, it seems you subject yourself to all the potential Vanagon Syndrome issues that everyone is trying to get way from.

It looks like MicroSquirt might offer a solution.

Duncan

[Zeitgeist 13]

What's interesting is that watercooled VW engines with the factory heat exchangers typically show oil and coolant temps at roughly the same level all up and down the scale. Using oil as the coolant medium would be interesting, but it seems like the ECU might dial back performance if the oil temps run outside of the Digifant coolant temp engine map parameters.

I would probably run the center plenum from the WBX and modify the AC intake runners to fit. I have a complete WBX engine here, hence the question. It works and I know the system. I haven't messed with L-Jet in well over twenty years.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[designer]

can the original sliding window screens with frames be installed with the windows in? the metal ones on each side - above the kitchen and on the slider?

thanks.

-cc-
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87 Syncro Westy : 2.5l

"It is that annoying, accelerating downhill so I can make it up the next hill in the same gear. Foot to floor hoping I can get out of the way of other cars getting onto the highway." - somebody on here around 2013.

[Walty87]

Hey there!

Recently picked up a full westfalia interior. I have a country homes conversion, but I’ve taken out all of that existing interior.

Anyways, I plan to install the fresh water tank. From what I’ve read there may be a dimple from the factory where I would drill the tank drain hole?

I guess it’s a stupid question because I could go look at my van, but I’m at work and am just curious if those dimples are in every vanagon from factory?

Hope y’all have a great day

[crazyvwvanman]

Yes, the Westfalia floor hole dimples should be there in all Vanagons.

The water tank drain, the sink drain, etc.

If you empty out the old interior, clean the metal floor and place all the Westy floor cabinets in their spot you can see the tiny dimples right where they need to be.

Mark

[Zephyr_shreds]

1982 diesel camper van: Have a serious question. Let’s be simple straight to the point. My fridge relay under driver seat has 5 connectors. I want to install an aux battery that will power my utilities with the engine off and not drain my starter battery .

Wiring harness from fuse panel has 1 red with continuous 12 volts and 1 blue has 12 volts while engine is running. Wiring harness coming from sink cabinet has 2 red wires with no volts.

… if, The terminals of a relay are defined as follows:

30 is the common or input voltage to be switched.
87a is the normally closed connection. This terminal is hot when the relay isn't energized, it is unpowered the relay is energized.
87 is the normally open connection. Powered only when the relay is energized.
85 is connected to the ground of the triggering voltage.
86 is connected to the positive 12V of the triggering voltage.

.. then what wires go to what terminal and what wires go to the aux battery. Oh yea and then could I attach a Chinese diesel heater to the aux battery.

[fxr]

You misunderstand that relay - there's no 87A, but two 87's. The red +12V from the front goes to one of them, the other goes off on one of the other red wires to power the sink pump and monitoring panel. 30 is connected to the other red wire (Dometic fridge, only on when the van is running).
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Jim Crowther
1984 1.9l EJ22 Westy Wolfsburg Edition
Vespa GTS 300