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webberjames95
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 Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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The van didn’t make it to bend this year but we still went and I won a small car south Tacoma grill for my van in a raffle. Been collecting some headlights and got some brackets to make it all work. Expensive mod if you are to shell out for the 600$ grille this whole project would probably be well over 1500$ for dual headlight setup.
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| Thanks. With my current spring/tires I just barely get into my garage. Just wanted to see if I will run into issues w my garage clearance. |
I was barely fitting into my garage with my previous setup but did have to cut the top opening of my garage to get the van to fit inside now. You know how you fit your garage around you cars right? 
I got the upper ball joints installed tonight. Couple more items to cross off before Bend trip.
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skemems
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Thanks. With my current spring/tires I just barely get into my garage. Just wanted to see if I will run into issues w my garage clearance.
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Pchill2
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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What's the ground clearance to your oil pan?
You just missed a nice sale on the Fox shocks!
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| skemems wrote: |
| Looks good! Whats your ride height from fender to center of wheel with those springs and rim/tire combo? Front and back? |
In the front this is before and after:
In the rear, before and after:
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skemems
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Looks good! Whats your ride height from fender to center of wheel with those springs and rim/tire combo? Front and back?
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webberjames95
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Location: Pullman, Washington
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Got the wheels and springs installed. One spacer pad in the rear to offset the weight of the Subaru engine conversion
Before height:
Gained nearly 3” in the rear because I think those springs were very very tired. The shocks are still kyb gr-2’s but I plan to get the fox shocks that gowesty offers to bring the suspension up to date. I plan to also replace my upper ball joints in the next week or so before we head to Descend.
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Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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Diy2k
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Is it pronounced
Pull y’all up
Or
Pulya up ??
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Got some 16” wheels with 215/65/16r Falken Wildpeak a/t tires on them. Also going to install the Gowesty 1.5” lift springs and install a couple 1/2” spacers in the rear to level out the van as she currently is squatting due to the heavier Subaru engine. Will post pics of before and after once I get it all swapped over soon 
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Been a very busy summer so haven’t had a ton of chances to take Berty out camping. But I still daily drive her to work.
Couple shots from our 3rd Annual Van Campout we do in the spring
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1984 Vanagon:
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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| skemems wrote: |
| Enjoyed your post and updates. Out of curiosity do you have AC hooked up and working? |
We dont. Just cut the AC lines behind the front tire and removed the lines running to the back of the bus. It sure would be nice to get a system setup and put in. The stock air system is already a little wacky, I suspect this summer I will have to pull the dash and replace the foam around the vents as the vanagon basically doesnt stop blowing hot air regardless of the climate control settings, we usually just set it to our feet and lower all the windows, i think replacing the seals will solve that issue
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skemems
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Enjoyed your post and updates. Out of curiosity do you have AC hooked up and working?
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Didn’t want my turn signals to have leaking housings and rust out so I bought new ones. Much brighter. I replaced my side reflectors with new ones as well. Going to do new taillights this spring when I rebuild the harness for the brake lights.
Just waiting under cover for the time being. I start it up and let it warm up every one or two weeks. Nice enough lately I took it for a spin the other day. This spring I need to do an tranny fluid change.
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Post DOB trip! Some dusty tires?
Front turn signals went out. Wonder why? Luckily gowesty came to the rescue! Love the support these have!
Word
Nice night at the house! Snow is coming down hard but we probably have one last trip planned this weekend!
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Man! What an absolute weapon this thing is! Had zero issues mechanically all summer. But there are some things I do need to fix. My coolant warning light has flashed at me all summer so I need to figure out how to bleed the darn thing. My drivers side front brake caliper is seized on one side and so it squeaks. And I lost my brake lights, which I suspect is to do with my harness that I redid while the engine swap was happening. But first let’s recap.
Daily drive the van everyday this summer. What a rad rig it is. Had plenty of time to iron out any issues before our descend on bend trip. Wife wanted to make curtains incase we were close to anyone at the event.
Ready to hit the road!
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Lots of summer driving and the bugs and dust add up. Had to get the window washer system working again. Got an aluminum plate/ mount for the bottle and threw a new pump into the tank. We are good to go again and have working window juicer now.
Washed it for the first time all summer today as well
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Putting some paddle boards to the test now that summer is in full swing
Melon head:
Fields of gold
Been daily driving this thing a lot. Anyone ever have their heat basically run non stop? I think my vents are a bit out of sorts. Its like the shutoff vents are not sealing. Going to look into that as we are gonna head to Bend for Descend later this summer and would like to not suffer for hours endlessly.
Let the good times roll!
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Abscate
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:37 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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You could probably see the third order band if you look closely under those condition. Note the way the colors reverse ones on order to celebrate diversity
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Headed out to the coast a couple weeks ago. Over 1000 miles and no issues.
Packed up and ready to head west
Our friends 88 westy at the campsite
Meal prep
Lost this board over the astoria bridge
In astoria for breakfast
Best rainbows of my life on the last 45 mins back to home
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