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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:06 pm Post subject: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Hello Samba, been missing you since 2015. When I was a young fool back then, I sold my 67 Bug, my first car. My wife told me she’d leave me if I sold it, I did but she stuck around. As did my dreams of Volkswagens. We decided a vanagon would be the first one we bought together as we just got married over the summer. Just picked her up- an 84 Westy. Paid the previous owner and immediately we took it on a 300 mile drive across Washington State. Needs love, but it goes and stops. I will document here.
My wife (then girlfriend) in 2012. Miss this thing should’ve never sold it
Us now as of today
Taking it East over Snoqualmie had to stop
Nearly to Pullman
Nearly lost the top on I-90 cuz i didn’t latch it down well enough. Slammed on breaks before it fully opened up at 70mph
This is gonna be fun _________________ 1967 Bug:
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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seventyfo Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 916 Location: Ocoee FL
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Sweet van 🏆 _________________ 85 Vanagon GL Westy GW 2.2 (Rebuilt by YT)
"I don't know you well enough to care about your comments". Watkins Cravey |
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shadetreemech Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2005 Posts: 777 Location: Claremont, CA
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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You've done it now.
Happy Trails & Best o" Luck!
Dan _________________ '84 GL 1.9
'01 Volvo V70 T5
'88 Westy - "MZDRTHY" |
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Wildthings Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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In many ways my 83 1/2 (pretty much the same as a 1984) has been my favorite Vanagon. Even with its high mileage it certainly has been more dependable than my 91 which was bought new. |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22573 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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webberjames95 wrote: |
Hello Samba, been missing you since 2015. When I was a young fool back then, I sold my 67 Bug, my first car. My wife told me she’d leave me if I sold it, I did but she stuck around. As did my dreams of Volkswagens. We decided a vanagon would be the first one we bought together as we just got married over the summer. Just picked her up- an 84 Westy. Paid the previous owner and immediately we took it on a 300 mile drive across Washington State. Needs love, but it goes and stops. I will document here.
My wife (then girlfriend) in 2012. Miss this thing should’ve never sold it
Us now as of today
Taking it East over Snoqualmie had to stop
Nearly to Pullman
Nearly lost the top on I-90 cuz i didn’t latch it down well enough. Slammed on breaks before it fully opened up at 70mph
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Laws have changed and you can no longer sell your wife. I lost mine in a Poker game in NH once, but won her back at the slots. _________________ .ssS! |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Had like 30 mins of daylight after work but spent 3 hours starting to peel back the inane amount of stickers on the interior. Looks like there was a buttery pack of stickers, a planet set, a flower set, and a fishing gear set. I don’t think whoever put them on missed a single one from any of the sets, these stickers are everywhere. I’m gonna get there tho.
I’m gonna replace those door slider panel because it’s a bit bent up and even if it wasn’t there is so many stickers
Most of these came off nicely
When I said they were everywhere I meant it
Here is a little before picture:
Here is a little after picture:
Just learning all the weird little things these vans have is fun. I didn’t know they were swivel seats but it’s sick that they are! Lots of cool stuff. Got it registered today as well! _________________ 1967 Bug:
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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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Well, starting to clean up the ol gal, removing more and more of the stickers.
This one was covering a nice battle scar:
Had to pressure wash all the moss off the roof and the road grime from the trip across the state:
Starting to bring back some of the paint:
Starting to look a little more perky:
I want to deal with the rust on the drivers side seam and do a lower panel paint scheme like this:
Eventually do the S.A. Grill and quad lamps, unsure if I will keep the wheels that are on it currently as they are very 2007 but I like the look of steel wheels with knobby tires, or maybe some of the later vanagon wheels. Maybe I will paint the current wheels black and see how it looks then when I paint the lower panels with bedliner.
Cleaned up some engine bits, throttle body and intake body(?), to make life easier to play in the engine bay:
Replaced the crankcase breather hose while I was down there-- was hoping this would fix the weak Idle on coldstarts but I have a feeling I am going to be chasing gremlins until I give the entire engine a lot of love. _________________ 1967 Bug:
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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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3549 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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jlrftype7 wrote: |
Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports |
So this one looks good then? There was a shit ton of oil residue around this thing so the bolts came undone without even using a wrench, just undid with 10mm and extension haha. Let me know your thoughts
_________________ 1967 Bug:
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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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3549 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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webberjames95 wrote: |
jlrftype7 wrote: |
Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports |
So this one looks good then? There was a shit ton of oil residue around this thing so the bolts came undone without even using a wrench, just undid with 10mm and extension haha. Let me know your thoughts
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Room temperature or out of the freezer?
That would fine if warm. Chill it and see if it opens easily _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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jlrftype7 wrote: |
webberjames95 wrote: |
jlrftype7 wrote: |
Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports |
So this one looks good then? There was a shit ton of oil residue around this thing so the bolts came undone without even using a wrench, just undid with 10mm and extension haha. Let me know your thoughts
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Room temperature or out of the freezer?
That would fine if warm. Chill it and see if it opens easily |
That was just room temp, will play with it a little more and see if it opens more when cold. Also noticed the 90° elbow has a decent crack from being heat cycled a lot, I assume this would also cause cold start issues? _________________ 1967 Bug:
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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Team WorldTour Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 2426 Location: Der Vaterland
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:45 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Your sig line quote is messing with my OCD. Was this intentional, or is your grammar really so bad? _________________ 1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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82westyrabbit Samba Member
Joined: March 02, 2015 Posts: 957 Location: Ma
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Your wheels make it look so 2007? That puts it right up to date in my book on to the next problem. John |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Found some broken vacuum lines that were as crispy as a Dorito chip. Plus they weren’t even connected to where they should’ve been, gonna go buy a bunch of vacuum line and just start replacing everything _________________ 1967 Bug:
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 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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jlrftype7 wrote: |
Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports |
My little 90° rubber elbow is cracked, along with a whole bunch of vacuum lines which I have replaced or have parts coming, I can’t find anyone who sells that 90° elbow, any idea what to do one that part? _________________ 1967 Bug:
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 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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webberjames95 wrote: |
jlrftype7 wrote: |
webberjames95 wrote: |
jlrftype7 wrote: |
Check the hose to the Aux Air Valve( little 90 degree guy, and the hoses tee’ing into it above the valve. You may need to clean the valve , gently, as well.
The 2 bolts holding the valve to the engine like to seize up, so if you have to shoot carb or brake cleaner into the valve because you can’t budge them for actually removing the valve, that’s okay too. A mirror and light to shine down an open port on the valve will shed light on its condition.
The usual freezer test is ideal if you can remove the valve, you want the disc inside to go open from being cold.( bi-metal spring)
With electrical power applied to heat up the bi-metal spring, the disc should close with maybe a tiny amount of light showing through the ports |
So this one looks good then? There was a shit ton of oil residue around this thing so the bolts came undone without even using a wrench, just undid with 10mm and extension haha. Let me know your thoughts
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Room temperature or out of the freezer?
That would fine if warm. Chill it and see if it opens easily |
That was just room temp, will play with it a little more and see if it opens more when cold. Also noticed the 90° elbow has a decent crack from being heat cycled a lot, I assume this would also cause cold start issues? |
So this is what it looked like after 15 mins in the freezer:
Also replaced most of the vacuum lines, minus the 90° elbow which I cannot find a replacement for, also the check valve step up rubber is torn but I have one coming in from cip1
Does the aux air valve look like it’s opening enough?
All the old lines:
_________________ 1967 Bug:
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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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3549 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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I thought either Van Cafe or GoWesty sold the 90 degree hose.
Clean the valve and see how it responded to that. At least it responds to temp changes. Those cracked hoses are not going to worry you anymore.... _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:11 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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jlrftype7 wrote: |
I thought either Van Cafe or GoWesty sold the 90 degree hose.
Clean the valve and see how it responded to that. At least it responds to temp changes. Those cracked hoses are not going to worry you anymore.... |
go westy didnt have it, wasnt aware of van cafe but will check. Appreciate the help my man! _________________ 1967 Bug:
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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Team WorldTour Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 2426 Location: Der Vaterland
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:37 am Post subject: Re: Berty- a 1984 Westfalia |
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Go to the PET STORE! In the fish section, find some aquarium tubing. It's all the same sizes, and made from the same material, at half the price! _________________ 1990 Feldjäger Syncro AAZ
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WV2ZZZ25ZFH094138(x)/ WV2YB0257LH057308(x)/ WV2ZZZ25ZLG113270/
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