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EVCSNOW
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 Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:54 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Very cool project, Steve! |
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EVCSNOW
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Had the EVC luggage rack brackets replaced with the GW stainless steel brackets. Took the mechanic 2 days to complete the job.
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Whridlsoncestood
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Location: Orange, CT
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Called my mechanic to ask if I’ll ever get my van. It’s been there three weeks. Had it towed straight right to them from where I bought it. Chains were done in the first week. It’s been two weeks of “finding a small pop and vacuum leak”. About to just take it out of there and start hunting for them myself.
Parts are piling up at the house to install (swivel seat, awning, etc....) |
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streamr
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Location: Southwest FL
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:36 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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I made a few covers out of pine for under the seat of my MV and attached with velcro. I didn't have any paint or stain to match so used a lighter grey for now.
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MrPulldown
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Location: Truckee
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:51 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| sgirard wrote: |
Thanks for the link! I would be very interested in a write up on that if you have a chance.
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I used THESE.
I also had to rewire the light housing to bypass the ballast. If you like, I can make a write-up for that.
I have been pleased with them so far. I wonder if they will last as long as the original tubes which were made in Japan. Some reviews were stating that the bulbs burned out prematurely. Anyway, I wanted to try them out. Hope this helps.
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=746039
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Whridlsoncestood
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Location: Orange, CT
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:29 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Door wiring harness fun. Driver door power lock didn’t work and didn’t send signal to sliding door. Only passenger door worked with key fob. Power mirror would only move at a single diagonal axis as well. No straight up/down or straight left/right. Pulled the whole harness. 5-6 wires completely broke. And the rest very cracked and worn. Cut out a section of each one and splice in new slightly longer wires so everything running through the boot is fresh wire abs splices are in door and cab. All features working again.
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streamr
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Whridlsoncestood wrote: |
| Door wiring harness fun. |
Ugh, I know there are worse jobs, but I hate dealing with electrical, good on you. I hope you remember where it all went!
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Whridlsoncestood
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Location: Orange, CT
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| streamr wrote: |
| Whridlsoncestood wrote: |
| Door wiring harness fun. |
Ugh, I know there are worse jobs, but I hate dealing with electrical, good on you. I hope you remember where it all went! |
My other passion/hobby is pinball machines. I restore them and run a place with 50 of them. Repairing old destroyed wiring isn’t new to me at all 😂 |
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EVCSNOW
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| Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Had the mechanic install a Progressive Dynamics battery charger.
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streamr
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VolksVelo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Behind the mirror door
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streamr
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| Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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I added the Weekender factory rear screen to my MV. I bought the snaps from GoWesty. Not a perfect fit because of the rear AC but it will do. The hatch opens and closes with no problems.
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Whridlsoncestood
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| Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Ii saw those screens were back in stock on gowesty. I should go grab one. |
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streamr
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| Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Whridlsoncestood wrote: |
| Ii saw those screens were back in stock on gowesty. I should go grab one. |
Just to clarify, I did not buy the screen from GoWesty, just the snaps. I had an old screen from a weekender. The MV does not have snaps and is configured a little differently. So it’s not a perfect fit but it’s not bad.
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DCinDC
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Today I installed new LED headlights in my 2003 Weekender. What a difference they make!
https://www.amazon.com/BEAMTECH-Headlight-8000Lumens-Extremely-Conversion/dp/B06XHD78DQ
They were very simple to install, it just took a bit of work and patience to get the spring clips up and over the heat sink on the back of the light. I was pleasantly surprised that the new bulb, plug and wires easily fit inside the plastic dust cap. I did not experience any static interference with the radio reception, but the fog lights did not work. I’ll have to diagnose what is going on with them.
Last week I removed the OEM cassette radio head unit and installed an Alpine CDE-172BT CD receiver with a SiriusXM add-on. It too was fairly easy. As shown elsewhere on TheSamba, I drilled a 1/2 inch hole and placed the BT microphone in vacant switch cover next to the radio. It took me about 3 hours to complete the job, most of which was involved with drilling the hole for the BT microphone, and running the SiriusXM antenna over to the passenger side dash. SiriusXM seems to work fine with the antenna sitting inside up on the dash, so I’m going to leave it there rather than run it out the back of the van to the roof. The OEM speakers sound pretty good now, and I’ll wait to see if I need to change them out, too.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Making a screen up with snaps is really trivial.
Someone has already butchered that door wiring, streamr
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Whridlsoncestood
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Making a screen up with snaps is really trivial.
Someone has already butchered that door wiring, streamr |
Very clear it was previously worn and then half ass “repaired” and just created more problems than it fixed. Those butt connectors in the door boot must of failed almost instantly the first time to try to bend the door shut. Amazing the amount of problems that the van had because if that. Stuff that had nothing to do with door electronics.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:32 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Time to de-snow again!
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Whridlsoncestood
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:51 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Time to de-snow again!
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Screw that upstate shit! Come down to the coast!
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EVCSNOW
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:10 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Eurovan or T4 today? |
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Abscate - that's a ton of snow!
I had the lighting specialist install custom Bi-Xenon projectors into my headlights. They turned out excellent!
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