http://calivw78.com Encounters with a VW Transporter Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:45:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was a good run, I guess?  It seems like we only picked it up a few months ago.  Wait, we did only pick it up a few months ago.  Well, thats how it goes.  I think the turning point was when Vandejo broke down on our recent trip to ... http://calivw78.com/2008/07/27/so-long-eurovan-gls The title pretty much says it all.  This is out of a 1974 VW bus Deluxe Westy.  Click the thumbnail below for the album. 10477 http://calivw78.com/2008/07/22/vw-bus-westy-hinges It started with Dan (it's usually his fault anyway :) ) hitting us up about a proposed trip to the Great Sand Dunes National Park by some bus folks from New Mexico.  The idea was to have some NM and CO people meet somewhere in the middle for good times.  ... http://calivw78.com/2008/07/13/great-sand-dunes-national-park Hope everyones Independence Day went well. Full size image. http://calivw78.com/2008/07/07/4th-of-july Click the image below for pictures taken during this write up.  Read on for more detail. 9925 Some may recall that for the past couple weeks now, I've been waiting for the ignition switch in Vandejo to remove itself so I can put the new one in (I lost the keys recently.) ... http://calivw78.com/2008/07/05/vw-bus-ignition-switch Click below for the album 9953 http://calivw78.com/2008/07/01/vw-bus-ignition-switch-housing-uploaded Today I've been trying to tackle the removal of the ignition switch in Vandejo so that I can have a replacement key made for it. I lost all the keys a week or so ago. Bentley covers this in section 4.7 (page 23-24.) Removing the lock housing from the ... http://calivw78.com/2008/06/25/removing-ignition-switch No doubt, he's been sitting a little more often now that we've started camping in Vandejo and picked up the Eurovan for our daily driver. He's still running strong though. I took the jump seat out yesterday to make room for about 90 12" pavers that I needed ... http://calivw78.com/2008/06/18/took-buster-for-a-spin Well, I finally got around to cleaning up the garage the other day, and lost the keys to Vandejo in the process. I searched through what I think is every imaginable part of the garage with no luck, and they aren't in any of the other vehicles. After ... http://calivw78.com/2008/06/16/missing-key Bus Depot (part# 78990) imports these from Just Kampers (part# J12411.)  The install was a bit of a pain but not bad.  The middle post that holds the two trays up under the emergency brake, uses the same screws that the emergency brake bracket does.  I found it a pain ... http://calivw78.com/2008/05/19/under-dash-parcel-tray-for-the-vw-bus