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Thanks for posting all your results, I cant find any other info on maintenance on these trucks other than what Whatcharterboat gave us in the fleet mechanic interview's and its all such valuable information, I for one have started to drive and shift gears a little differently(slower) now as a...

You are refering to the suby engine right, I was questioning the Carb approval for the TDI engine, I know the suby 2.2 has been approved so long as you buy some thing from Kennedy Engineering, cant remember what you need to supply to CARB, its been seven years since I did the swap so I cant...

Ah, maybe I should of said a VW dealer will have nothing to do with it, and even some VW only shops get a little irked, I had the owner of one shop in California yelling at me while doing some job on my van, maybe he was just having a bad day. The VW dealer's here in BC arent interested in any...

2.2 suby engine is what I installed in mine and its a great engine for the westy, fits like it belongs. You must have different rims and good tires? 15"or 16" with truck tires really make a difference in control with x-wind, even my pop top westy was a little wild when a gust would hit it, I see...

I knew I had a pic of my van, first post on my build thread:smiley_drive: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48351

Good advice , my first VW was a 1969 westfalia, the previous owner drove with the top up and it went flying, so he put a high top on it, it nickle and dimed me to the point that all the money I had saved to do a trip was used up, so after that van I decided to go to a newer one, a 1977 window...

I believe 86 was the year of change to a larger engine, but I would STRONGLY recommend a different engine than stock, the stock engines are border line anemic, a 5500 lb van with 91 hp???? Lots of info on engine swaps, from fords to subaru to TDI's, and for a reason, not enough power! Maybe the...

Yup!! thankyou very much, that will do it, you are now my hero.:wings: I just couldnt get my head around it before, too much other useless information clogging up the brainwaves.

Thanks for that link, I ended up reading the whole thing, neat to see it go from a thread on his slide to a business, took me a while to visualize how it worked and then I saw the video, but I dont think that would work in my application, I need to be able to use the appliances along the sides...

I have a space 42" deep, and 18"x18" size opening the full depth, the picture shows the approximate spot in black, I would like the unit to pull straight out to form an ell with the truck... L ... the BBQ and cooktop can go upside down, or on edge, it doesnt matter, needs to drop 6"-8", I...

I have reserved a spot on my camper for an exterior pull kitchen, it will be really only a BBQ and small cook top. It is 44" from the ground to the bottom of the door, or to the slider, (in the pic I have a black splotch where the pull out will be) my problem is that it is too high, I am looking...

How do you find your high top on the highway in a cross wind? I had a high top and vowed never to have a VW high top again just because of the cross wind problems, drifting into the oncoming lane is not fun, i tried rigid shocks and went to a strong side wall tire, which helped the most but it...

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great trip report! thanks, that FG rig at the springs is fellow expo member LEHEL.

My truck is around 10,000 lb's, I am going to re weigh it now that most of the interior is removed just to get an accurate weight of the camper unit. The travel available before the upgrade was almost 0, I installed Aons and had maybe 3/4" so almost no travel, that was one of the items the...

Kerry, I would say it would fall into the half ton area, probably not as good but close, a comparison for me might be like my brother inlaws F350, but with that said, I would classify the original FG as closer to a 20 or 30 on your scale,if that, maybe thats why it feels like such a huge...

Some other bits and pieces,, telescoping table leg, the main berth will convert to a U shaped dinette, the fridge will remain in the same location that its been in for the last 8 months and will have a tall cabinet next to it. This calorifier will reside in the kitchen cabinets and will be fed...

Posted on the FG comfort thread about a suspension mod, and here's a little update on the rig: First item on the agenda was to re-enforce my carrier rack a bit to make me feel more at ease about its strength, it doesn't show any signs of strain but I welded some more steel onto it any way...

Well I couldn't wait any longer, after driving my wife to a back surgeon I felt I needed to get my suspension done now! Or I will be going on my trips solo, so after looking and talking to some folks I ended up going to a shop close to my home and the result is just what the doctor ordered. I...

David, not a much has been done since the summer, I have been using it constantly since then, typically for me I get all worked up about getting it done right about this time of year, I do most of my projects at this time, so with that said, I have been amassing stuff to get the interior...