We do have the RMW manual (not impressed by the way lol) and now the Small Car (thanks for that) as well as these lovely diagrams you all sent!! Printing them off and going to get started! My husband is working on coolant lines today. Just wiring, throttle cable, fluids, fuel lines, ecu mounting, and odds and ends left!!?
Nick Clinton-Elliott (He/Him/His)
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On May 18, 2025, at 11:34?AM, Nicholas Clinton <nlc646s@...> wrote:
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Nick Clinton-Elliott (He/Him/His)
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From: "Nicholas Clinton via groups.io" <Nlc646s@...>
Date: May 17, 2025 at 2:57:18?PM CDT
To: [email protected], Steven Clinton-Elliott ICE <grs.elliott@...>
Subject: [SubaruVanagon] Into to Clinton ClanReply-To: [email protected]
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Hello, I have been following silently for awhile now, but thought I should pipe up and introduce myself, my husband and our VWs! I am Nick and my husband and I have an 87 Vanagon weekender named Lucille (loose seal). She has 304,000 miles on her. We drove from Missouri to LA a couple months ago to pick her up and trailer her home. Got her for a great deal with bad waterboxer head gasket. Long story short two weeks later we are driving to Arkansas to pick up an ¡®82 Westie that came with almost enough conversion parts (including EJ25 with 30K miles) to convert Lucille and one of our other vans, plus loads and loads more new parts. I had the ENTIRE Vanagon full of parts PLUS we also filled the whole back of our Honda Pilot with parts. The previous owner had purchased a Rocky Mountain Westy (now part of Van Cafe I think) adapter plate/conversion kit and then he decided to change routes and do the SubaruGears kit reverse Ring and pinion setup complete with a subi 5spd. Anyway, I could ramble on forever about our four busses, but to the point lol. ? One thing that we did not have is an ECU/Wiring, so we went to our pick n pull and got the ¡®01 Subaru Legacy wiring and ECU. I have it stripped and all dead plugs removed. When I started this I couldn¡¯t find anyone that does the drive-by- cable harness (I have since discovered Jeff with Autoventures(?)). I have ECU pins printed and ready to guide me as well as a Vanagon Bentley manual. I have done several engine swaps over the years years, just none on a Vanagon and wiring has ALWAYS been my biggest challenge! Thankfully this isn¡¯t an ALH TDI, that was ROUGH! Lol! Any tips/advice before I start soldering? Any good write-ups or videos anyone would recommend?Nick Clinton-Elliott (He/Him/His
