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Re: 490,000 miles
My goal has been to get to 500k since I bought it from the original owner at 395k (w original VR6 12v eng still running and 2nd auto trans still shifting fine). I defer most of the credit to her for getting it to this level as she kept up w regular as well as irregular maintenance like a pro and kept great records with most service being done at VW dealers—at no small expense. ? |
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Re: 490,000 miles
And I thought I had high miles at 306000 miles on our 95 EuroCamper I5maual5spd….? Something to aspire to now!!! Congrats On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 9:45 PM Bill <coteau@...> wrote:
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Re: 490,000 miles
Bill
Incredible... ?? On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 19:30 Justin Soares <greaseworks@...> wrote: I just turned over to 490,000 miles on my 2000 EV. To celebrate I finally got around to installing the external spare tire rack I picked up from a UK seller last year. good news both: of my bike racks still fit unimpeded.?Anyhow here are a few pics.? --
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490,000 miles
I just turned over to 490,000 miles on my 2000 EV. To celebrate I finally got around to installing the external spare tire rack I picked up from a UK seller last year. good news both: of my bike racks still fit unimpeded.?Anyhow here are a few pics.?
Justin 2000 EVW 1.9TDI 5-spd Syncro 490k miles :-) |
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Re: Norcold green light not lighting
Yves Desilets
开云体育UPDATE?: I finally found the culprit this Morning concerning the green light that wasn’t lighting when pressing the RED button on the mainboard. I decided to chase all the air from the gaz lines by forcing the furnace to work first. Next, I vacuummed with a shopvac the chimney outside ‘cause I suspected a spider’s web Inside. Well, after those two procédures, I tried to start the fridge on gas again and it worked !!! Marvelous.....see the results !!! ? Envoyé à partir de pour Windows ? |
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Re: Fixing the EVC blender doors using special plugs, accessing from the front.
开云体育Thank you Jorrit for sharing your excellent write up on the blender doors fix. I downloaded your PDF and decided to give your “3rd way" a go using the 3d printed parts and Reinzosil as the sealant/adhesive.. ? I have a 2000 Eurovan Camper with 140k miles. The blender door foam starting blowing out of the vents a couple of years ago and now my AC isn’t as cold so I was motivated to make the repair. ? Once I had the dash apart I practiced installing the pieces, as Jorrit suggests, with them siliconed to my finger. ?I realized after a few dry runs that there was no way I could do this. I could reach some of the holes but I was not coordinated enough and I was physically unable to reach at least two of the holes that needed to be filled. Longer fingers and skinnier arms sure would have been helpful :-) After feeling defeated I started to noodle on another way to install the plastic pieces using some sort of rod to reach the holes. Through the dash I could see both blender doors and all holes that needed filling, or at least part of each hole. I used a headlamp placed in the radio slot and AC/Heater control slot so I could see what I was doing. I used a clamp on the cables that actuate the blender doors to lock them in a position/angle that was helpful.. In the slot where the radio was, I had to bend the “L” bracket that held the radio antenna, down and out of the way in order to reach the blender doors. The bracket was fairly easy to bend down by hand and then back up after I was finished. Then I used a piece of 1/8” cold rolled steel rod 22” long with a loop on one end and two bends on the other end. I was able to carefully fish the rod through the dash and reach every hole that needed filling. The rod was stiff enough that I could apply some pressure to make sure each piece was pushed all the way in and snug. The loop at one end of the rod allowed me to precisely control rolling the rod and the two different angled "bends" were each used to temporarily glue (with silicone) the plastic bits to. The small bend on the very end of the rod allowed me to reach the most difficult to reach small holes on the left side of the rear blender door. (See photo) The very top hole and bottom hole on that section were the hardest to reach/install. I had to adjust the door slightly open in order to reach both of those. The other bend in the rod angle was used to install all of the other plastic pieces...I also put a slight bow in the overall length of the rod so I could reach every hole. I’m attaching a photo of the rod I used.. I used quit a bit of the silicone to glue each piece to the rod to avoid dropping them. ?After I pressed the pieces into the blender doors I used the end of the rod to scrap off as much of the excess silicone as I could. ?I did managed to drop two of the pieces during the installation but I was able to retrieve them using a vacuum cleaner that had a 1/2” x 24” plastic irrigation tube taped to the end. The vacuum modification was also key to being able reach and remove all of the old foam that was left on the blender doors. I probably spent just as much time cleaning the old foam off of the blender doors as I did gluing in the new plastic pieces. ? I hope this helps! David |
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Re: Norcold Ignitor Fix
#Norcold
This is amazing and very timely for me. I was really struggling with the flame not staying on just on my most recent trip. I love all of your posts and information, truly so useful and helpful! Thanks so much.
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Re: Westfalia pop top
I’m a 70-year-old woman with a 2002 Eurovan pop-top, and have found it makes a big difference if you open the sliding door and/or the back hatch before trying to open or close the pop-top… otherwise, you’re creating an air-pressure difference that works against you.? My pop-top is original, and while it’s bit heavy, I have no problem opening and closing it by myself with no other implements.
Hope this help! Ricki ‘02 Weekender with 190k miles on original transmission (w/ external cooler) |
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