Tracking Down Engine and Other Fluid Leaks
How to find and identify leaking oil, coolant, fuel, and other automotive fluids. We’ve all been there. You move your van to a new spot…
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What’s Your Van Plan for This Year?
The New Year is a great time for a fresh start. Never mind the resolutions to spend more time at the gym and less time…
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Making the Most of Stay-at-Home Orders, for Van-Campers
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have chosen to self-quarantine in our homes for awhile. Cancelled trip plans, indefinite isolation, travel restrictions,…
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Vanagon Cooling System Overview
New owners often find themselves mystified by the cooling system of the Vanagon. Which is understandable, considering that it’s kind of an oddball setup. A…
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Making Custom Rigid Hydraulic Brake Lines
Replace the old, rusty, unsafe steel brake lines on your Vanagon (or any other vehicle, for that matter). After 30 or 40 years, the original…
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Replacing the Vanagon Rear Hatch Struts
Here’s how to fix your van’s rear hatch if it won’t stay up or is difficult to open If you (or more correctly, your van)…
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Your Emergency On-Board Vanagon Tool Kit
How to put together a complete emergency tool kit for your Vanagon, Transporter, or Bus Every tool is a hammer, except for a screwdriver, which…
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Winterize Your Westfalia for Storage
How to put your Vanagon Westfalia Camper Van to bed for the winter or off-season You’ve hopefully just completed a long happy summer of road…
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Replacing the Westfalia Tent Window Screen
How to replace the torn or tattered window screen in your Volkswagen Westfalia Camper popup tent After many miles and many years of camping, the…
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Preparing Your Vanagon Westfalia for Summer
How to get your Vanagon Westfalia Camper Van ready for summer road-tripping and camping “Spring has sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where dem…
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Vanagon Clutch Slave Cylinder Replacement
Related Topics: Hydraulic Clutch System OverviewClutch Master Cylinder ReplacementBleeding the Clutch Hydraulic System The clutch slave cylinder, actuated by hydraulic fluid compressed by the master…
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Essential Vanagon Tools
“Usually, the only tool you need is the one you don’t have.”Andrew A. Libby, Samba member Basic Tools The VW Vanagon will require few special…
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Recommended Vanagon Workshop Manuals
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is…
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Westfalia Pop-Up Roof Refurbishment
Westfalia Camper Roof Overview Of all the clever German engineering features employed in the Volkswagen Westfalia Camper, the distinctive raised fiberglass roof is perhaps one…
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Bleeding the Vanagon Clutch Hydraulic System
Related Topics: Hydraulic Clutch System OverviewClutch Master Cylinder ReplacementClutch Slave Cylinder Replacement Hydraulic fluid for the entire clutch system is supplied by the same reservoir…
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Vanagon Clutch Master Cylinder Replacement
Related Topics: Hydraulic Clutch System OverviewClutch Slave Cylinder ReplacementBleeding the Clutch Hydraulic System The clutch master cylinder pushes hydraulic fluid from the reservoir inside the…
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Vanagon Hydraulic Clutch System Overview
If your Vanagon has a manual transmission, it has a clutch, to briefly disengage the engine from the transmission as you shift from one gear…
