Mechanical

The pop top is one of the first major steps of our project Westfalia project.  The luggage tray was torn almost completely off when we bought the van.  The pop top was in good shape, just moldy on the inside and a bad moldy rotted tent. Since we are taking …

A big part of enjoying the great outdoors and the freedom that a Transporter can bring is not having to worry about things while you are hiking or floating the river in your canoe.  Losing your keys and other small valuables can detract greatly to your peace of mind.  One …

Anyone that has had a vanagon Westfallia has noticed that little button near the outlets at the back seat. That button is a 15 amp circuit breaker. What this does is keep your wiring from burning up if you plug in something that uses too much amps or if something …

Group 41 is the largest biggest standard flooded lead acid battery that can fit in the stock Vanagon battery tray without modification. The group 41 battery is the DC power station sitting under the passenger seat of most Vanagons. The battery features a lot of cold cranking amps and hefty …

Longtime mechanics know what they can get away with and what they cant as far as safety equipment goes.  Some cannot. As a preemptive strike to injury we decided to do a safety basics so that we can introduce at least a moderate sense of safety while wrenching on your …

My project van had driven under something that resulted in the luggage tray being demolished.  The luggage lid was torn off completely.  It was included in the purchase of the van, what was left of it, on the floor inside. Scouring through Craiglist to find a replacement luggage lid brought little …

I bought this parts van for the rear hatch, slider, passenger door, and a host of other odds and ends that I needed.  I took what I wanted, and stockpiled some things that I thought Id need. After I was happy with what I took off I posted it for …