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Revision as of 20:34, 23 October 2007
Welcome to a VW-Tech, the wiki technical archive of the Club 80-90 website.
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New/Prospective Owners
- What are they like to drive?
- The Buyers Guide by Simon Brickyard and others
- Syncro (4 wheel drive) Buyers guide
- New owners' questions
- Spares and tools to carry
- Don't panic!
- Flat 4 engines primer
- Importing
- [| VOSA MOT advisories online, check what might need fixing soon on your prospective purchase]
For Maintenance Bulletins look in Misc Tips and Tips
Engines
Petrol engines
- Fuel lines fire warning
- Not starting - Diagnostic flow chart
- 1.9 specific
- 2.1 specific
- General Ignition Info/Debugging
Aircooled
- Aircooled running temperature
- Aircooled tinware
- Performance enhancement
- Thermostat
- solid lifters
- Differences between engines
- Oil pressures
- engine removal
- Petrol engines - Aircooled Cyl. Head
- Petrol engines - Aircooled Ignition
- spark plugs
- Petrol engines - Aircooled Carburrettors
Petrol specific engine Faults/repairs/maintenance
- Spark plug types
- Oil change
- Compression testing
- Engine codes
- Cylinder head leak
- Engine removal and refitting
- Low oil pressure
- Snapped cylinder head bolt
- Starter motor bush removal
- Overheating
- Oil leaks
Diesel engines
- Diesel Engines - Servicing
- Diesel Engines - Parts, pictures, diagrams and lists
- Instruments -
All engine faults/repairs/maintenance
- Stripped spark plug thread
- Oil filters recomended
- Replace throttle cable
- Replace starter motor
- Reluctant starting (starter motor)
- Reconditioned engines
- Dashboard water level and temperature warnings and causes
- Dashboard oil pressure warnings and causes
- Performance/Longevity
- Air-cooled white smoke
- Sump plug problems
Exhausts
Fuel System
Diesel
- Injectors
- Glow plug replacing
- Injection pumps
Petrol
Common
Alternative fuels
- Biodiesel Cooking Oil etc
Coolant and Heating
Coolant
- flashing red light on dash
- Recommended brands
- Front pipe leaks
- main pipe leaks
- Overheating causes and fixes
- Drain
- Refilling and bleeding system
- New radiator
Heating
Gearbox Clutch CVJs Driveshafts (not Syncro front)
Automatic specific
Manual specific
- Gear change reluctance
- Clutch pedal not disengaging
- Sloppy gear change improving
- Gearlever pivot repair kit - fitting
- Removing the clutch
- Re-installing clutch
- Short shifter gearchange kit
- Transaxle Code
- Diesel Uprated Clutch
Common
CV's and Driveshafts
VW Electrics (not camping)
| some electrical testing procedures from Fluke
- Bad earths
- Intermittent Wipers
- Fitting uprated headlight kit
- Headlight warning buzzer
- Starter motor
- Dash lights upgrade
- Alternator checking
- Fuse box
- Electric wing mirrors
- Tracing battery discharging cause
- front fog lights
- Heater control Illumination
Steering and Suspension
- Steering geometry/alignment
- Wheel bearings
- Springs
- Anti-roll bar
- Replacing wishbone bushes
- Seized top shock nut
- Replacing wheel studs
- Lowering
Wheels and Tyres (not Syncro)
- Recommended tyres
- Alternative wheel rims
- Combinations that fit
- Tyre size calculator
- Steering/Wheel alignment
- What fits (PCD list)
- VW Centre-caps for Merc alloys
- Torques for wheel nuts or bolts
- Wheels and Tyres tyre pressures
Brakes
- Brake pipe parts
- Rear Backplate
- Pulsing brake pedal
- Rear brake servicing
- Bleeding brake system
- Bleeding nipples
Body Work, Chassis and Glass
- Leaking windscreen
- Painting your van
- Window removal and refitting
- Doors
- Insulation
- Window Scrapers
- Rust
- Areas that rust (for photos mainly)
Body Accessories Exterior
- Square headlights alternative
- Wing mirrors
- Doka tarps, tonneaus, covers
- Removing decals and stickers
- Gutter trim
- Wheel centre Caps
- Intermittant wipers
- Left hand drive headlights and the MOT
- Indicator screws
- Regulations
Interior (non camping)
- Seatbelts
- Seats
There is a roll pin in the bar between the seat and the arm.
- Headlining/ interior panels
- Dashboard
- Other
Camping Interior
Cupboards, beds, roofs, windows etc
Electrical
- Conversion specs and brochures
- Fitting a split charger
- Camping interior Facts about Auxiliary batteries
- Leisure batteries FAQ (inluding those that fit)
- Zig units
- Wiring radio to leisure battery
- lighting
- Rock and roll bed hinges
Heating
Refrigeration
Cooking
Flooring
Campers
Exterior
Conversions
- Camper conversions(link to media library)
- Danbury - Instruction Manual for Volkswagen Trnsporter (1981)
Campsites
Touring/Camping outside UK
Syncro
T25 Alternative Engine
General Mechanical Techniques, Tools and Tips
Useful Data
- Types of screw fixings
- Torques
- ISO Metric threads, spanner and tapping drill sizes
- List of nut sizes and torques
- VIN codes - decyphering
- Oils - Data
Tools/Sundries/Techniques
Tools
- Air compressors
- Thread Tap and Die Set
- Bolt/Nut punch (drift)
- EMPI Rear hub nut spanner
- Engineering scrapers
- Oil-seal extractor
- Bench vise
- Thread File
- Battery Impact driver
- Homemade gearbox removal clamp
- Rivnuts
Sundries
- Duralac anti-corrosion assembly compound
- Assembly lube
- Laminate fibre sheet (LFS) e.g. Tufnol
- J-B Weld epoxy repair
Techniques
- Removing seized/broken studs/bolts/nuts
- Annealing dural sheet
- Cleaning/Trueing mating faces
- Removing spigot shaft bearing
- Welding
- Bleeding hydraulic brakes and clutches
- Removing rusty screws
- Soldering wires
Insurance
- Insurance companies feedback
- TEMPLATE copy and paste this for your entry
- Camper
- Caravelle
- Panel
- DOKA
- SIKA
- Non stock engine and modified
- LPG
T25 Media Library
- Images
The "Naked Van" Project
Please post your pictures of hard to get to places and bits you dont normally see
- Sounds and video
Explanation of Ogg sound format
T25 Literature, Magazine Articles, Camper User Guides, Manuals, Specifications
Almost every brochure and manual
Internet Links and Contacts
Parts Suppliers/Traders
- Parts and sundry supplies
- 2nd hand parts suppliers and breakers
- Mechanics and camper converters
- Carriers/delivery services
Internet links
- hightop friendly carparks
- Other T25 and vanagon resources
- Other VW websites
- Club supplier contacts
- Non VW related helpful site links
- Westy jokers
- Dometic Refrigerators
- [| MOT advisories online]
Misc tips, tricks and info...(including posting pictures)
Computer
Latitude and longtitude format converter GSF POI for Tom Tom sat nav
- 80-90 forum uploading pictures
- 80-90 forum clean url linking
- Google Earth
- GSF locations csv
- How to resize images.