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Welcome to a VW-Tech, the wiki technical archive of the Club 80-90 website.
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New/Prospective Owners
- The Buyers guide by Simon Brickyard and others
- Buyers guide (testing syncro features)
- New owners' questions
- Spares and tools to carry
- Don't Panic!
- Flat 4 engines primer
- Importing
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
- Differences between engines
- Oil pressures
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
- Servicing diesel engines
- Injection Pumps
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
Exhausts
Fuel System
Diesel
- Injectors
- Glow plug replacing
- Pro Training manual for 4 cylinder diesel engines 77-83
- Injection pumps
Petrol
- Ignition
- Carburettor
Common
Alternative fuels
- Biodiesel Cooking Oil etc
Coolant and Heating
Coolant
- Recommended brands
- Front pipe leaks
- Overheating causes and fixes
- Drain
- Refilling and bleeding system
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
- Re-installing clutch
- Short shifter gearchange kit
Common
CV's and Driveshafts
http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/cvjoints.htm
VW Electrics (not camping)
- Intermittent Wipers
- Fitting uprated headlight kit
- Starter motor
- Dash board
- Alternator checking
- fuse box
Steering and Suspension
- Steering geometry/alignment
- Wheel bearings
- Springs
- Anti-roll bar
- Replacing wishbone bushes
- Seized top shock nut
- Replacing wheel studs
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
Brakes
- Brake pipe parts
- Rear Backplate
- Pulsing brake pedal
- Rear brake servicing
- Bleeding brake system
- Bleeding nipples
Body Work, Chassis and Glass
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
Interior (non camping)
- Seatbelts
- Seats
- Headlining
- Dashboard
- Other
Camping Interior
Cupboards, beds, roofs, windows etc
Electrical
- Conversion specs and brochures
- Fitting a split charger
- Leisure batteries FAQ (inluding those that fit)
- Zig units
- Wiring radio to leisure battery
- lighting
Heating
Refrigeration
Cooking
Camping Exterior
Awnings
Conversions
Camper conversions(link to media library)
Campsites
Touring/Camping outside UK
Syncro
T25 Alternative Engine
General Mechanical Techniques, Tools and Tips
Useful Data
Tools/Sundries/Techniques
Tools
- air compressors
- Screw/bolt punch
- EMPI Rear hub nut spanner
- Engineering scrapers
- Oil-seal extractor
- Bench vice
- Improvised tools
Sundries
Techniques
- Drilling out broken studs/bolts
- Annealing dural sheet
- Cleaning/Trueing mating faces
- Removing spigot shaft bearing
- Welding
- Bleeding hydraulic brakes and clutches
- Removing rusty screws
Insurance
- Insurance companies feedback
- TEMPLATE copy and paste this for your entry
- Camper
- Caravelle
- Panel
- DOKA
- SOKA
- Non stock engine and modified
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
Traders
Internet links
- Other T25 and vanagon resources
- Other VW websites
- Contact numbers
- Non VW related helpful site links
- Westy jokers
Misc tips and tricks
Computer
Latitude and longtitude format converter GSF POI for Tom Tom sat nav
Parts Acquisition
Maintenance Bulletins