Older V-Dubs

[3crispies]

Moving to the darkside, fitting a subaru engine. Shame as its a one family owned car and going to strip everything and scrap it. Keeping engine, box, wiring, ecu and heater !!.

 

[Roberts83]

Just purchased this...always wanted a splitty.

 

[sparkywig]

Slow progress on mine, still waiting on a custom wiring loom.
Headlining, windscreen and dash fitted, tubs painted and soundproofed, fuel tank in, stock beam replaced with T'haus 5" narrowed king and linkpin beam, dropped spindles and Porsche hubs/brakes.











Rear end started, adjustable spring plates and rear discs.
Needs dropping a spline or two lower, but that can wait until the engine and gearbox are fitted. Doing a 1.5" engine and gearbox raise, then the engine bay metalwork can be done.

 

[Roberts83]

Slow progress on mine, still waiting on a custom wiring loom.
Headlining, windscreen and dash fitted, tubs painted and soundproofed, fuel tank in, stock beam replaced with T'haus 5" narrowed king and linkpin beam, dropped spindles and Porsche hubs/brakes.

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Rear end started, adjustable spring plates and rear discs.
Needs dropping a spline or two lower, but that can wait until the engine and gearbox are fitted. Doing a 1.5" engine and gearbox raise, then the engine bay metalwork can be done.

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Looks ace dude....looking forward to learning how to maintain a splitty....thinking of putting discs on the front. 1 thing I need to do asap is get the fuel guage working....its either the sender or electrics to the guage..

 

[sparkywig]

Looks ace dude....looking forward to learning how to maintain a splitty....thinking of putting discs on the front. 1 thing I need to do asap is get the fuel guage working....its either the sender or electrics to the guage..

The brakes are fine with regular adjustment. A front disc kit is around £1k, but you'll still have to adjust the rear brakes and handbrake periodically.
The sender is earth switched, so there's an ignition fed 12V at the gauge. If you earth/ground the gauge and it goes to full it's fine, check the dash grounds. Then ground the brown cable at the tank and the same thing should happen. If this is all OK, it's a sender issue.

 

[Roberts83]

The brakes are fine with regular adjustment. A front disc kit is around £1k, but you'll still have to adjust the rear brakes and handbrake periodically.
The sender is earth switched, so there's an ignition fed 12V at the gauge. If you earth/ground the gauge and it goes to full it's fine, check the dash grounds. Then ground the brown cable at the tank and the same thing should happen. If this is all OK, it's a sender issue.

Hi,

Thanks for the info, everyday is going to be a learning day with this bus now...looking forward to it but nervous at the same time....

 

[sparkywig]

Get onto the Split Screen Van Club (SSVC) forum.

 

[Roberts83]

Get onto the Split Screen Van Club (SSVC) forum.

I'm on there but it seems very quiet...

 

[3crispies]

The brakes are fine with regular adjustment. A front disc kit is around £1k, but you'll still have to adjust the rear brakes and handbrake periodically.
The sender is earth switched, so there's an ignition fed 12V at the gauge. If you earth/ground the gauge and it goes to full it's fine, check the dash grounds. Then ground the brown cable at the tank and the same thing should happen. If this is all OK, it's a sender issue.

This or Google ohms reading for float

 

[3crispies]

Get onto the Split Screen Van Club (SSVC) forum.

They are a funny lot

 

[3crispies]

Slow progress on mine, still waiting on a custom wiring loom.
Headlining, windscreen and dash fitted, tubs painted and soundproofed, fuel tank in, stock beam replaced with T'haus 5" narrowed king and linkpin beam, dropped spindles and Porsche hubs/brakes.

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Rear end started, adjustable spring plates and rear discs.
Needs dropping a spline or two lower, but that can wait until the engine and gearbox are fitted. Doing a 1.5" engine and gearbox raise, then the engine bay metalwork can be done.

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Our t haus beam some of the nipples were too close to chassis to attach grease gun. Great kit though, rear sounds lot of work would love to see in flesh bud.....

 

[3crispies]

Private road testing.

 

[Roberts83]

They are a funny lot

Yeah you aren't joking....nowhere near as busy as this forum

 

[Duncan Mowlem]

My T25, taken in the way home from paddle boarding at hells mouth at the weekend..

 

[3crispies]

Donor loom stripped and off to get converted next week, even had 30 litres of fuel left by PO. Shame most of the parts end up being dumped.

 

[sparkywig]

All the deluxe window and quarter light rubbers replaced, what a total pita they were.







Now all the windows are in, I can start on the interior.
Cab sound deadened, carpet fitted and seats in.



Rear sound deadening before flooring and carpet.

 

[3crispies]

Aircooled engine sold all bodywork stripped

 

[Rccod]

money pit to go with T6

 

[sparkywig]

The loom's arrived, took a while but it was worth it.
Blade fuse fuse box and additional wiring and relays, etc for gauges, fuel pump, oil cooler fan, compressor, etc.

 

[sparkywig]

Wiring started



Looks so much better with lights





Still waiting for 1984-89 Carrera discs