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Full Throttle
Vanorak Joined: 08 Jun 05 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 1829 |
Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 20:25 |
Urmmgh, very interesting as 254 suggest,s its also a camper. Simon and others will be able to read the rest of the numbers. The interior of mine is the same, same roof/bed system. Which means your van left the factory with a normal roof and then it was cut out later and the pop top put on. I dont get it, why would you order a RHD drive camper from the factory and cut a hole in the roof. The camper would have been better leaving with a pressed camper roof, on a RHD van, no cutting holes. Lets wait until some one decryts the codes. |
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west20v
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 07 Status: Offline Points: 20 |
Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 19:20 |
Feel a bit embarressed! Got girlfriend to post pics! |
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Tee3
Admin Group Coprophagous Cretin Joined: 06 Jun 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 9763 |
Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 19:16 |
ive pm'd you my email address... if you want to send photos, and scans of the paperwork when you get em, I'll upload them somewhere for you.
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YOU CANT EDUCATE GAMMON http://www.tee3.co.uk/ |
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west20v
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 07 Status: Offline Points: 20 |
Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 19:09 |
Hello all! Anyway........ Back to the "RHD - factory or not" matter in hand before the TD/TDI debate wipes it out! I'm struggling to get my photos onto this post but will keep trying. I bought my Westy in 2002 from an old boy who bought it new. He gave me all the literature and receipts he had got over the years so I'll dig it all out and see if its got anything interesting in. I know there's a UK Joker brochure saying something like "...now Europe's favourite is available in the UK..." and other such stuff, and an options and price list... The company who supplied it still exists but the MD wasn't in the country at the time we called (he's the man who would know according to the bloke there who had only been working there for twenty years!) Maybe he will have a definitive answer as he imported them originally, so we will see!!
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mabrick
Yardie Joined: 06 May 06 Location: Derbyshire Status: Offline Points: 360 |
Posted: 06 Mar 07 at 12:52 |
What many people also forget in the great diesel debate is that the AAZ (the Umwelt Diesel) was designed to be environmentally friendly with its lower emissions. It was often criticised for poorer fuel economy compared to earlier 1.6TD's and later TDI's. This engine was still available as an option until the late 90's, right alongside a more torquey, powerful and economical 90bhp TDI. |
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mazz
Yardie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: shropshire Status: Offline Points: 584 |
Posted: 05 Mar 07 at 23:20 |
I feel a tdi td debate coming on, but there is no competion between the two drive a MK3 golf 1.9td then drive a MK3 golf tdi the difference is unreal in both performance response and fuel consumption ive had both and were as my TD would only do 5o to 55mpg and 100mph my TDi would do 60 to 65mpg and would cruise at 110mph all day, the reason for this is the fueling ,a normal TD can not really tell how much fuel or boost pressure it needs it just uses pre callibrated calculations no matter what the engine load is, where as a TDi can adjust booth fuel and boost at the same time it changed the way we look at diesels for ever ,to remove all that technology and to replace it with something else is removing the whole reason for fitting a TDi if you want a mechanical pump then just fit a 1.9TD AAZ lump you can easily obtain 100hp out of these but you can easily obtain 140hp from a 1.9TDi thats without even remapping
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west20v
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 07 Status: Offline Points: 20 |
Posted: 05 Mar 07 at 23:09 |
Very true Mazz, the van ain't going nowhere (its a 1.6NA) Took some pics today, will post ASAP. Mr Baxter, got a set of Merc Pentas but need some wheel nuts for rear. Can u help? |
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 05 Mar 07 at 22:38 |
Not so, go look at all the people who are getting decent power from TDI's, they all seem to go mechanical, I ran one a few years back, it still returned 40 mpg and went like shit off a stick although a little undergeared. I did mine, dunno when, I have pictures from 2003 of the install, and remember talking to several at Vanfest who had them installed electronically all wired and working. Even back then Mike from Transporter Parts and Service in Bournemouth had done several. |
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mazz
Yardie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: shropshire Status: Offline Points: 584 |
Posted: 05 Mar 07 at 22:28 |
checked white sticker and type number is 254 042 plus it has options E86 J15 020 120 187 511 616 731 774 Maybe you can make some sense of this, whatever it is its a rare thing and no matter how you look at it its still a RHD westy what else can you call it ,yes it has no gas tank yes its sparse and yes it has a puny water tank ,i constantly tell my mate to sell it and get a late LHD california as they are a lot more van but he loves his van and would rather shove wasps up his bottom then sell it ,i think |
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mazz
Yardie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: shropshire Status: Offline Points: 584 |
Posted: 05 Mar 07 at 22:15 |
Hi there the useless bit makes sense now apart from i dont understand what hydraulic bit you need to stick a 1.9td into a T3 ,As for grahams tdi split we had that running a good year before it went on the road so we are talking 2002 at the time we were struggling to find any one else who had done conversion apart from a few germans and one canadian guy but that was just what we found on th web there may of been others but they kept it to themselves plus we used a mk4 AHF golf lump and loom which is twice as difficult to use as a 1Z conversion which is a very simple conversion by comparison . waiting to see a PD conversion now but thats a real challenge we read about loads of people who done TDi conversions but when you looked further into it they had used a TDi lump but fitted a mechanical pump which elliminates of the whole point of fitting a TDi we had a look at roof section today it has white plastic section as red one does but the roof cut out must of been done at the factory as the panel is spotwelded to the original roof and is in factory paint here is a link to the company who imported RHD westys into the ukhttp://www.travelworldrv.co.uk/About.asp |
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Full Throttle
Vanorak Joined: 08 Jun 05 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 1829 |
Posted: 04 Mar 07 at 23:17 |
Mazz have a look at the pics i posted of the van roof/ bed, is your mates the same as this. If so it did'nt leave the factory as a RHD westy, unfortunately. Its a mosaic conversion, still a westy as such but did'nt leave the factory like it. If it isnt the same then it should have the vin plate stateing the model number, this will prove it one way or the other as it would have had a factory pressed camper roof when it left the factory. I have one of these mosaic conversion vans and i also fitted a Tdi in it, how bizarre. Opps nearly forgot, welcome to the yard. |
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 04 Mar 07 at 22:54 |
The useless c*nt bit refers to me, have a read here... http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12745& amp;PN=9 There are a few TDI's kicking around, and were before that split came along. Nice job BTW, but not the first. |
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mazz
Yardie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: shropshire Status: Offline Points: 584 |
Posted: 04 Mar 07 at 22:25 |
[QUOTE=g60steve]
Well here's the link from 80-90 i dug the pics from.....oh and the owner said his next job was to fit a TDi...."Useless c*nt"....maybe http://forum.80-90.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=13316&highlight =rhd+westfalia The biege westfalia in question belongs to a good friend of mine it was imported by lazydays in shropshire the sole importer for RHD westies it come with full uk westfalia owners book and brochure plus options guide with prices ,all in english RHD westies obviously exist because i have sat,drove and even had some bacon and egg sarnies in this one the van has just come back from a full respray and is now awiating tdi lump we already have tdi vento as donar car ,this conversion is not beyond my realm as i was the first person to do carry out the electrical side of this job in the uk (grahams tdi split), so what i ask is the above quote all about can any one enlighten me on this as i am very confused ,yes you mr g60steve |
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lloyd
Yardie Joined: 06 Dec 06 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 467 |
Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 08:19 |
No, the galley, seat alongside of galley and rock n roll seat are different then 'factory' Westys. Galley does not have the control panel on front like factory, hob controls are in top, sink/hob has burners front to rear not side by side, smaller ZIG transformer unit under seat, no light shelf above galley window, no vent duct over sliding door. Interior is like this link: http://forum.80-90.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=13316&highlight =rhd+westfalia with galley and seat alongside of galley on left side and upholstery is same. Under dash sticker codes are 5 posts above. Edited by lloyd |
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Brixham, Devon
88 LHD 1.9 4sp westy conversion Reimo hi-top |
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 00:21 |
is it not just a Westy with a Reimo top? |
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The Weatherman
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 05 Status: Offline Points: 37 |
Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 00:10 |
You sound jealous? Not at the freeze, but come see me for Volksworld? |
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Bin 'jammin'
Yardie Joined: 17 Jun 06 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 200 |
Posted: 08 Feb 07 at 18:31 |
Oh here we go..... never going to hear the end of this now are we. Viz has only gone and got the rarest bloody wedge.
And why arent you going to dub freeze? |
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"So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.'He said 'I'm not stopping you.'
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The Weatherman
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 05 Status: Offline Points: 37 |
Posted: 08 Feb 07 at 15:05 |
I won't be at the Freeze. All others though |
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lloyd
Yardie Joined: 06 Dec 06 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 467 |
Posted: 08 Feb 07 at 14:39 |
Sticker under dash is:
37-2-8371 wu2zzz25 zKH827991 253 061 DG &nbs p; ABD LH3D AQ N53 018 050 085 258 622 912 984 990 I have no idea what these codes mean except for DG and ADB being engine and trans. We have the Reimo hi-top with storage cabinets on both ends, so no upper berth. The opening into topper looks about the same. I'm sure the galley and table leg mounting seat are the same, but on other side of van. The table leg mount is in same place in small cabinet/seat. Near galley in our LHD, near bed/seat in RHD. Our water tank is behind driver's seat. Gas bottle is under sink in galley cabinet. Our wardrobe cabinet is the older fold-down door and our color is the brown trim on biege. We have no waste water tank, just the hose nozzle underneath. We will be at Dub Freeze. Would love to compare it to the RHD install! |
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Brixham, Devon
88 LHD 1.9 4sp westy conversion Reimo hi-top |
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*sparkle*
Groupie Joined: 10 Jul 06 Status: Offline Points: 136 |
Posted: 08 Feb 07 at 11:36 |
My early westy joker is two bits with one bit folding down too if that helps. Tx |
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