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Exterior / Re: GW Fox Shocks.

« on: February 19, 2016, 02:12:45 pm »

No worries, I won't have the upper ball joint tool for a week anyway.

When you do this, can you document the process? I'd love to see it as I may be doing the same soon.

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Interior! / General electrical issues . . . Where to start

« on: February 19, 2016, 08:18:41 am »

I'm not much of  car guy.  Installing roof racks, and maybe new speakers comes close to my limit of expertise. However my 2002 EV (Bluwale) has a few nasty little electrical issues I'd like to start fixing up.

• Horn doesn't work
• Power mirrors don't work
• Heated seats don't work

None of these are obviously huge issues so I've neglected to fix them.  I'm wondering if there is a good place to start with respect to fixing them? Might the issues be related?

--Erik

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Exterior / Re: GW Fox Shocks.

« on: February 17, 2016, 05:30:03 pm »

I'm still trying to figure out new wheels.  I'd like to do BF goodrich AT KO2's on a reasonable size wheel.  Once I figure it out I'll pickup a set and have them put on.   I'm tempted to try to put the tires on my stock wheels, but I can't quite figure out the exactly what I'll need to do (spacers, and torsion bars wise).

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Exterior / GW Fox Shocks.

« on: February 16, 2016, 09:57:00 am »

Have anyone tried them? Any real advantage over the Bilstiens?

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Inline 5cyl Petrol engine tech / Re: Transmission Replacement. . . .Fail?

« on: February 16, 2016, 09:43:52 am »

And the answer is . . . . I'm a little dumb.  Turns out you have to 1/2 press the gear shift lever to engage the lower gears. 

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Exterior / Re: Which awning to get for EVC?

« on: February 15, 2016, 05:51:15 pm »

Yes the ARB required hard mounting of two brackets to the van (done by PO). And although it doesn't have the nice hand crack -- the ARB awning is very light and the you can get a matching tent surround to go along with it. So its got a lot of potential for upgrading -- and I think good value for an awning.

And while we're at it, what kind of tires/wheels/spacers/lift etc. are you running on your red van.  It looks great and I'd I'd like to do something similar.

--Erik

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Inline 5cyl Petrol engine tech / Transmission Replacement. . . .Fail?

« on: February 12, 2016, 10:09:14 am »

Strange question. Last year I swapped out the transmission.  The van was worked great since, but . . .I no longer have low?  I can't put it in 1 or 2?  The only gears I have are PNRD.  No low?  Any thoughts on why this might be?

--Erik