Official whine about Eurovans and parts for sale

[EverettB]

[obus]

Not a whine per se but he should take his signature line out if he wants to sell his "money pit" lol
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2506190
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July 1959 Mango Standard Bus aka Obus L346 L347 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256592&highlight=
June 1973 Pumpkin Orange Thing aka Othing L30H
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=711775&highlight=
1960 Paprika Red Karmann Ghia Convertible aka Schatze L452 built 5/20/60
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66 21 window bus built 8/31/65 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=777273

[bikes!]

Not Eurovan parts per se, but is this seller finding customers at this price?

"it's only a model"

[02Berry]

Just gotta whine about this: the day after we bought Berry its passenger window failed to open. Five months later, now the driver's window won't open either (a much more problematic problem, for those of us in the drive-thru lifestyle).

The passenger window problem is in the regulator / motor, and one's on order. Haven't diagnosed the driver's side yet, but thanks for letting me whine.
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Learned to drive in a '67 Splitty.
New to '02 T4 EVW world.
Third generation camper family.

[VanGeek]

<start of whine>
Some Eurovan parts are plentiful: ball joints, calipers, rotors, drive shafts, etc.

But there are a lot of engine and transmission parts which are declining rapidly. Seems like VW made a bunch of VR6 and automatic transmission variants that don't share basic parts: Coolant hoses, pans, etc.

Completely understand that the interior and exterior body parts may be unique to the Eurovan. But surprised and disappointed they didn't re-use more from their powertrain "standard parts bin" on these and other VW vehicles from the same era...

<end of whine>

I feel better now

[bwaz]

this is just a weekender! Not sure if the price is worth the work done...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2634822

[VanGeek]

[bigfoot_ev]

[Endopotential]

The seller must be checking our comments, because asking price dropped from $48.5k to $40k.

They did a ton of nice mods along the way, along with what seems good mechanical refresh. No mention of mileage though?

[dsheon]

Hi all,
Does anyone know of a Eurovan being parted out now? I'm looking for a steering angle sensor.
OR
Does anyone have familiar driving with a bad steering angle sensor and just leaving it in? Yes it may disable ability to adjust to shifting loads or sudden turns but I'm not convinced it's essential. Is it? Any harm in just leaving it in and disconnecting ABS light (or using electrical tape to cover it?
thx

[debbiej]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this post. as I've posted in other threads, we recently bought a 1992 T4 California, 5 cyl diesel AAB, 5 speed manual transmission. It is in very good condition, and many things were taken care of before it was imported. Hopefully we won't need to locate parts for a while, but I'm not dumb enough to believe we never will. So just out of curiosity, I've been researching where to get parts. some parts are available at suppliers in Canada, Germany and Italy.

The shop I found in my town had no problem with oil, fuel and air filter, and maybe they will be able to cross reference part numbers and will not have a problem with other parts we may need.

However, some things seem to be unavailable, for example, the fuel injection pump and the belt that drives it. mine has an intermittent, slow drip, and so I was doing a little research on availability and what it would entail to replace it. I do have the part number for the pump, and I was not able to find one. hopefully I won't need it, but surely as many AAB diesel engines that were in service in other countries, there should be parts somewhere?? Any and all advice welcome.

[gesoffen]

[debbiej]

thank you, I'll look again