VWT2OC

Volkswagen Type 2 Owners Club – The VW club for all Type 2s!

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    • Members technical articles
      • Quasi-specialized tools for your Volkswagen transporter
      • Updating 1971 VW TYPE 2 brake calipers
      • Engine oil-leaks
      • Engine Bay basics
      • Air Cooled engine in action
      • Valve adjustments – Part 1 and 2
      • Safe and successful running of your pride and joy
      • The Obscure Art of Energising Your Dynamo
    • Members motors
      • Members motor – Chris Sherrington’s T5
      • Members motor – Neil and Kirsty Pattison, Nellie
      • Members motor – Caroline and Paul’s T2 Bay, Misty
      • Members motor – Arun Patel’s 1966 Split Screen Chicago Microbus
      • Members motor – Gill Burgess’ 1968 Early Bay Claude
      • Members motor – Howard and Debbie Nelson, Bertha
      • Members Motor – Eric the Viking
      • The Syncro Story
      • The Kemperlink Story
      • The Westfalia Story
      • Members motor – Bob and Linda Grimley – Baldrick
    • The Mechanic
      • The Mechanic – Issue 154 – Dog restraint
      • The Mechanic – Issue 152 – Spark plugs
      • The Mechanic – Issue 151 – Camping gas
      • The Mechanic – Issue 151 – Heater controls
      • The Mechanic – Issue 150 – The MOT
      • The Mechanic – Issue 149 – Windscreen wiper condition
      • The Mechanic – Issue 149 – Fuel problems
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Technical articles index

This page is a quick landing page to show all of the technical articles on this site in one, easy to digest list.

Inside

Dog restraint (members only)
Fuel gauge
Gas (members only)
Heater controls (members only)
Installing a Propex heater
Installing your own headlining
Keeping warm

Engine bay

Air cooled engine – cooling
Air cooled engine in action (members only)
Air cooled heating – adjusting
Air cooled heating – explained
Basic servicing of your air cooled vehicle
Battery charge quick reference guide
Carburettor – Solex carb bush replacement
Engine bay basics (members only)
Fuel – E10 fuels
Fuel economy – explained
Fuel economy – improving
Fuel hoses
Fuel problems (members only)
Oil
Oil leaks (members only)
Safe and successful running of your pride and joy (members only)
Spark plugs
Split charge relay
Type 1 engine – servicing
Type 1 engine – overhauling
Valve adjustments (members only)
Voltmeter – fitting

Outside

Lock – Changing your lock to fit your key
Solar power – Charge Controllers
Solar power – installation
Tyres
Windscreen wipers (members only)

Preservation

Coming out of hibernation
MOT (members only)
Preparing for the winter layover

Tools and workshop

Metal fabricating kit
Spare parts list
Tools (members only)

Underneath

Front brakes
Front brakes – renewing
Front calipers (members only)
Front suspension
Rear brakes
Rebuilding the gear linkage
Replacing the master brake cylinder

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