I'm no expert but a I am keen and also the owner of a VW T2 Bay which means I need to learn on the go. so I thought I would video the bits and bobs I do to mine which may help you. I'm sure the experts will have better ways and clearer videos but hopefully they may still help. As a owner of one of these classic vehicles it can be expensive if you need to send them away for repairs and as there is always something that needs doing then the best way is to learn to do it yourself.
Hi, the clamp on the column is the puller. I screwed it down and it pulls the wheel away slightly from the shaft to allow you to remove the wheel by hand as it loosens the wheel from the shaft. hope my explanation makes sense.
Well i just did a video following your instructions but I couldn’t find that material you are using to fill the space between the crack’s. Was my first time ever working with fibber putty . Hope will last some year
Hi, I used milliput (available from amazon and other suppliers) which has worked well on mine and as been good since. That's a cool video you've done, far better than mine.
Hi, there can be an issue on some t2 that when they have been driven for a long period and then stopped, when trying to start nothing happens. lights will be on but no ignition crank. this can be caused by a voltage/amp drop from the ignition switch to starter. the hard start relay or hot start relay as some call it solves this issue. It was having the issue on my T2 and solved the issue as soon as fitted. my explanation may not be over technical but I am describing as best as I can from a novice point of view. thanks
@@vwt2baycamper thank you so much for taking time to reply . This is exactly why I couldn’t get my VW started for the last coup,e of days and I’ve been trying to read up so many blogs and they seemed to denote that’s an issue with the battery . I have no mechanical experience what so ever and I just finished my first 1000 KM trip on this and it suddenly wouldn’t start anymore after I have reached home ( thankfully : a trusted friend of course ) it gives me the starter motor click and thereafter the gunfire and the engine wouldn’t start even with decent battery . I would try to find this piece and hopefully can get the Kombi running again . Cheers from #SriLanka
@@vwt2baycamper Yes it does, my challenge is how to get the wires from the engine bay to the starter. I found two entries on the passenger side that are already there. One entry is jammed packed with factory wires, the other , near the fuel return is available, with only one factory wire in the opening. I am using the same gauge wires that was used for the bus.. for instance it seems factory used a 10 or 8 gauge wire for the ignition so am using the same for my ignition connection to the relay, another wire going to the starter on the ring terminal ( bolt, terminal 30) is also 8 or 10 gauge, will also go with the relay.. So with those wires fitted through, not sure I can fit the last wire through.. have not had time yet to try. I am just using the relay block, not using the part with the wires.. Thanks again for doing this.
It doesn’t just come off if it’s been on there for decades, sometimes it’s welded together with galvanic corrosion. I had to cut mine into pieces to get it off, what a PITA
