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I started slowly today with the upholstery. I will make covers for the chairs but the arm rests are pretty worn so I will replace the fabric...

Finally time to work on my own bus! There are a bunch of major upgrades coming this spring. New red paint, roof rails, new tran...

Took the camper out today and had it running real hard for more than an hour. The new transmission is not super different but noticable bett...

If you have an air leak in the fuel lines you can't clamp it. The vinyl hose will shrink because of the force. The solution is simple,...

If you're going to use an old vanagon starter to a TDI, you need to grind off the nose. Otherwise it will hit the flywheel.

The understatement of today...

Runs really well! EDIT: Important note to others. The engine was pretty noisy, and my own mTDI is pretty noisy as well. I decided to ret...

Jespers camper is back and the blown head gasket is replaced. I'll swap the transmission at the same time. The slave cylinder bracket ...

Got this from my new friend Tim in England who started the adapter process before me, instead of doing all the work once again I'll buy ...

...of things to do on the bus. Oh man it grew. Crap...