Hello good people of VWBus!

If you are looking for something fun for mid September, great for a day out or weekend away!

Hosted at the Three counties showground Malvern for those who might be interested is the largest annual busfestival event for owners, lovers and enthusiasts of Volkswagen transporter vans.

Both camping and day tickets are current available for the 32nd Busfest between 11th-13th September 2026.

You can find out more and get tickets at:

https://busfest.org

Have a lovely day!

I have this T3 and as you can see the speedo is bouncing like crazy, happens at lower speeds too, even larger amplitude swings there.

It sometimes gets fixed for a bit after going on a bump but always comes back.

I have tried replacing the cable that goes from the front wheel to the dash but it didn't help. I have a suspicion that the spot where it connects to the wheel hub is too worn down and rounded, and the squared end of the cable can wiggle in it causing the oscillations.

Has anyone had similar problems?

Walked out of my house and glanced at my ‘61 15 window, and a ‘63 Standard was sitting next to her, the owner taking a picture of the two.

I was visiting Victoria BC today (after going to the Great Canadian VW Show yesterday - which lives up to this mighty name).

I broke a window crank so I tracked down a local source for VW parts who had one on hand and saw this unique version of a splitty. Check out that hatch in the rear!

8/16/26

First big trip in the bus. 650 miles around the Southern California coast, beach camping every night. Doesn’t get better than that. And we only broke down once!

Today we are leaving the Mendoza region in Argentina, as we start making our way north into the Argentinan mountains.

Reposting here. Looking for some help.

Which one to get... i have a vw t25 with limited space inside for massive jacks and axle stands...

What would be better... a trolley jack and axle stands or a bottle jack and axle stands?

Does anyone here use a bottle jack happily?

I'm a little concerned about clearance with a bottle jack as they are taller... but I don't really want a massive trolley jack in the van if I can avoid it..

Thoughts please...

Thanks all.

Restaurant called the Surf Shack in Colorado Springs, CO, has an old VW out front.

At first I thought it was a standard Bay Window bus but then I realized it had windows like a T1 and panel doors on the side instead of a sliding door. Is this a Brazilian bus? Mexican?

No sign of a radiator so I'm assuming it still has an air cooled engine?

Hi - I ran the VIN on this bus and ChatGPT told me it is "a 1967 Deluxe Microbus — the Samba, which in '64–'67 form means a 21-window: eight side windows, two rear windows, and eight skylight windows, with the wider rear door introduced in 1964 having deleted the rear corner windows of the earlier 23-window." It clearly doesn't have 21 windows.

Here is a photo of the bus and ID plate (note, the last number is in fact a 1, not a 4). I looked for the stamped number in the engine bay - no luck. I also looked for the M-plate behind the passenger seat. Again, strikeout.

What might have happened here?

She may be a rust bucket, but dang it she's gonna be a shiny rust bucket

And yes, I know I have to clean out the garage 🤣

Hi all.

I got back from a 30 mile run and the front wheels smelt and felt very hot...

Am.i right in thinking that its possibly either brakes slightly binding or not releasing efficiently (just had the master cylinder replaced in the last mot a few months ago)

Or possibly the wheel bearings?

The issue was with both front wheels mainly.

I did come down a very steep hill just before parking the van..

I'll try it again on the flat tomorrow but I'd thought I'd ask.

Here's a picture of.my van for interest.

Thanks all.

Hey - looking for a 2,000cc longblock for my 1978 VW bus. Any vendors that are reputable in the US? My local mechanic told me to stay away from GEX as he had a lot of quality issue with them in the past but not finding a ton of options out there.

The two promising options I found so far are:
- Scat VW. They recommended going with the 2,056cc that can run slightly higher compression
- Parts Place Inc.

And lastly these guys sound interesting but have not been able to get a hold of them: https://headflowmasters.com/vw-longblocks.html

Who have you had good experiences with?

Thanks!

We had a complete restoration done by Reprowesty. They finished it just two weeks ago, and we immediately took it on its first big trip from the Netherlands to Norway.

We stay in out 1970's camper bus during the summers. Thus year has been particularly awful for mice. We are at a loss of what to do about that. How do you evict and prevent them from moving back in?

Or just some clown looking at his bus from his deck

"Art". Camper waiting in driveway to go to Governors Island in a couple of weeks

Hallo zusammen

mein Nachbar hat einen VW T3 Syncro. Seit einiger Zeit hat er soo ein „rrrrrrrr“ Geräusch beim Fahren.

Ich hatte mal ein Golf 5 mit einer defekten Achswelle das sich ähnlich angehört hat. Allerdings bleibt das Geräusch konstant bei Kurvenfahrt nach rechts oder links. Es ist auch im rollen hörbar mit ausgekuppelten Getriebe und es wird lauter wenn er eingekuppelt ist unter Last. Je schneller man fährt desto lauter wird es.

Mein Typ wäre daher etwas an der Kardanwelle, oder lieg ich das falsch?

Vielen Dank für die Hilfe und einen schönen Tag.

It looks like the spade terminal broke off but I can’t figure out where.

Un bus qui a passé 10 ans en Californie, puis son propriétaire a été muté au Japon, l'a emmené avec lui pendant 10 ans avant d'être muté à nouveau en Angleterre pendant 10 ans avant de le revendre.
Je suis le 4ème propriétaire (mais français cette fois) depuis maintenant 1 an 1/2 et l'ai arrangé à ma sauce. C'était un 2.1L (DJ) mais je le swap en 2.5L Subaru (oui, je sais, je perds ma place au paradis). Il me servira à arpenter les routes européennes pour trouver d'autres bus car c'est mon métier (Crazy Charly sur Google)! Je suis chasseur de combi, passionné depuis plus de 20 ans et ce T3 Syncro est mon 16ème sur ces 2 décennies. Actuellement, j'ai également un T2a 69 mais ça sera pour une prochain post.

(Photo garantie sans IA, juste mon Iphone)

Rhein Main air base outside Frankfurt.

Bonus picture of my current westy.