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Today I’ve been trying to tackle the removal of the ignition switch in Vandejo so that I can have a replacement key made for it. I lost all the keys a week or so ago. Bentley covers this in section 4.7 (page 23-24.)
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No doubt, he’s been sitting a little more often now that we’ve started camping in Vandejo and picked up the Eurovan for our daily driver. He’s still running strong though. I took the jump seat out yesterday to make room for about 90 12″ pavers that I needed as a foundation for our shed in the back yard. A pretty heavy load. It was good to get him out of the garage for a quick spin.
Well, I finally got around to cleaning up the garage the other day, and lost the keys to Vandejo in the process. I searched through what I think is every imaginable part of the garage with no luck, and they aren’t in any of the other vehicles.
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Bus Depot (part# 78990) imports these from Just Kampers (part# J12411.) The install was a bit of a pain but not bad. The middle post that holds the two trays up under the emergency brake, uses the same screws that the emergency brake bracket does. I found it a pain to get these two screws back up into the dash with the added thickness given by the post for the tray. The tray is also a bit flimsier than I expected, but it is still extremely useful and a joy to have. Continue reading ‘Under-Dash Parcel Tray for the VW bus’
