Hi Joel, thanks for taking the time to produce your T4 videos, they've become one of my 'go to' guides as I restore my 2001 VW T4 800 special. I took my front wings off last weekend cleaned out inside and installed the drainage kit I bought from eBay, your videos were incredibly helpful. Amazingly the wheel arches and inside the wings were almost rust free even though there was a load of damp T4 special Kompost in there! One thing worth mentioning, my front wings were bonded on (pretty sure this was factory panel sealer) as well as bolted and were a complete pain to get off. I had to cut the panel bond and then pour a couple of kettles worth of boiling water between the wing and inside panel to soften the panel sealer, then pull the wing off. It doesn't look like your wings had this sealer so maybe they'd been off before. Anyway, thought that might help someone else who has to do the same job. Thanks again.
@@EntheogenMusic no worries, glad my comment was helpful. Usually every job on my T4 takes roughly 3 times as long to complete as the TH-cam video shows and a good helping of swearing...so it's nice to help someone else out in the same situation!
Had this on the save list for a few years now and just got round to doing it. Thanks you for the video mate, it helped very much. Good to see whats what before doing a task than going blind. 👍
G'day thanks for the vid. I just did my 99 and that bloody metal tab on the grille was screwed in possibly from a prior accident fix. For this situation take the bumper off first then rhs headlight top bolts, then rhs fender as per vid to get to the screw, then grill comes out etc. I'd collected enough compost for a plant pot! If you park under any sort of conifer you need to clean them out every couple of years.
Nice, Good to know its just bolted on. Mines has a dent a some rot so I feel if I see a good 2nd hand one its not too bad to swap. Keep em coming Joel :)
I love the KISS principle you apply here. Shows you know what you're doing. Excellent video. I have a loose front panel on my 2001 T4 transporter and I 've been told I need some little plastic lugs that fit onto the end pieces of the panel. Do you know what they are called?
The plastic bracket with the plastic clips are to be loved, just push the centre right through and the plastic bracket unclips with an easy pull. If you lose the centres a plastic golf tee does the job when replacing.
Thank you for the excellent video. On another video that I now can't find I know you fitted drain pipes from the holes just below the window screen. Where can I buy them with the little metal bits for the holes please?
Joel's Stuff yes found these on eBay @££31. Extortionate and as they come from Austria with £8+ fright and probably Brexit import problems I am going to try another route
Joel's Stuff No problem mate, thanks for replying. Love your channel by the way. Just bought a T4, will be using your videos for a lot of DIY! Keep em coming 😁
Hey! Thanks for the question. Surprisingly my pipes have not become blocked. However, the debris still builds up behind the fender, so I’m not sure how effective the kit is overall
Hi Les. It’s funny you should ask because just yesterday I removed the wing to have a look at it. Sadly it looks like the leaves are still finding their way behind the wing - they must get down the gap near the door. The drainage kit still works perfectly well to drain water, but if you buy one similar to mine it will not stop the leaf build up 🙁
@@JoelsStuff thank's Joel, I will do the water drain, not to bothered about build up of debris, just want to stop water getting in cant findwhere,no sign anywhere just wet on wheelarches, new screen going in Tues 2/2 /20 . Les
Do you have water leaking into the interior of the van? If so it could be the windscreen - i’ve been dealing with this issue myself and have managed to stop the leak with a bit of tiger seal in a few places
@@JoelsStuff Hi Joel, yes driving me mad, had all rubber mat up, no sign of any leak's, all clean paintwork, the wheel arches always seem wet after rain, so having new screen put in Tues 2/2 have also purchased one of them kits. It'll probably stop raining when new screen goes in. Les
@@JoelsStuff that's great thanks. On your break video you comment that you can't get the disks off or you would have replaced them too.. did you ever manage to get them off? Was it the single bolt that was stuck?
I'm not sure but the plastic fixings you pulled out look a bit like the T4/caravelle interior moulding screw clips (look them up on eBay). If they are, the small hole in the middle is for an allen key, which draws out a threaded plastic bolt that has widened two tabs out to secure it. I might be wrong but will be doing this before lockdown ends, so will see. Thanks for a great video!
I've now just done mine. Mine had metal studs which had badly rusted heads. I managed to lever them out with a flat head, enough to grab with pliers and then pulled hard to remove them. I replaced them with the plastic trim clips you seemed to have on yours, which works well.
@@poejalmer8108 i have one video on my channel which shows an easy way to get these plastic clips off with no damage (they're the same ones used inside and out)
Just bought a T4, so, have a sub and I'll be no doubt going through every 1 of your vidz. Happy days.😊
That trick using the allen key to remove the front panel is going to save me a lot of hassle in future. Thank you!
Hi Joel, thanks for taking the time to produce your T4 videos, they've become one of my 'go to' guides as I restore my 2001 VW T4 800 special. I took my front wings off last weekend cleaned out inside and installed the drainage kit I bought from eBay, your videos were incredibly helpful. Amazingly the wheel arches and inside the wings were almost rust free even though there was a load of damp T4 special Kompost in there! One thing worth mentioning, my front wings were bonded on (pretty sure this was factory panel sealer) as well as bolted and were a complete pain to get off. I had to cut the panel bond and then pour a couple of kettles worth of boiling water between the wing and inside panel to soften the panel sealer, then pull the wing off. It doesn't look like your wings had this sealer so maybe they'd been off before. Anyway, thought that might help someone else who has to do the same job. Thanks again.
From one 2001 800 special owner to another, thanks for the tip about the panel sealer! Was a great heads up. Boiling water was a nifty trick!
@@EntheogenMusic no worries, glad my comment was helpful. Usually every job on my T4 takes roughly 3 times as long to complete as the TH-cam video shows and a good helping of swearing...so it's nice to help someone else out in the same situation!
Everything on my old banger has been off before. I am the 15th owner! Thanks for the info about sealer 😊
Perfect timing for the video! Working on my ‘96 T4 today and this was a big help, thanks! 👍
Good luck!
Really helpful, thanks mate 👍🏻
Had this on the save list for a few years now and just got round to doing it. Thanks you for the video mate, it helped very much. Good to see whats what before doing a task than going blind. 👍
Great video & very helpful thanks! 👍
Need to change my front cross member this is very helpful, 👍
Awesome! Thanks for this. I have to remove my wings to access the VW compost. Wish me luck!
Made me begin ! Well done 👍
That is a very useful Film! Thank you!!
Brilliant , I learned something else.
Nice little video. I’m hoping to find some videos on rear arch replacements as I’m hoping to tackle that on my T4 at some point 👍🏻
Thankfully my rear arches seem to be ok. Good luck!
G'day thanks for the vid.
I just did my 99 and that bloody metal tab on the grille was screwed in possibly from a prior accident fix.
For this situation take the bumper off first then rhs headlight top bolts, then rhs fender as per vid to get to the screw, then grill comes out etc.
I'd collected enough compost for a plant pot!
If you park under any sort of conifer you need to clean them out every couple of years.
Thank you for vid, i was a little unsure if to taxkle this job but younhave made it look easish so im gunna attempt it my self cheers buddy👍👍
It’s as easy as it looks. Good luck!
Thanks, helped me get mine off today. Btw seems simpler to just get the headlights right off and out the way too.
Brilliant. Thanks mate.
Great video!
Good video you've saved my wings from rusting our, I had a look behind my wings they were pretty full with dead leafes and stuff.
Yup that happens on these vans!
Is there a way of sucking up.the leaves without removing wings etc ?
Hi Joel, roll on good weather A.
Les
Great video👍
Nice, Good to know its just bolted on. Mines has a dent a some rot so I feel if I see a good 2nd hand one its not too bad to swap. Keep em coming Joel :)
Not a bad idea at all. Sadly I looked on ebay and there were none any better than mine
I love the KISS principle you apply here. Shows you know what you're doing. Excellent video. I have a loose front panel on my 2001 T4 transporter and I 've been told I need some little plastic lugs that fit onto the end pieces of the panel. Do you know what they are called?
Hey, thanks! I’ve no idea what they are called I’m afraid 🙁
Thank you
To replace the antenna, is it necessary to do this?
The plastic bracket with the plastic clips are to be loved, just push the centre right through and the plastic bracket unclips with an easy pull. If you lose the centres a plastic golf tee does the job when replacing.
now i know why they called it in my country a nest for hamster :D
Thank you for the excellent video. On another video that I now can't find I know you fitted drain pipes from the holes just below the window screen. Where can I buy them with the little metal bits for the holes please?
Hi there. If you just search ebay for “t4 komposter set” you should find the same kit for about £28 that I used (highly recommended). Good luck!
Joel's Stuff yes found these on eBay @££31. Extortionate and as they come from Austria with £8+ fright and probably Brexit import problems I am going to try another route
Will try dinghy transom drains to go through metal then just buy plastic tube locally and rest from stock.
Great video mate. Do you know if this is the same process for the later T4 models?
Great question, and I’m not 100% sure I’m afraid
Joel's Stuff No problem mate, thanks for replying. Love your channel by the way. Just bought a T4, will be using your videos for a lot of DIY! Keep em coming 😁
Were you wings not sealed on?
Is there any sealant between the removed wing and inner wheel arch that needs reapplying when refitting the wing?
I don’t think so. There is a gap but I think it’s ok to just leave that for drainage
Do you know how i can remove for thé first t4? I have not got screw....
The wings on early T4's (before1996 I believe) are welded on instead of bolted, unfortunately.
I have a question. Doesn’t the pipes just get blocked with all the crap???
Hey! Thanks for the question. Surprisingly my pipes have not become blocked. However, the debris still builds up behind the fender, so I’m not sure how effective the kit is overall
Hi JOEL just saw your video did that water drainage kit you used work, as I am going to order one.
cheers. Les
Hi Les. It’s funny you should ask because just yesterday I removed the wing to have a look at it. Sadly it looks like the leaves are still finding their way behind the wing - they must get down the gap near the door. The drainage kit still works perfectly well to drain water, but if you buy one similar to mine it will not stop the leaf build up 🙁
@@JoelsStuff thank's Joel, I will do the water drain, not to bothered about build up of debris, just want to stop water getting in
cant findwhere,no sign anywhere just wet on wheelarches, new screen going in Tues 2/2
/20 . Les
Do you have water leaking into the interior of the van? If so it could be the windscreen - i’ve been dealing with this issue myself and have managed to stop the leak with a bit of tiger seal in a few places
@@JoelsStuff Hi Joel, yes driving me mad, had all rubber mat up, no sign of any leak's, all clean paintwork,
the wheel arches always seem wet after rain, so having new screen put in Tues 2/2 have also purchased
one of them kits. It'll probably stop raining when new screen goes in.
Les
A new screen will hopefully sort it! Best of luck.
Ok. But i'm my car the fender is stuck so mach that i can't remove them
you dont need to all that to remove fing just pull down sides of bumer to get to bolts
At the end when the panel is off and you're scraping out the leaves.. where is the water supposed to drain out?
Hi jack, I have a video on my channel posted shortly after this one where I go into this in detail
@@JoelsStuff that's great thanks. On your break video you comment that you can't get the disks off or you would have replaced them too.. did you ever manage to get them off? Was it the single bolt that was stuck?
I'm not sure but the plastic fixings you pulled out look a bit like the T4/caravelle interior moulding screw clips (look them up on eBay). If they are, the small hole in the middle is for an allen key, which draws out a threaded plastic bolt that has widened two tabs out to secure it. I might be wrong but will be doing this before lockdown ends, so will see. Thanks for a great video!
That sounds like the ones!
I've now just done mine. Mine had metal studs which had badly rusted heads. I managed to lever them out with a flat head, enough to grab with pliers and then pulled hard to remove them. I replaced them with the plastic trim clips you seemed to have on yours, which works well.
@@poejalmer8108 i have one video on my channel which shows an easy way to get these plastic clips off with no damage (they're the same ones used inside and out)
@@craigthomas7921 Nice, I'll be carpeting the ceiling one day, so that will come in handy!
So I have none of the bolts shown in your video. I'm guessing that I cant take my wing off. 😫
None of them? It is a T4??
@@JoelsStuff yeah mine are factory welded. I've got a 94 vw t4 transporter.
Any wonder they rot, shite design, regards, David.