Where you be? Carbs in California is the kiss of death. You will not get it through the CARB inspection. All US vanagons had FI. (as far as I know). Parts is pretty easy. No worse than your 83 (watercooled I suspect?). Perhaps even easier as the 83 1/2 was kinda a one off in the cooling system. Of course if it is carbed, you can pull a FI system from a junkyard bus and learn the real ins and outs of the injection system! Worse case, you can take many interior parts off and make your 83 a 'hardtop westy'.
tim o'brien (seeing stars) 81 Westy (lump) 83 AC 7Pass 84 Hardtop Westy weekly driver
>Hi all- just a few quick questions, regarding aircooled vanagons. > I have a chance to pick up an 82 westie cheap(really cheap) how bad are >these to work on? Supposedly it had a new motor put in it 4 yrs ago, but >the >couldnt get it to run right. Owner says mechanic told him something was >wrong >with the carb(?) >Were the aircooleds carborated? I thought it would be a digi-jet! >I am going to look at it tomorrow-- Does this sound like something i should >mess with? How is parts availability for these?? >Thanks for your help >brian >83 urabus >maybe 82 aircooled??? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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