Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:10:09 -0700
Reply-To: Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: sounds like a go-cart
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Upon looking at the jumpseat, it has the same rails that the middle seat that I took out had. I might get lucky and will be able to just slide it on then bolt it.
The engine thats in there now has about 80,000 on it. When I bought the van I found that the van itself had 320,000 on it, but the engine was replaced in like 92' . All the people who had it before me kept the reciepts from the work they did. I made a cool binder out of them. I think that before I replace the engine (especially since I don't have any money for that now) I'll let it run it's course. Might as well.
The headliner was easy. I went to Home Depot, and bought an outside glossy paint & primer, and little roller kits to paint it on. First I taped all the area up, then primered it, and then the next day I painted it. What was nice was that when it painted it looked natural, the paint went over very smooth. For the front I just used the primer. (it was light blue) Then I painted some sun designs on it. The back I used those glow in the dark plastic stars and space shapes, and put a little portable black light up. What is cool is that I have the overhead A/C stock, so the front and back were divided, so the sky effect came out cool. When painting though, the headliner actually goes all the way down to the windows in the back, and by the seatbelts in the front, so that parts had to be painted too.
have fun,
Tracy
Craig Rogers <rogers23@optonline.net> wrote: Cool, You will probably have to do some welding to add the jump seat. I
would suggest getting a stainless steel exhaust system. The regular steel
ones don't last, but then again, it sounds like you really love your van and
should consider an engine swap to something with more longevity and more
power. The new exhaust system is easy to bolt on but you should use a high
speed grinder with a cutting disk or a cutting torch to remove the old one.
If you get the parts and take it to a Midas or some similar place they will
probably charge you about $50, maybe less because it doesn't take long. I'd
would like to hear more about what you did to the headliner. What sort of
paint did you use on it. I've been thinking of cool headliners, but
painting it didn't enter my mind.
Best regards,
Craig Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Bonin"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: sounds like a go-cart
> Tracy Bonin wrote: Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002
11:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tracy Bonin
> Subject: Re: sounds like a go-cart
> To: Craig Rogers
>
>
>
> Hi, thanx for the advice, I think that I found out whats up, the 2 pipes
that go up into the engine the gaskets are all old, and look as if they have
fallen through or something. Looks as if the entire exaust will have to be
taken out to fix. I will bring it to my mechanic to do this one. I just hope
that nothing else breaks when he goes to take it out to fix, the pipes are
very rusty. I have a feeling that before I came along the bus was sitting
for awhile. I think this is gonna be expensive. Well at least the more stuff
breaks while he's fixing it, the less I will hve to worry about in the
future. Might as well do as much as possible.
> Yes, I love the GD, as well as Phish. My bus is a 85' GL. I painted the
celing dark blue in the back and put stars and stuff up. In the front I did
light blue, with sun designs. Me and my friends made cool curtains made out
of tapestry material. I took the old rear bench seat out and put the bed
version in. I recently took out the middle seat, and purchased the
kitchenette unit, and a 5th seat. Now I just have to figure out how to put
that in. I'm missing the propane tank, h20 tank and pump, and the guard that
goes over the propane tank. I plan on painting it a nice green, and then
having professionally done flames going down the sides, I want the flames to
go into the GD space your face symbol on the passenger side, and the Phish
symbol on the drivers side. I have a really nice stereo system in it too.
Gotta have the tunes. So I got big plans for Ripple. But it'll look really
cool when I'm done.
> have fun,
> Tracy
> 85' GL "Ripple"
> Craig Rogers wrote: Hi Tracy,
>
> Don't let these jerks bother you.
>
> The first thing you have to figure out is if the sound is from a leak or
> from a cylinder not firing. Both of which could be described similarly in
> sound. If there is a leak then you will be able to hear it when it in not
> under load (moving). So my guess is a cylinder not firing. Which could be
> due to what your friend said or several other things. You need to first
> determine if it is electrical or fuel related in nature. Take the plugs
out
> and see if any of them look wet or oily or carbon coated and let me know.
>
> I'm guessing you are into the GD by the name of your bus, also what year
is
> it?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Craig Rogers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Bonin"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:07 AM
> Subject: sounds like a go-cart
>
>
> > Hello, and what a lovely AM.............well yesterday afternoon my
> vanagon began sounding like a go-cart. Make that drum roll sound with your
> tongue, and thats what it sounds like when accelerating. It wasn't really
> doing it when at a stand still, or while reving in N, but when going,
> forward or back it's really prominent. I thought at first that it was a
> exaust sound, but everything looks fine there. I then thought maybe it
> needed some oil, so I checked and added. I just had the o2 censor done a
> couple of mths ago. My boyfriends brother thought maybe it's the spark
plugs
> and rotor. I had the plugs themselves done a few weeks ago. Any
suggestions
> please.......
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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