Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:54:52 -0800
Reply-To: Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Who has the highest mileage?
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my spedo is working now, when I bought it I was checking around, looked under the instrument dash, and found that it was just unplugged, plugged it back in, and it's fine. So all the miles on put on Ripple are accounted for , so thats good. The one thing on do notice is sometimes the spedo or tach won't work, when I first turn the bus on. I usually just give it a light smack, and it kicks back in fine........
have fun,
Tracy
85' GL "Ripple"
Joseph Fortino <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET> wrote:wild when we got our 85gl the speedo was also stopped at 90k i'm the 2nd owner and I know the first
took care of it until he got old and his wife sold it to my mom, some shop that did'nt know vw vans screwed up
somethings like oil filter and coolent. * key things to know of * like Tracy our van is our daily and only car except
my bug and my wife does'nt drive that.
happy driving
Joe
On 17 Jan 2003, Tracy Bonin wrote:
> Hi guys read this post thought I'd
> include...........my 85' GL has 330,000 miles
> on him. According to all the paperwork I got
> with him, he drove a previous owner to Oregon
> and back, looks as though he got stuck in
> Oregon for a little while, had the engine
> replaced, and drove it back home to CT. I
> think that he might have been on tour with the
> Grateful Dead, engine was done in 93' , tranny
> rebuild, clutch replacement in 92'. GD was on
> a tour that sort of followed the reciepts of
> work done along the way. Total new miles on
> the new engine were about 80,000. But when I
> got "Ripple" the spedo wasn't working and even
> though 80,000 were accounted for , I dunno how
> long the spedo was unplugged, soooo who knows
> how many miles are not accounted for. Ya know
> what though, ! He still runs like a top.
> Haven't had really any major problems yet. ( I
> probably jinxed myself now) But Ripple is my
> daily driver, and he won't leave me stranded.
> I have faith in my bus. I try to keep up on
> everything to keep him happy. Ya know whats
> cool though, is for the amount of miles on
> him, the body is mint, and so is pretty much
> everything else. Before I did all the
> remodleing, and restoring, it wasn't really
> too hurt up. Someone kept him
> happy......................... have fun, Tracy
> 85'GL "Ripple"
>
>
> Joseph Fortino
> wrote:the fact that some are still vintage
> blows my mind. also my orig 1.9 block is in
> someone else's van is great also, since the
> core was still good.
>
> Joe
>
> On 17 Jan 2003, David Beierl wrote:
>
> > At 09:44 AM 1/17/2003, Jones, Dustin wrote:
> > > Just out of curiosity, who has the highest
> > > mileage on their veedub on the list? (the
> > > van/bus must be running of course...)
> >
> > With 212k miles (90k or so in Scotland, the
> > rest here) I'm not even in the running. ISTM
> > somebody out there had close to 400k a few
> > years ago...
> >
> > Personally I think a more interesting
> > question would be how far people are getting
> > on original engines, rebuilt engines (and
> > are they rebuildable or thrown rods and
> > such), ditto transmissions. Should be able
> > to keep them going indefinitely if you keep
> > throwing parts at them, so long as the body
> > holds together.
> >
> > david
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
> > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84
> > Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor
> > Relation"
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