Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 01:46:31 -0400
Reply-To: Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
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From: Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Project FS
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Sounds like a bad case of a leaky fuel injector. They're always under
pressure when the engine is stopped and I could see a leaky one
pumping a few ounces of gasoline until the pressure drops.
- Laurence
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Michael Brenner
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon Project FS
>
>
> Well where we last left our hero, a mild manner engineering
> estimator for
> the local electrical utility and part time bass player for
> the infamous rock
> and roll band the blacksheep, he had stared the mountain in
> the face,
> chickened out, and compromised his original intentions for
> a mere $2500.
> However, having sufficiently ingested enough external
> stimuli to provide the
> necessary focusing agent, the original intentions were
> started with the
> ceremonial draining of the oil. While performing the
> initial task, an
> interesting thing happened. While the motor was only
> started a handful of
> times and probably less that 5 miles on the reassembled
> engine, instead of
> the oil being relatively clean, what drained out instead
> was a whole lot of
> gasoline. I mean a lot. Maybe about 2 gallons. Something is
> pumping gasoline
> at a high rate into the crankcase somehow. Does anyone in
> the digital stream
> have an idea's?
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Brenner <brenner9@YOSEMITE.NET>
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 18:29:51 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Vanagon Project FS
> >
> > > Kicking around selling my Vanagon project. So here is
> what I got: 1984
> > > Westy
> > > Wolfsburg edition. Had the classic head leaking
> syndrome but ran great,
> > > so I
> > > replaced the heads with some rebuilt AMC's (?). Never
> ran right after
> > > that.
> > > Will start up fine, but it stalls once warm, and will
> not re-start, not
> > > even
> > > with ether. Soooo I procured an 82 Diesel Vanagon with
> an overheated
> > > motor,
> > > to do a I-4 conversion. And located (but have not
> purchased a 88 Fox
> > > for
> > > $500. OD shows 95K, however it was towed behind an RV
> most of it's
> > > life).
> > > Looking at the mountain ahead of me, I thought, ya know
> if someone came
> > > along with $2500, I'd let this go. So that's the deal.
> I am located in
> > > Mariposa, California which is just outside Yosemite
> National Park (a
> > > United
> > > Nations Heritage site). I do have pictures of the
> Westy, that I can
> > > send.
> > > The interior is great, however it took a header into a
> very large pine
> > > tree,
> > > after the wife decided to test the laws of gravity on
> it. ("Well I know
> > > you
> > > said the emergency brake didn't work, but I didn't
> think it would roll
> > > down
> > > the hill if I left it in neutral" - so, what are you
> gonna do?) The 82
> > > turned out to be in suprisingly good shape, sort of
> bought it sight
> > > unseen,
> > > and it looks really good. Was going to scavenge a lot
> of parts off of
> > > it for
> > > the Westy.
> > > I really hate giving this project up, the ole Vanagon's are the
> > > vehicle's
> > > you hate to love, and will probably end up buying
> another down the
> > > road.
> > > Serious inquiries only, have a very slow internet
> connection, so it
> > > will
> > > take a while for the pictures to send.
> >
> >
> >
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