Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:56:39 -0400
Reply-To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: 91 Vanagon in Fairfax VA
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it there
In a message dated 7/4/2012 9:20:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gritis@VERIZON.NET writes:
I posted last week, looking for a new home for my vanagon. It’s become
more urgent that I find a place for him. Emissions and inspections are due
in August in order to renew registration, which is necessary to keep it on
the street in my area. So if it’s registered, it also has to be insured.
I no longer feel like we can afford to put more money / time in keeping him
in running order. If you are the slightest bit interested in adding this
guy to your fleet, come take a look and make me an offer. I’m thinking I’
d like to get 1,000.00 for him, but am certainly more than willing to
entertain any offers. Here’s my original post below.
We’ve had this vanagon since 97 when we purchased it from the original
owner. My husband has been using it as a daily driver until about 3 weeks ago
when it began to knock.
In his words: “I was caught in stop and go traffic with no place to pull
over when the oil light came on. It was on for about 4 minutes before I
could get off the road. I let it cool off and added 1.5 quarts of oil and towed
to shop. Once arrived at shop, I had to start it to back it off of the
flatbed. No oil light came on and the engine sounded fine. I drove it home
(about 1.5 miles). No issues, so drove to Fredericksburg and car started to
knock. Added a quart of oil and the van made it home, but with a bad knock.”
The van hasn’t been driven since that day. I don’t know what the van
needs done other than to have this issue solved, but I would like any input on
this particular issue. I’d also like to know if anyone on the list would be
interested in purchasing it for a project van. It’s the model with the
rear facing theatre seats, the z bed and the rubber flooring throughout. I’m
really flexible on price, so if you’re at all interested, shoot me an email
and come on over and see it. One thing I do know is that the odometer
stopped working at 175,000 miles and that was a couple of months ago.
Thanks,
Karen
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