Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:55:54 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with
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You can pretty well eliminate all that tinkering if you just start off with
a rebuilt tranny, rebuilt motor, new Clutch / P-P, rebuilt front suspension,
new CV joints.
Over ten years I replace about every important part that could fail
............. It wasn't that expensive. Probably cost about $3,000.00 in
parts with ten years and 275K miles.
It helps lots to do your own labor but I still farmed out the rebuilding of
the front suspension.
Most non critical things like wiper motors, fresh air fan etc seemed to keep
working even though they screamed, stank or screeched quite often.
Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Flores" <aflores14@CSUB.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with
> Indeed, to be a vanagon owner you must have the "glass is half full," or
> more appropriately "the glass still has a drop left in it-maybe"
mentality.
>
> I fool myself into genuinely believing that my vanagon runs good and is
> reliable, yet if I objectively evaluate it, the vehicle requires constant
> tinkering and breaks down every other month (although most often the
> incident is very minor). Owner's of any other vehicle would not stand for
> such performance.
>
> Just this last weekend I missed out on a three-Westy camping trip that had
> been planned for several months because my Westy took a $#!@. This
morning,
> I found myself looking at it with a slight smile daydreaming of whether
the
> next getaway in it would be to the mountains or to the coast!!!!! Call me
> stupid, or better yet call me a Vanagon owner.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TJ Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:40 PM
> Subject: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with
>
>
> >I was checking out some Vanagons on eb*Y and came across something that
> > only a Vanagon owner could come up with: "This is a Wolfsburg edition,
> > comes with AC-works but does not blow cold."
> >
> > I know with most other types of vehicle, if the A/C isn't blowing cold,
> > most people would say that it's not working. The reason for A/C is to
cool
> > off the vehicles interior, isn't it? Would anyone say that the heater
> > works, but it does not blow hot?
> >
> > Sorry, been a long hard week.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > TJ Hannink
> > Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
> > 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33
> > Winter Park, Florida
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FC_wanderlodge
> > FAVOR website: http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon
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