Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:42:29 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: First Long Drive, some observations
In-Reply-To: <20060502133514.6195.qmail@web51507.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
FWIW ...
The speedo on my '85 Westy (checked by GPS) reads 59 mph when I'm REALLY
doing 60, so it doesn't err on the side of caution. That's with 185 14
tires, too.
Mike
Anthony Egeln wrote:
> Robert, The speedo on my '89 Syncro GL read 5 mph high on the stock wheels and tires. The problem corrected itself when I went to 15" rims and 205 tires. Now the speedo is right on. Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidlago)
>
> robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> wrote: Hello to everyone,
>
> So I just took my 88 Auto Wolfsburg van that I purchased in January from
> upstate NY on it�s first long trip. I drove from Long Beach Long Island just
> past Middletown NY, basically a 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive. The week before I
> attempted this trip and uncovered a damaged coolant pipe that forced a
> coolant blowout 30 miles away from Long Beach which cost me $85 dollars in
> Flatbed fees and $200 dollars in mechanic and parts fees. So this trip was a
> trial test of the van�s ability to take a nice drive. I am happy to say it
> made there and back without a problem doing at max 80mph on the highway.
>
> A couple of issues though,... I suspect that the speedometer may be 5mph
> higher than actual speed is this normal? It has the stock size tires with
> alloy wheels.
>
> The ability to climb hills is weak, at best I can get her to do 45-55mph on
> any kind of relative incline, steep or not, is this normal? It seems to hang
> at around 3,000 rpm no higher, and giving it more gas seems not to do very
> much. On super steep hills in the countryside it did pretty well at lower
> speeds, and the transmission seems to shift pretty smooth, I was just
> wondering if others experienced this speed issue on rural route/highway
> hills at high speed?
>
> Next, when I reached my location after driving for 3 hours I am about to
> pull in, and all of sudden it stalls! I put it in park, and turns over no
> problem and continue to drive for another 5 minutes to my location without
> issue. What happened here? The O2 sensor is new, could I have an AFM
> problem?
>
> Last thing, a few weeks ago I wrote in about the accelerator pedal feeling
> as though it was falling off, well I checked it and the previous owner had
> tried to epoxy something to it. I took the lists suggestion and used some
> screws and bolted it down to the floor and that worked but while driving it
> seemed to me that pedal was hard to push down at times, does a cable or
> something need to be greased? Or lubricated with oil? It just does not feel
> smooth feeling when pressing down on the accelerator compared to modern
> cars. It this something I need to get used to?
>
> Thanks for your feedback in advance!
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Rob
> --
> NYC/Long Beach, NY
> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase
>
|