Date:         Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:05:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
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BTW, this is the link to the list archives in case you don't have it:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon

They can be very slow... slow enough to time out. I usually limit my
searches to the last four years; pretty much anything you might want to know
has been covered in that time and often with more up-to-date information.

In the meantime, or at least after you get the thing running, you should
look for posts about replacing all the fuel lines and (shudder) getting the
proper tires... and oil filter... and oil... etc. : )

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lauterbach" <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon GL


> Lyle:
>
> I have yet to see a bad idle stabilizer keep engine from starting.  If
> engine has good compression, then it is worth some time and effort.  If
> you
> are on original distributor, that could be much of your problem.  Make
> sure
> you have a Bentley before going further.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marion Lathem" <resiolute@COPPER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:06 PM
> Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
>
>
>> The idle stabilizer, is that the black box, you hook the plugs together
>> to
>> use a timing light...?  Also there is something that plugs in, under the
>> throttle body..?
>>
>> I'm thinking, I'm dealing with a problem that has been compounded by
>> several
>> attempts to repair it, by folks without a manual ( Bentley )..?
>>
>> I'm thinking, I need to start fresh with the electronics...and if my
>> memory
>> is right, if I can't get that crankshaft pulley off, if it does leak like
>> a
>> sieve...I just need to start over with another engine and electronics.
>> The
>> ideal thing would be a Subie conversion, but unless I can put it together
>> from parts I find locally or make myself... this VW.. is once again
>> junk...back to the salvage yard.  Most likely I won't have the heart to
>> part
>> with it, I will just keep in the hopes an engine will show up.  I know
>> the
>> switch is bad too, the started won't engage from the key either.  This
>> poor
>> thing has been terribly abused.  It would be good to get it running... I
>> am
>> beginning to wonder...?
>> Lyle Lathem
>> 1985 Vanagon GL
>> Quinlan, Texas
>>