VANAGON archives -- December 2006, week 3 (#160)

Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:56:21 -0800 Reply-To: "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> Subject: 85 Westfalia for sale-Kansas city Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

FOR SALE 1985 Vanagon GL Westfalia full camper (2000$ OBO) Located in south Kansas City 64114 contact info: kfcnitro@gmail.com I will email serious inquiries phone number when appropriate 150,000 miles (more or less, odometer broke at 120xxx couple years ago)

The good: Starts right up no problem, it was my daily driver for 5 years, originally a cali car (LA, come drive it if you like. Body is in good shape, only a few dings here and there, under carriage is in good shape, surface of rear wheel wells are starting to rust where paint has been chipped off, very repairable. Overall body is in good shape, poptop is in good shape, newer seals(5years) and good canvas with only a couple pin holes, zip out mesh windows. All camping stuff is working, sink, stove and fridge. Fridge is hard to start unless you warm it up on 120v first, then runs fine as far as I know, fridge has all shelving and ice trays. Comes with middle seat and middle console, and many spare parts, I parted out a van a couple years ago so all that is left of that goes as well, many extra bolts nuts and this and that, extra engine lid, you get the picture, most of the stuff I can remember is listed below. Van is equiped with A/C, although it is not hooked up, I did not put the compressor back in after the head job as it was not compressing any more, was going to replace it and never did. The system worked i.e. fan blew air and all that, just not cold air, hoses and everything are still there, just the compressor is missing. The compressor is included in case you want to rebuild it, I have a spare compr. as well that also does not work.

The bad: Last trip I took this van on was around a 3 hour trip there, 3 hours back. I had no problems and noticed nothing wrong with it at that time, this was in september 2006. I drove the van every day up till 2 weeks ago, it is still very drivalble today. The problem is that when you get on the hiway, the engine smokes pretty good, a light gray smoke, does not remind me of coolant or oil, and I would hate to imagine it was both! But that is the bad for you, I have no idea what it would be, oil blow by? The engine never burned/used oil at all, cracked head burning coolant? I have no idea... It does not smoke as long as you don't drive over 50 miles an hour, I would feel comfortable driving this van around KC all day long, so long as I did not have to hit the freeway. This would make a nice cheap westy for someone with a mech. apptitude. It is brown with a tan pop top. I have the title. I am trying to be as honest about the van as I can, I don't want someone to feel ripped off if they buy it, but it comes with no warranty/as is. Overall this is a good van for the price. The only thing I was planning on doing to it in the next year before the engine started smoking at speed was to replace the front ball joints as it is a bit out of alignment, but still very driveable.

NEW(er)parts on vehicle now: heads-2 year amc ecu-eurochip from busdepot front window seals all around-5 years Front shocks bilstein-2 months rear shocks kyb - 4 years rotors & pads-2 months water pump-4 years fuel pressure regulator-4 years fuel tank vent lines-5 years(fuel filters-3 years) auxillary air valve-3 years Alternator-3 years hall generator-3 years new sachs clutch (put redline in tranny)-2 years master cylinder & slave cylinder-3 years new battery-3years second battery yellow top optima(for fridge) afm-2 years starter-3 years new engine mounts-done with heads throttle switch-3 years power steering pump-4 years power steering rack-4 years 4 fuel injectors-2 years all new fuel line-3 years rear heater core replaced-4 years short shift kit-1 year shifter extension-1 year 2 extra seats in good condition (blue) K&N air filter-8 months spare air meter spare expansion tank with spare"H" tube spare fuel pump spare catalitic converter extra jack h4 headlights tires in decent shape, load range D yokahamas bra tow bar 12 disc cd changer bentley repair manual

Photos can be seen here:

Kelly blue book value link-4K$ in fair condition http://www.kbb.com/KBB/Selection/Condition.aspx (I know it is listed as 86 but kbb did not go back to 85) Thanks for looking, Scott Wilson

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