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Date:         Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:21:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Death Valley
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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At 1/24/2007 01:22 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: >--snip-- >>I don't want to start a "here's my tool list" thread >>because that's been done a gazillion times, but is there such a list >>published online? >--snip-- > >Back when Joy had started her trek and was beginning to have troubles with >Matilda I was thinking that for 'folks like her' (the mechanical novice) it >would be useful to have a basic Vanagon tool list. I thought if you used the >maintenance schedule as a starting point, you could list the tools necessary >for each job, and by the end you would then have a list of those tools >necessary to do most of what you would ever need to do on the van. I suspect >that it would wind up being like any fairly comprehensive basic tool kit you >could buy but it would be interesting to see it and have it broken down by >job. You could then take the list, if you were so inclined, and assemble a >'Vanagon tool box', or fill in the blanks on the tools you have.

Many years ago on this list I made mention of John Muir's book (How to keep your VW alive) & it's value even if you do have a water cooled vw and I did get more than one person to jump on my butt over recommending that "valueless" book. With that risk in mind I will again recommenced Muir's book. His basic tools, basic advice and just positive attitude on keeping your VW alive & dealing with it by the side of the road is worth it. Heck, even the first step in 'stops or won't start' is some of the finest advice you'll ever hear.... is it out of gas? Go ahead and laugh but it IS the first place to start.

Rob becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.


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