Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:04:12 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: My 1st Vanagon Road trip
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I haven't looked online to see what's in the Van Cafe clutch kit, but
it's worth your time to replace the pilot bearing while you're in
there doing the clutch. Pretty sure the part is inexpensive. It was
for my air cooled engines' clutch.
Cheers,
Neil.
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius)
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
musomuso1963@hotmail.com
On 9/20/07, Kai Mei <kai@newclear.us> wrote:
> harrisburg to allentown to nyc: pick up a 87.5 Wolfsburg van. Over
> 180 miles to acquire van.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the prepurchase info...
>
> The seller was pretty straight up, even though the ad and pictures
> were vague enough to feel like youre buying a pig in a poke.
> Curtains, yay!
>
> 1st off the idle started off ok... during the short inspection. It
> jumped to 2k.. This made getting into 1st a huge pain. Stop the
> engine. shift. start the engine. Mainly I tried to downshift from
> 2nd, after I got a rhythm. Not easy to get into 3rd w/o grinding,
> even shifing slowwly. The throwout bearing is howling.. I told my
> friend there was a bear back there.
>
> I believe the seller had no problem with this before I bought the
> van, actually.
>
> Speedo didn't work. Manual trans, Freeway driving over rolling hill
> 3.5k was easy to maintain... still left me the slowest thing on the
> road :(. Actually felt kinda peppy, although not wanting to break it
> I drove for economy. Semis gave me a little shove passing, but
> nothing bad. Tires are LT tires with at least the proper weight rating.
>
> A/C nice and cold. Central locking, works some of the time, on
> differing doors with no discernable pattern.
>
> Everything else seems to work. Noisy cabin and wind noise from vent
> windows.
>
> 19.0 MPG 95 mi allentown to NYC, 10mi city, 85 hwy.
>
> high idle 2k but sometimes drops to 1.5k.
>
> so far I'm getting from van cafe free shipping during sept, cool!...
>
> Clutch Kit Sachs- Everything you need! Great Price
>
> Key Blank
>
> Fuel Line Replacement Kit
>
> Bentley Owners Manual- Nice addition to collection
>
>
> Any suggestions on (inexpensive) stuff I could use...
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius)
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
musomuso1963@hotmail.com
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