Date:         Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:35:44 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <47560D0C.8070506@gmail.com>
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On my way to work this morning I was thinking about your yarn Mike, and I
wondered when was the last time you changed your ignition switch?

If you remember my story of 'Mungo, the Blue Moron', that '84 Automatic
camper was very hard to start at the beginning of its ill-fated journey
through the Fraser Canyon. The switch failed completely in the Canyon and
left us begging........switches are cheap.

On Dec 4, 2007 6:29 PM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Follow up question to my "So thar I was" post.
>
> A list member p-mailed and suggested that rain may have entered the engine
> compartment through the air vent on the side of the van. Considering that
> the wind was strong enough to force water through the pop-top fabric, was
> easily 40 mph, and the downpour was actually a side-pour (rain was blowing
> horizontally), is it possible that buckets might have gone in the vent?
> Perhaps causing the engine to just turn over and over but not catch?
>
> The weather side was the driver's side, i.e., the side of the engine with
> the ECU, the ignition coil.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>



--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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