Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:36:34 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
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Hey Neil ~!
thanks for the endorsement.
And any vanagon owners/drivers are invited to stop by ..........just to meet, or to show off your fine vanagon, or take a look at it together......
whatever is right. Emergency trip repairs too of course. I have sufficient vanagons and vanagon parts to keep you moving almost 'no matter what' the issue is.
Or for even just 'regular service.'
I'm minutes off I-5 in Southern Oregon.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil2
To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
This is why I'm taking SaVannah down to Scott next week to have her fuel lines checked out. I just found one leaking and he's one of few I trust to do the job correctly. (Scott, I also need the linkage maintenance performed.) I paid Halsey Automotive in Portland, OR to do just this 6 months ago and KNEW they didn't do a good job.
Mark, next time you're in the area stop in for Scott's checkup!
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
Good thought on the fuel hoses.
Just be sure you use the real and correct type of fuel hose, for fuel
injection, of the right inside diameter.
on the stiff shifting.........
I see dozens of vanagons all the time, and it seems to me hardly anyone ever
lubes the shift linkage - all it takes is a few shot of a good spray
lube........
WD-40 is a bit thin of course.........I like a nice spray synthetic grease.
Spray that on ........let's see.........4 spots mainly. At the rear of the
shift linkage at the trans .........where the linkage engages with that ball
on the lever back there.. There's a bushing above the gas tank you can
barely access I believe..........I have to spray those from about 18 inches
away, those really get dry and sticky. And then from
underneath.........spray into the 'shift box' mounted under the shift lever,
and lastly, lift up the rubber boot inside the van, and spray those plastic
parts there, those white ball-shaped parts.
I do this once or twice a year, on all manual shift vanagons. I rarely
even find badly worn parts........just sticky ones needing a quick shot of a
good spry lube .
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
Mark,
Welcome aboard. Looks like your money was well spent.
To secure your investment - change the fuel hoses out NOW - before you
drive it again. This is a major issue with Vanagons. You may have read
of this already, but I feel obligated to bring it up. Vanagons are
notorious for burning up, and the fuel system is at fault virtually
every time. Hoses get olf, the crack, split, break, fuel spews out, and
a fire results. TAKE NO CHANCES. The only way to KNOW your vehicle is
safe is to have new hoses installed, new hoses put on the fuel
injectrors and change or bypass that stupid fitting on that simple sheet
metal firewall. This is an easy fix for the home mechanic - you just
need the new hoses and a few hand tools. You can get kits for this from
any number of our list vendor. I use Ken Wilford at Vanagain.com, but
Ron Salmon at The Bus Depot and others also carry these parts.
Again, welcome aboard - and fix your van!!
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Mark A Kippert wrote:
Greetings list members!
I've been lurking for a short while and have just recently purchased a
very nice 1986 Vanagon GL. At 52 years old I've been a VW fan for many
years. I had a Bettle in my teens and later had a nice '73 bay window
which was totaled about 25 years ago. I've wanted another VW van ever
since. While it's in very nice condition I'll be posting questions
about a few minor issues that I've noted and see what kind of
improvements I can make in the future.
I was lucky enough to purchase it from a 73 year old Dutch gentleman
who was a VW mechanic many years past. For the last 35 years he's
owned a little foreign auto repair shop/dealership specializing in
european cars, especially early VWs. He's now semi-retired and even
though the place is a bit run down, he seems to still enjoy working on
the few cars that roll in, at his own pace of course.
He'd owned the van since 2000 and put about 10k miles on it. The
odometer shows 215k miles but it looks good and runs strong. He
doesn't know (or remember) the history of the engine so I don't know
if it's been rebuilt. It starts right up, even with the 20 something
degree temps were having here in Indy. The tranny is a 4spd and shifts
through all the gears but it is a bit stiff (I'm guessing due to
limited of use). I've missed a shift once or twice because I didn't
get a gear fully engaged. In the time he owned it he has only replaced
the exhaust and water pump. The tires have plenty of tread but they
have cracking in the side-walls so I'm planning to replace those soon.
I could go on but I thought I would just introduce myself for now and
say hello to the list. I have posted a page with plenty of pictures if
anyone would like to take a peek at the van. Let me know if my $1900
was well spent.
Pics: <http://www.kippert.com/vanagon/>
-Mark
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