Date:         Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:45:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday: Why no EuroVan Maintenance Posts?
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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Hi,
my 25 cents worth -
I always thought 'gerryvanagon' was about vanagons excusively, and I beleive
it is.

Wetwesties - Eurovans show up there a little, and air-cooled Buses, since
that is about people and the VW vans that camp, whether Old Bus, Vanagon, or
Eurovan.

there is a yahoo group for 93 Eurovans.
get on that one.

the 'other reason' is .......
the common early 93 and five cylinders Eurovans 'are weird.'
I'm slowly learning my way around one I bought dead for next to nothing.
They are not easy to work on, not all commpared to a Vanagon anyway.
They are not reliable particularily.
I know of two cases of $ 15,000 being spent in repairs on early Eurovan
within about only two years, and then they gave up on them.
That's why you find early vanagons around for almost nothing.
Especially auto trans ones, which I belive most are.  I believe those are
not such great transmissions, and very costly to replace.

I belive the later VR6  Eurvoans  are much better. They are also more like a
modern car, pretty complex and high tech.
Bottom line though, early Eurovans are kinda 'nightmare' vehciles.
Just the other day a guy wrote 'I rue the day I first laid eyes on that red
Eurovan.'

Btw.......anybody got a good used ECU for a 93 Eurovan ? I need one.
thanks,
Scott
www.turbovans.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:20 AM
Subject: Friday: Why no EuroVan Maintenance Posts?


I do believe that this is to be a Vanagon AND EuroVan e-community. No?

So

 why are there no EuroVan posts
like: What tires? My fridge wont work? New oversize brakes?
Headlight replacement? NLA parts? Engine conversions? Tranny
rebuilds? 1001 Upgrades? Rusted head-bolts?? EuroVan Rescue-Squad??
 Rust?

This is a serious question. Is it just that EuroVans are
newer or are EuroVans so much more trouble free? Is there another
exclusively EuroVan list/site some place
Malcolm

( T5
 camper advert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2n2LtgPww )