Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:19:54 -0700
Reply-To: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
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From: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
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Thanks to all who have contributed all that excellent knowledge. I am
resolved to sell the van and determined to have no regrets even though I'm
sorry that van ownership didn't work out for me. I so wish that some kind of
Vanagon equivalent was still being made so that I could own a newer one that
wouldn't take so much special care to maintain. There is just nothing else
out there compares to waking up in the bush while enclosed in your tiny,
perfect Vanagon. In any case, I really don't want to see another fixable van
go to the wreckers.
SOOOO . . .
I will take some photos today and then list it on Samba and on the Seattle
and the Vancouver, BC Craigslist. I'll be asking $2500, which is a little
less than Scott suggested, but I do want it gone and will settle for
whatever comes along, if it's a good home.
If anyone on the list is interested, you can contact me directly at
pmsloan@shaw.ca .
Thanks a lot people. I have learned a lot and laughed even more in the year
I've been a list member.
Cheers, Pat
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From: VWBrain@aol.com [mailto:VWBrain@aol.com]
Sent: October 19, 2010 6:42 AM
To: pmsloan@SHAW.CA; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
In a message dated 10/17/2010 12:18:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pmsloan@SHAW.CA writes:
guess I don't have Vanagon Syndrome if that only occurs on '86 or older.
What it is doing is having great difficulty starting and when driven in the
city (stop and go traffic) it begins to surge and then cough after about 20
minutes driving. Eventually it coughs and won't restart. Sometimes it will
start again after resting for about 1/2 hour. Other times, it gets towed to
a garage for whatever. Right now it is parked on the street in front of my
apt building. It only starts after great difficulty and when/if it does, it
now makes a screeching noise that sound like a bad fan belt to me.
All this in spite of a new battery and ignition switch, as well as
considerable rewiring. I'm told that more rewiring is needed. There is also
a complete new fuel delivery system from new gas tank, lines, pump, filter
and injectors.
hello Pat with the CIS system it wont have the vannie problem. the CIS
wasn't a really great system, when it was right it worked good, I noticed
no mention of the warm up regulator. Has a fuel pressure gage been set up
on it and left over nite?? this system should hold pressure at about 35 psi
over nite. runs at about 65 psi , the CSI system is a PITA to trouble
shoot and some parts are NLA . I much rather have digi systems . later
mark d
