Date:         Mon, 4 Apr 2011 18:40:26 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: back on the road
Comments: To: "Higginbotham, David A." <dhigginbotham@HAZENANDSAWYER.COM>
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  I just brought two WC Vanagons back to life that had been instorage
for 10 years and not even turned over. Procedures to get the AC Vanagon
up and running would be similar.

Other list members have givenyou pretty good advice. The one thing I
would add would be to look out for  the injectors. On both of my 2.1L
WBX engines the injecters were locked with fuel varnish and the engine
wouldn't start. I sent the injectors from all three of my vans  out for
servicing with this outfit:

  http://www.cruzinperformance.com/

I got good service from them on all three sets.

Check them out on line. There are other service companies but this is
the one I used.

John



> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.comVolks,
>
> It has been several years since I lurked on the list and unfortunately it has also been several years since I cranked my van. It has been sheltered since 2006 and nothing special was done to it when it went in the shelter. It has simply been sitting. To quote a Doc Watson tune, "life gets tedious sometimes". So.... Other than the obvious battery charge/replace, what would you folks advise I do to the thing before I try to crank it, if anything? It is an 82 aircooled, stock, no engine mods.
>
> Thanks,
> David Higginbotham
> 82 Westfalia
> Silk Hope, NC
>
>