Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:15:44 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Think The Vanagon Battery Can Be A Pain To Get To?
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I have a 92 Eurovan manual trans, MV poptop.
I'm sure it's a learning process like anything..
and ..
unlike a vanagon compared to all VW's that proceeded the vanagon ..
a Eurovan is a nightmare to work on.
Probably tolerable after learning them.
They may be safer crash wise ( which I am sure is a lot of the thinking
behind the front engine FWD design ) ..
and more aerodynamic, and more modern tech ..
but they are not home-tech friendly at all, near as I can so far.
my EV is for sale too...that bright turquoise color .
If it was a typical automatic trans non-poptop in a dull color, I never
would have got it in the first place.
Right near the late 80's ..into the early 90's cars are not that bad
generally ..
after that they just get more stuff packed in ..
more complicated and crazier.
that's another great thing about vanagons .
nice level of technology ..
sure knock sensor ignition would be nice....distributor less ignition ....
sequential fuel injection, and air mass meter..
all that would be nice.
90's era EFI in Subaru is not bad really .....I even have a plan to run a
waterboxer on Subaru EFI someday .
Not impossible I'm sure.
Megasquirt is a possibility too.
what fun !
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Think The Vanagon Battery Can Be A Pain To Get To?
> It's true, many things on the Vanagon are pretty easy to work on. I
> thought I would want to upgrade to a Eurovan until I worked on a
> friend's. My 2002 Golf TDI is mostly much harder to work on than the
> 85 Gti it replaced which was harder than the '79 Scirocco it replaced
> which was harder than the '77 Rabbit of my then GF that I worked
> on. Those 1st gen A series cars were pretty friendly for most things
> that I remember.
> Edward
>
> At 12:51 PM 10/1/2011, you wrote:
>>It is not just VW. The newer the car the less room there is to do
>>anything to it. Try changing spark plugs on a 99 Subaru Outback with
>>DOHC 2.5 engine. I only work on cars for family and friends but plenty
>>of times what I think should be a simple job turns out to be a
>>nightmare, regardless of brand. When I hear people complain of the
>>difficulty of doing a lot of Vanagon repairs I wonder what they are
>>comparing it to. Older VWs?
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>J Stewart wrote:
>>>Try pulling the battery from a New Beetle! Just had to pull the
>>>(dead) battery out my daughter's New Beetle, every time I touch
>>>that car I lose a little more respect for Volkswagen. Then to top
>>>it off, the sliding door on my Vanagon (had to open it to get my
>>>tools) starts acting up, not closing, just bounces back open
>>>instead of latching. I think I may just go back to bed.... Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Jeff Stewart
