yes.. definitely to have a spare pump.. I had my share of same story but without the spare pump... :-) On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:44 PM, david hardy <david@planetmind.net> wrote: > Just wanted to pass along a little advice to anyone doing long trips to > remote places in a > Vanagon...Last week we were about halfway through a 1200 mile trip through > Colorado and Utah - > just south of Natural Bridges National Monument on Rt 261, to be exact. > The Westy was running > great, not even a hiccup...when it suddenly wouldn't accelerate. I just > couldn't get the engine > to rev. Coasted to a turn-off - middle of nowhere, of course - where it > just died. I know my way > around the wasserboxer pretty well, so I got underneath and felt/listened > for the fuel pump > while the wife turned the ignition on/off - sure enough, it wasn't coming > on - then it did, but > just made a sick, gurgly buzz. About 20 or so years ago, I had pulled the > fuel pump off an old > fuel-injected Type II bus I was parting out, figuring "someday this is > gonna save my butt", and > sure enough... So 15 minutes later we were back on the road, cruising > through some of the most > amazing - and desolate - terrain in the country. > > Moral of the story: carry a spare fuel pump, and learn how to replace it > (it's easy). You can > get an after-market one for $50 on ebay - but you'll be waiting at least a > couple days (and pay > many times that) for a parts store to get one in most places. Another good > spare to carry is a > distributor, since it can also strand you (and also easy to replace). > Those are a little > pricier, though. > > David > -- > |
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