I've started an excel spread sheet list of 'failure modes and things to check on water-cooled vanagons' ... will cover gas and diesel, divided into Electrical , brakes/wheels/tires ...General Service ....Operator Awareness and so on. in 15 minutes I have 50 things listed ...either things I see commonlynot working , or not working right, or needing inspection and service . there will be many entries eventually. for example...here are 14 quick entries for Electrical ......only spent a few minutes on it. and just the tip of the iceberg really. It's like that throughout the entire vehicle .. theya are 25 + old after all, and just VW's at that ... there..just thought of another one ...ignition switchtired/wonky. ELECTRICAL remove front turn sig lenses, empty out water treat front turn sig contacts for corrosion dielectric grease, elec contact clnr, WD-40 Battery acid under battery battery cleaner acid neutralizer Acid neutralizer, metal treatment, paint Corroded / loose battery cable terminals Battery acid neutralizer low battery water all exterior running lights, license light commonly out poor contact where wires plug onto lic plate lights poor head light aiming corrosioninside of sealed bean head lights cracked glass lens, moisture/water inside light corrosion at headlight connections weak grounds for head lights, above fuse box badly corroded rear side marker lightsockets damaged T14 connector at instrument cluster always treat with WD or something on assembly
On 4/21/2013 9:54 AM, Jeremy Stovin wrote: > I love my Westy. But the more I read these posts of all the trials and tribulations, it makes me nervous that Lola seems to be running great. Is it just a matter of time? Am I missing something? > > Paranoia is setting in. > > Jeremy and Lola ('87 Westy) > > Sent from my iPad |
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