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Date:         Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:34:32 -0600
Reply-To:     ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
Comments: To: dart330@GMAIL.COM
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV>Great to have&nbsp;you back, Nathan.&nbsp; Good idea to switch over to the FAS cooler.&nbsp;&nbsp;You might think about&nbsp;installing headlight relays to take some of the load off your headlight switch, and be ready if you want to upgrade the&nbsp;headlights (now or in the future).</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Dave B.&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px 0px"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">On 02/23/14, <SPAN>Nathan Wood&lt;dart330@GMAIL.COM&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">Hello list,<BR><BR>I have been away from the Vanagon community for some time. I joined back in<BR>2001 when I picked up an 85 Westy. Since then I also had an 87 Syncro and<BR>an 82 Westy all of which I had to sell due to 2 job relocations.<BR><BR>Things have settled down and I recently picked up a 90 Carat Automatic for<BR>a project vehicle. I believe I am the 3rd owner. The last one purchased it<BR>in 1998 and only drove it 7k miles in 14 years. It is pretty much bone<BR>stock with 125k miles, even has the factory radio. My plan is to simply fix<BR>all the little broken stuff and do as much preventative maintenance as<BR>possible so we can take it camping and hit the VW shows. This is my first<BR>automatic, so that in itself is a bit of a new adventure.<BR><BR>So far I have done the tires (proper Hankooks), shocks (Bilstein HD), rear<BR>hatch struts, and am fixing all the various lights that aren't working due<BR>to burnt out bulbs or rusted out housings. I have it at the local shop<BR>right now getting the ATF &amp; diff fluids changed along with the Foreign Auto<BR>Supply transmission cooler being installed.<BR><BR>The next big thing for me to tackle is the dash removal as the front blower<BR>fan is inoperable. This is a first for me, as I never had this problem on<BR>my previous Vanagons. I have read through the step-by-step on Ben's website<BR>and I don't think I will have too much trouble.<BR><BR>My question is what is the exhaustive list of things that need to be<BR>replaced while the dash is out? So far I have:<BR><BR>Blower Fan<BR>Heater Core<BR>Heater Core Valve<BR>Heater Box Clips<BR>Ignition Switch<BR>Brake Master Cylinder (no clutch MC since it is an auto)<BR>Wiper Motor<BR><BR>Is there anything else I should tackle if I plan to drive this for the next<BR>5-10 years? I don't want to have to do this more than once.<BR><BR>Thanks for the help! It is great to be driving a Vanagon once again.<BR><BR>Nathan,<BR>Now in OKC.<BR></DIV></div>


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