I'd say that the VANAGON is no easier to maintain than any other German car made in the 80's. They all used BOSCH fuel injection & ignition components and BEHR cooling components. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com Did you try to call & I did not answer? I apologize but I never answer numbers I don't recognize because I'm tired of sales people trying to sell me life insurance, health insurance, Obama insurance, merchant services, very expensive money and the latest, greatest "guaranteed to make millions" investment. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of raceingcajun Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 11:24 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Random Thoughts on Vanagon Maintenance I would think the ease of maintenance goes back to one of Hitler's the ordinal requirements: "that the car must be simple enough for the average German to maintain it. I guess that mind set carried over to the Type II and so on. And then we had the "American-anation" and EPA beginning in the early seventies......75 MPH Interstate speeds, pull a trailer or boat running an A/C, with Mom, Dad, and 2.3 kids and a dog in the back seat of your 5 MPH bumper Super Beatle. I for one long for the 40 HP regular gas 6 volt 62 Type I dirty air days. Just an old fart Howard
>Subject: Random Thoughts on Vanagon Maintenance
> > In looking back over work that I have done myself, I realized that > these vans are really pretty easy to work on. On the engine the things > that wear out the quickest and are likely to give trouble are itms > mounted on top of the engine where there is significant ease of > access. A/C Compressor, Water Pump, Fuel Injectors, Fuel Rails, all > lines and hoses, coil, distributor, alternator, P/S pump, Air Flow > Meter, ISV - all of it right on top, easy to get to! Then there is > the power steering rack up front. Not the easiest job in the world, > but easy enough. Tie rod ends - easy peasy. Front brakes and rotors > and bearings - easy as pie, Service/replace CV joints - also relatively easy. > > It's an easy machine to work on Volkz! |
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