Date:         Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:08:47 -0500
Reply-To:     "John H. Lauterbach" <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
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From:         "John H. Lauterbach" <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
Organization: Lauterbach & Associates, LLC
Subject:      Re: The joy of driving is back!  1991 Vanagon GL with 1995 Subie
              2.2L              engine
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Thank you very much.  It is not ready for the the 350-mile road trip (each way)
I do a couple of times a month.  My car still makes that trip.  John
On Tue, 2019-11-19 at 22:40 +0000, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:
> Glad your on the road, at last.  I know the feeling.Dave B.
> -----Original Message-----From: John H. Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>To
> : vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>Sent: Tue, Nov 19, 2019 3:08 pmSubject:
> The joy of driving is back! 1991 Vanagon GL with 1995 Subie 2.2L engine
> Last Spring, based on pictures and conversations with the seller, I purchased
> a1991 Vanagon GL with 1995 Subie 2.2L engine and Kennedy Engineering
> conversionkit. A major factor in purchasing this van was that it had the 4-
> speed manualtransmission and not an automatic. When I got the van, I found
> that the brakeswere weak, and one of the right rear brake cylinder sprung a
> leak. The only shopin town that would take the van was European Auto Clinic.
> Josef and his team hadthe van for most of the summer replacing every part of
> the braking systemincluding the master cylinder. Once I had the van back, the
> power steering racksprung a major leak. So back to Josef for a new power
> steering rack.
> Then, with the help of my Son (works in the parts department of the local
> BMWdealer), we got enough of the electrical bugs worked out to get all the
> lightsworking except for the license plate light. I also had to replace the
> hosebetween the expansion tank and the overflow tank. Since then, I have been
> usingthe van for around-town driving, including trips 20-mile trips on I-75
> and otherhighways. One advantage of the Subie engine is that the van can move
> out of itsown way without two-feet on the accelerator pedal. Much work still
> needs to bedone before I turn it over to a body shop for complete exterior
> restoration.
> John in Macon, GA