Date:         Thu, 5 Mar 2020 01:56:26 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Is the Vanagon drive able with dash and cluster removed?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com>
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 David, I've read many of your suggestions and advice on the Facebook Vanagon Owners Group site.  Man, your experience and knowledge and practicality is just...so wonderful.  And you so willingly provide this for free.  As well as here on the Vanagon List, for years and years.  Well done!  Thanks again so much, from me and thousands of others.  You have fixed a multitude of Vanagon issues, saved us tons of money and frustration, got things figured out even when the experts could not....yeah man.

Yes, you are for sure the Electrical Vanagon Guru, and a lot more.  Again, well done.  Thanks.

Rich
San Diego

    On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 5:21:55 PM PST, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Thanks David!

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 5:36 PM David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Is the Vanagon drive able with dash and cluster removed?
> To: Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 4:08 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can I drive this beast down the road to the paint shop with the dash out
> > and cluster out?
> >
>
> Sure, no sweat.  But your alternator won't charge unless you make special
> arrangements, so the easy thing to do is just plug the panel back in and
> have all the mod cons except for radio and heat.
>
> The column won't be up to having you haul yourself up into the cab by the
> steering wheel, but it's perfectly fine for steering with power steering
> and usable for non-power.  I've done both.  Make sure the bolts are tight
> including the ones attaching the upper mounting straps the the body metal,
> for better rigidity.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>