Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:40:00 -0400
Reply-To: JOHN LAUTERBACH <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
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From: JOHN LAUTERBACH <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
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Dennis, thank you for asking. My receipt from Raffield Tire Masters in Macon reads "205/70R14 GENERAL RT43". John
> On 04/17/2021 10:22 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Are those 205/70-14 XL rated? Load index 98? If not you have the wrong tires.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of JOHN LAUTERBACH
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 10:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
>
> After giving my Son another lesson this morning, I headed off to my FL home. Kept on US 23 most of the way, but did have to do a stretch om I95 south of Jacksonville. I had new tires (205 70 R14) put on Thursday to make sure tires would sustain highway driving.
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> > On 04/16/2021 6:22 PM JOHN LAUTERBACH <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thank you, Ken, for the history. After my '84 was gone, I missed having a Vanagon. I needed one with a manual transmission so I could teach my Son how to drive stick-shift. Even though he (as well as my former stepson) work for a high-end new car dealer, he hadn't been trained on the job. He got his first lesson last night. He will get another lesson tonight.
> >
> > I still have a number of parts around for an '84 if anyone is interested.
> >
> > John
> > > On 04/16/2021 5:12 PM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I can go even farther back. I believe this is the van I sold to
> > > Steve a few years back that he was going to do a Subaru conversion
> > > on. I bought it from a local couple that used it lightly and took
> > > good care of it. At 120k miles they thought it was worn out even
> > > though it was in very good condition. They sold it to me and I sold
> > > it to a crazy Russian guy who wanted to use it in his painting
> > > business. He drove the wheels off of it from New York City to
> > > Florida, back and forth for the next several years until he
> > > virtually wore it out. Once he got to that point, he asked if I
> > > wanted it, so I bought it back again. The engine was bad, so I
> > > advertised it with a bad motor and a guy from Chicago wanted it and
> > > bought it sight unseen. The transport company sent another crazy
> > > Russian driver to come and pick it up for transport, and even though
> > > it had no tags or insurance and was running on 3 cylinders, he
> > > walked to my shop and drove it back a mile to the transporter and delivered it to Chicago. I think that is where John picked it up.
> > >
> > > So I have owned that van twice. John let me know when you are ready
> > > to sell it back to me again. :-)
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 4:49 PM JOHN LAUTERBACH
> > > <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank you, Dennis. You are correct. The '84 you helped me with
> > > > is no more.
> > > >
> > > > > On 04/16/2021 4:40 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Refresh my memory. Was it you that I had visited many years ago
> > > > > and
> > > > diagnosed the failed intake valve keeper. That was long before
> > > > 2019 so not this van.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dennis
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf
> > > > > Of
> > > > JOHN LAUTERBACH
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 4:35 PM
> > > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > > > Subject: Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the story on the Vanagon.
> > > > >
> > > > > I purchased it in May 2019 from a gentleman in Chicaogo, IL I
> > > > > had it
> > > > shipped in an enclosed van (Montway). After I had driven the van
> > > > a few miles, I realized that brake lines were leaking so I had AAA
> > > > take it to European Auto Clinic here in Macon. All brake lines
> > > > and components had to be replaced, including master cylinder. I
> > > > then had to have the power steering rack replaced as well as the
> > > > clutch slave cylinder. Van then went to Troopers Collision here
> > > > in Macon. They installed the GoWesty bumpers and repaired the
> > > > rear lock on the sliding door. The top screw that holds the latch
> > > > to the door frame had been stripped out of the threaded hole in the door. The latch was swiveling on the bottom screw until repaired.
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 04/16/2021 12:38 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi John,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Great to hear about your progress.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What lines were repaired?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What was wrong with the slider latch?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Keep us posted on updates and adventures.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Eric Caron
> > > > > > 85 GL Auto
> > > > > > Really coming together now!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Apr 16, 2021, at 11:47 AM, JOHN LAUTERBACH <
> > > > john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My '91 Subie Vanagon has spent the past six months at shops
> > > > > > > here in
> > > > Macon, GA, getting repairs to hydraulic lines completed, new
> > > > GoWesty plate-steel bumpers installed, and getting the rear door
> > > > latch on the sliding door remounted. Yesterday, I had four new
> > > > 205 R 14 tires installed and oil and filter changed at one of the
> > > > Raffield tire stores here in Macon. My Son provided a new
> > > > battery. I also had him out last night giving him a lesson on how
> > > > to drive stick-shift. I am driving back to Deland, FL, home tomorrow.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Next step is to find body shop that can repair extensive
> > > > > > > body rust
> > > > and repaint the van.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > John
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ken Wilford
> > > John 3:16
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