Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:44:32 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: List member saves the day Sometimes just a bit of luck!
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Loving the expertise shared
Thank you
On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> So for this event here are the symptoms,
>
> Engine cranking vigorously, suspect low compression blues,
> Multiple starting attempts. I smelled gasoline.
>
> My actions:
> Lift coil wire from distributor. Check for spark while cranking. Spark
> very healthy.
> Gave thought to excess fuel, engine flooded?
> Temp 2 sensor easiest to check. Bad connection or open ground ECU thinks
> it is trying to start engine at -40F. Lots of fuel.
> Temp 2 connector was cracked, in really bad shape, suspect some corrosion.
> Reseated connector multiple times to wide contacts.
> Tried starting again, it was trying, held throttle open and it cleared the
> flooding and started. A lot of white smoke from the excess fuel.
>
> They got to drive it home.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Roger
> Whittaker
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: List member saves the day
>
> Dear Engine Running
>
> From what I know about working on the VW engine - I have had a 1970/71 a
> 1985 and our beloved 1989 OEM 5 speed Diesel - Dennis went into the engine
> bay and quietly said the VW Prayer - Then spread the Magic VW Go Powder in
> a fine mist throughout.
>
> For those who do not know the VW Prayer it goes like this
>
> Himmlischer Vater
>
> Who art in Westfalia
>
> Hollowed be thy Combi
>
>
> Thy Driving Holiday Comes
>
> Thy will be done
>
> On the highway as it is in the Camping spot
>
> Give us our daily Millage
>
> And forgive us our missed maintenance
>
> As Thy Holy Bentley is yet to arrive
>
> Forgive those who took our money and gave us poor repairs
>
> As we forgive those to whom we took free advice from around the campfire.
>
> Lead us not into tempting High speed Freeway Traffic but onto Blue
> Highways only
>
> And Deliver us from Evil by having our AAA GOLD RV PREMIUM card always at
> the ready
>
> Or when Off Road, A Knowledgeable Olde Timey VW guy or gal who already
> knows Thy Holy Bentley
>
> Amen
>
> With no disrespect meant to practicing Christians, Christians who need no
> further practice because they already got it right, or those who seek to
> find offence in anything they have not thought of their selfs or have been
> too weirded out to put pen to paper -
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:31 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > OK listers,
> >
> > What do you think Dennis did in that engine compartment that resulted
> > in the van starting?
> >
> > Pretty sure it is a stock 84.
> >
> >
> > Eric Caron
> > > On Jul 31, 2024, at 11:2
> >
> > > 3 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > It was my privilege to be able to help someone out.
> > > It takes some guts to get into a 40 year old vehicle and not only
> > > drive
> > it far from home but to also live in it.
> > > Most "classic" vehicles get trailered to shows.
> > > Regardless of whet we drive, there are times we all need some help
> > > and
> > somehow our community is often there to help.
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of
> > Eric Caron
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:26 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: List member saves the day
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I host a VW bus campout each year.
> > >
> > > This message came to me today.
> > > Guess who saved the day? And guess what he did to the van that got
> > > it
> > running?
> > >
> > > I thought I share.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > Hi Eric and Heidi:
> > >
> > > Thanks again for a great West River Westies weekend. Hard to believe
> > we’ve had Wiffle since 1994 and only started coming down to Townsend a
> > handful of years ago. Better late than never!
> > >
> > > After reading your recent Wrap Up, I thought I’d share a little
> > > about
> > our Vanagon adventure.
> > >
> > > Wiffle is a faded yellow ’84 Westy (hence the nickname bestowed on
> > > it
> > several years ago at West River by the regulars from Northampton for
> > its uncanny resemblance to a Wiffle Ball bat). It’s an understatement
> > to say it’s been a little balky the last several years.
> > >
> > > We had to have it towed to a shop after it came out of storage in
> > > early
> > spring. It started on the first turn of the key but then had no
> > further interest in starting. It took not one, but two visits to the
> > shop before it finally seemed to be back in good health, fortunately
> > just in time for West River Westies. Unfortunately, it refused to
> > start again on the Wednesday of what we have taken to calling
> Vanagonpalooza week.
> > >
> > > Because it was cranking strong (and because I’m mechanically
> > > clueless),
> > I thought maybe I’d just been flooding it, so I gave it another shot
> > on Thursday. After predictably running the battery down, we
> > successfully jumped it and thought we were set for West River.
> > >
> > > Alas, it failed to start again on Friday morning.
> > >
> > > At lunchtime Friday, I tried for a Hail Mary and, lo and behold, the
> > > bus
> > fired up. We decided it was meant to be and so with Wiffle running, we
> > decided to risk it and drive both the VW and our car to Townsend. The
> > thought was, if Wiffle gave up the ghost, we’d just offload everything
> > into the car, have the bus towed to the shop, pitch our tent at Bald
> > Mountain, and enjoy the weekend.
> > >
> > > The good news is that Wiffle purred like a kitten on the entire
> > > 100-mile
> > drive, and we had a great weekend – despite the West River water
> > level. ;-)
> > >
> > > The bad news is that when we packed up to leave on Sunday morning
> > > and I
> > hopped nervously behind the wheel, the bus cranked and cranked but was
> > back to showing no interest in starting.
> > >
> > > The best news is the West River Westies community saved the day!
> > >
> > > We were minutes from calling for a tow when a fellow in the huge RV
> > > next
> > to us, hearing the fruitless cranking, wandered over and offered to
> > take a look. It didn’t take him more than five minutes to ferret out
> > the problem – a faulty temperature sensor. Don’t ask me what he did in
> > the engine bay (remember, I’m mechanically inept), but when he sent me
> > back to the driver’s seat and told me to try again, Wiffle fired right
> > up. It purred the entire two-hour drive home.
> > >
> > > It turns out the fellow from our neighboring RV with the magic touch
> > > was
> > Dennis Haynes of Dennis’ VW Service in Bohemia, NY. He gave us a
> > business card with the slogan, “I can fix what others can’t!”
> > >
> > > As they say, “It’s not bragging if it’s true.”
> >
>
>
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