Date:         Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:35:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
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From:         Karl <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire size question
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HUH? What? Are you making a judgement of something you know nothing
about? Wow.

EVERYTHING SAFETY + MECHANICALLY RELATED WAS REPAIRED, I AM NOT AN IDIOT!
There are ZERO safety issues in this Westy! Leaks have been sealed as
they pop up, the auto trans is the current culprit, a bit of
'wack-a-mole'. It drives as nicely as any Westy you'll find. Front
brakes are now Audi A6.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JD6nnDNE1aT4KRuSA


On 11/17/2024 12:12 PM, David McNeely wrote:
> And tell us again why this vehicle is kept on the road at all?
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM Karl <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
>
>     It's highly unlikely my Westy will ever find its way across the
>     country
>     again, given the current canine family size and the Westy leaking
>     almost
>     every fluid, haha! It's also in the queue for a conversion to mTDI,
>     Syncro manual transmission and Syncro tank in the near future, which
>     will take the mpg to 30-ish and 1000-mile range.
>
>     It isn't a really nice van overall, as it came via the samba from
>     Minnesota where it was exposed to a lot of salt underneath. I had to
>     replace every part of the braking system and many other rusted parts
>     underneath. Some rust in the rockers, hidden by the fiberglass panels.
>     The transmission had a galley plug rusted out, which I discovered
>     when I
>     filled the transmission. That was fixed with a rubber plug and a metal
>     clamp bolted into a nearby bolt hole. The engine had a cobbled
>     together
>     mess of original pipes and undersized patches welded in. The first
>     drive, the oil buzzer came on when hot. At the time a friend who does
>     conversion had a Euro DJ 112i engine he had just pulled from a
>     customer
>     van, available for $600 with wiring harness and ECU so I jumped on it.
>     It will be for sale after the TDI conversion is finished.
>
>
>     On 11/17/2024 7:17 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
>     > Hi Karl and others,
>     >
>     >Â  Â  Â  Â We could search for differences in the vans for days.Â
>     And  state this is not a scientifically valid study. But, to save
>     time.  I agree with that.
>     >
>     > Still, Karl’s van is about the closest I’ll find to compare.
>     >
>     > My less then scientific thinking is that if I’m getting 15 mpg
>     with smaller tires and Karl gets 16.5 or better with larger tires.
>     Then maybe.
>     >
>     > If Karl ran tires smaller his MPG might go down some.  If that
>     is correct.  Maybe increasing my tire diameter to match Karl’s
>     might increase my Mpg some.
>     >
>     > I know we could talk about tire friction, type of roads near
>     Karl and me, and temperature differences, type of gas we put in
>     the tank, and how I weigh more then Karl.
>     >
>     > But, is it kind of possible that there really is something to
>     the wheel diameter and MPG?
>     >
>     > Remember all the 1970 adds telling us to be sure our tires were
>     inflated?  Were they tricking me?  OK they probably were.
>     >
>     > OK, the tire inflation might be about friction not diameter of
>     tire, they didn’t say.
>     >
>     > I think the solution is that Karl should drive over here to VT
>     and we do a drive side by side with the vans, then we switch
>     wheels and do it again.  Both at the same time of day, gas from
>     the same station, and the vans matched for weight.
>     >
>     > No bra on either van, same mirrors, same wax on the body.
>     >
>     > We can do this!
>     >
>     > Karl, we can do it before West River Westies July 2025.
>     >
>     > And your van sounds nice.  How did you ever end up with that
>     engine? I only recently learned about those European versions of
>     our water boxers.
>     >
>     > Eric
>     >
>     >
>     >> On Nov 17, 2024, at 2:26 AM, Karl Mullendore
>     <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Other factors are mine is a Multivan poptop, at 4300 feet, and
>     a good running
>     >> 112i with factory Digijet, totally stock except for the 4-hole
>     injectors. You
>     >> have a slightly larger engine at sea level running GW's
>     whatever they threw
>     >> together which may or may not achieve as good mileage ever.
>     >> Karl
>