Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:35:18 -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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You read too much into every word. Or you just have some looney axe to
grind against me, for which I say 'bugger off' although I am thinking
much harsher words. 😛
Let me try again:
THIS VAN IS NOT A RUST BUCKET. Yes, it does have minor rust in the
rockers and a few seams. Most Vanagons east of the Rockies do. I've
owned in excess of 40 Vanagons and have worked on them since 1982
professionally so I think 'I know a thing or two'.
NOW I plan to "push it off on someone"? HUH??? What the H E
doubletoothpicks are you talking about? I HAVE ZERO PLANS TO SELL IT.
I've had several sets of friends borrow it for events and one for a
2-month PNW explorative trip and ALL LOVED IT and said it was one of the
best driving Westies they've driven. 😛
On 11/17/2024 1:06 PM, David McNeely wrote:
> I don't "know nothing about" your van "at all."Â I know what you told
> me. Safety aside, for reason of the things you described, I would not
> (and would not have from the beginning) kept (or acquired in the first
> place) the vehicle. That you did and plan to push it to someone else
> is YOUR action. Mine would be different.
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM Karl <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> >Â Â Â It's highly unlikely my Westy will ever find its way across the
> >Â Â Â country
> >Â Â Â again, given the current canine family size and the Westy
> leaking
> >Â Â Â almost
> >Â Â Â every fluid, haha! It's also in the queue for a conversion
> to mTDI,
> >Â Â Â Syncro manual transmission and Syncro tank in the near
> future, which
> >Â Â Â will take the mpg to 30-ish and 1000-mile range.
> >
> >Â Â Â It isn't a really nice van overall, as it came via the samba
> from
> >Â Â Â Minnesota where it was exposed to a lot of salt underneath.
> I had to
> >Â Â Â replace every part of the braking system and many other
> rusted parts
> >Â Â Â underneath. Some rust in the rockers, hidden by the
> fiberglass panels.
> >Â Â Â The transmission had a galley plug rusted out, which I
> discovered
> >Â Â Â when I
> >Â Â Â filled the transmission. That was fixed with a rubber plug
> and a metal
> >Â Â Â clamp bolted into a nearby bolt hole. The engine had a cobbled
> >Â Â Â together
> >Â Â Â mess of original pipes and undersized patches welded in. The
> first
> >Â Â Â drive, the oil buzzer came on when hot. At the time a friend
> who does
> >Â Â Â conversion had a Euro DJ 112i engine he had just pulled from a
> >Â Â Â customer
> >Â Â Â van, available for $600 with wiring harness and ECU so I
> jumped on it.
> >Â Â Â It will be for sale after the TDI conversion is finished.
> >
> >
> >Â Â Â On 11/17/2024 7:17 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
> >Â Â Â > Hi Karl and others,
> >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.
> >Â Â Â >
> >   > Still, Karl’s van is about the closest I’ll find to compare.
> >Â Â Â >
> >   > My less then scientific thinking is that if I’m getting 15 mpg
> >Â Â Â with smaller tires and Karl gets 16.5 or better with larger
> tires.
> >Â Â Â Then maybe.
> >Â Â Â >
> >   > If Karl ran tires smaller his MPG might go down some. If
> that
> >   is correct. Maybe increasing my tire diameter to match Karl’s
> >Â Â Â might increase my Mpg some.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > I know we could talk about tire friction, type of roads near
> >Â Â Â Karl and me, and temperature differences, type of gas we put in
> >Â Â Â the tank, and how I weigh more then Karl.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > But, is it kind of possible that there really is something to
> >Â Â Â the wheel diameter and MPG?
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > Remember all the 1970 adds telling us to be sure our tires
> were
> >   inflated? Were they tricking me? OK they probably were.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > OK, the tire inflation might be about friction not diameter of
> >   tire, they didn’t say.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > I think the solution is that Karl should drive over here to VT
> >Â Â Â 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
> >Â Â Â the same station, and the vans matched for weight.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > No bra on either van, same mirrors, same wax on the body.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > We can do this!
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > Karl, we can do it before West River Westies July 2025.
> >Â Â Â >
> >   > And your van sounds nice. How did you ever end up with that
> >Â Â Â engine? I only recently learned about those European versions of
> >Â Â Â our water boxers.
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â > Eric
> >Â Â Â >
> >Â Â Â >
> >   >> On Nov 17, 2024, at 2:26 AM, Karl Mullendore
> >Â Â Â <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote:
> >Â Â Â >>
> >Â Â Â >> Other factors are mine is a Multivan poptop, at 4300
> feet, and
> >Â Â Â a good running
> >Â Â Â >> 112i with factory Digijet, totally stock except for the
> 4-hole
> >Â Â Â injectors. You
> >Â Â Â >> have a slightly larger engine at sea level running GW's
> >Â Â Â whatever they threw
> >Â Â Â >> together which may or may not achieve as good mileage ever.
> >Â Â Â >> Karl
> >
>
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