Date:         Fri, 17 May 1996 05:43:17 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Raistrick <xi8940@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
Subject:      The Birth of a '75 Garage Bus

do appreicate the info...


Well, i now have a !75! Westy, sitting my yard. Orange. Origionally 
purchased in Canada, now residing in Georgia. I presume it is FI, but, no 
injector body. From the bottom about 6 inches up the sides it is 
fiberglased over. Evil. Poor baby, so much cancer, so little time. looked 
in the front left wheel well, at the sorta sticking up sorta thing, w/ a 
ball joint on end, and is bolted to chassis (donno what else to call 
it..) and it has a (sniffle) rust hole in it. clean through. ack. rust 
all over! oh well, i guess i'll just redo it MY way, versus the more 
expensive resto i had in mind..:)  Didnt have any trouble towing it home, 
except that the dolly refused to pivot properly, and instead the buses 
whells turned..ack..oh well..only problem i now have is how in the world 
to get it in the garage!! <which is slightly UP hill..) maybe i can find 
a blockand tackel to hook to back side of garage.. i would prefer not to 
have to puss it with the jeep, since the bumpers dont quite line up..
oh, while rummaging through the PPO's leftovers, i ran accross a silver 
metal box..with BOSCH on the side, and 'puter equipment in it. it was 
laying on top of the AC/DC switch. i presume it was the FI computer. 
there is, under the bed, more silver metal, that it appears this would 
slide into. havent tried yet.  
How much trouble would it be to convert this to Carb, vs FI? mainly 'csue 
i know of no source for FI parts not affordable anyway..would i have to 
change out the fuel pump(s? seems to bee two lines running to bottom of 
engine, merging into one at top...) would any thing else be affected? i 
plan to start the swap SOON..during the process of writing this message
<which due to server crash took 6 hrs> i got the electrical system awake..

enigne turns over, sounds like good compresssion..so, once the fuel 
system is fixed, it may run.,..hmm! <will change oil first, prolly in 
tranny to, if i have time...btw, the 'frige. its a 12vlt model, according 
to sticker on side...what does it take to turn it one? any idea?


anyway, thanks for the help...

!.........................
                          The not so Keen one
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On Tue, 14 May 1996, Joel Walker wrote:

> owners manual (74 westy) sez:
> 
> length:    177.4 in.
> width:      67.7 in.
> height:     80.0 in. (unladen)
> weight:     3296 lb. (unladen)
> Capacity:   1665 lb. (vehicle capacity weight, less if VW air conditioner
>                       is installed)
> Gross Wt:   4961 lb. (Gross Vehicle Weight)
> 
> hope it helps.
> joel
>