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Date:         Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:05:05 -0500
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From:         tbill <tbill@startext.net>
Subject:      VANAGON FOR SALE? HELP!

Oh, no! Are curcumstances forcing me to sell my beloved Camper? I love my '83, water tight camper. It has 135k, on it's second engine (email me for sad story about how the first met its end), has a top speed on the level, no tail wind, no drafting of 83 mph. But because of wierd problem #2, I think I will have to sell it. Please send comments and suggestions!

Weird problem #1. When the wheater is warm, turn the key...and no starter. Checked the usual: starter and switch fine. Can start it by crawling under wit a screw driver on the terminals. Mechanic puts a booster on the starter and it works for a while. I take it back and tell him to fix it or put a aux starter button on it. He does the later and the problem is rendered moot.

Weird problem #2: Intermitantly hard to start. I run 2 batteries. Rarely starts on main battery even tho engine cranks just fine. No firing at all. Spark OK, therefore... Put the battery on both, fires up. Usually. Sometimes takes me 15 minutes to start it. If that happens the reason is that it is flooded. When engine is warm, best to open throtle all the way to disable cold start injecter before cranking.

All the mechanics I've talked to in the Ft. Worth, TX area say take it to Tim's German Auto, he's the only one who really knows VWs. (I had been avoiding Tim because he is supper expensive) Tim says sounds like an injector problem, and those problems are very expensive. Suggests I put a carburetor on it. Anyone ever done this?

Call a guy who sells the kits. He says don't because I'll never be able to get an inspection sticker in the Metroplex. (We are under strick EPA rules). Seems if you start with fuel injection you have to stay with it. I'm stumped.

Suggestions, offers?

TBill


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