Hey Now!! Hello and good tidings to all you kind vanagon volks!! I am most pleased (and a little afraid) to now call myself one of you. After several years of looking and waiting for just the right one to come along... I finally gave in & bought a Westy. Couldn't stand the thought of another Recycler, and the Furthur Festival is upon us... So I took a deep breath and bought a brown & beige 84 Wolfsburg Westy. My VW mechanic gave it a general inspection before I bought it, and on Monday he goes in deep, and comes up with...my fate. Yes, I'm nervous. I know I'm gambling here. But it's a beautiful bus, interior's in great shape, beds, kitchen, poptop look like they've barely been used. Runs well (so far) except that it misfires a little sometimes... (uhoh) Anyway... I haven't owned a vw since my first car, a LONG time ago, which was a 71 bug. So, I'm gonna need all the help and advise (and good humor) I can get. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Also, I have the John Muir VW book (as I thought I was going to get an aircooled camper, but NOOOOO!), and he suggests the How to Keep Your VW Rabbit Alive for watercooled vanagons, but I can't find it anywhere. Wrote to Muir Pubs. but haven't heard from them either. Does this book exist? Should I just get the Bentley manual?? Am I just in big trouble all the way around?? Someone please tell me I haven't made a huge mistake. (Well, I guess I could always just use it as a guesthouse...) Thanks, :o) Kristin 84 Wolfsburg Westy (Wolfy) |
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