Date:         Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:40:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Mark Schrope <mschrope@VIMS.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Schrope <mschrope@VIMS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Potential New Survey [LONG!]
Comments: To: Dave <dave@v-dub.musa.com>
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Dave-

Thanks for offering to host the survey.  I was thinking that, in the
interest of trimming down the volume of things to deal with, we might want
to stay away from items which are considered basic maintenance and should
be replaced regularly anyway-  like plugs, plug wires, dist/rotor, battery,
O2 sensor, etc.  And things which are not "life threatening" like the
muffler/tailpipe and the bumper.  Just a thought, though that stuff
wouldn't hurt anything.  I would say that the best bet would be year Van
and diesel , gas, or gas+sychro and the mileage where signs of failure
began, as some of us are a bit slow on actual replacement.  As far as the
webpage goes, it might be good to have the option at each component of
saying whether the original is still there, or you just don't know when it
was replaced.  As far as components and systems, I couldn't think of
anything you missed.

Mark



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Mark Schrope
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
PO Box 1346
Route 1208, Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
(804)684-7220 [office]   (804)684-7675 or 7007    [labs]
(804)684-7250 [fax]
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