Date:         Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:42:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      Looking at a 84..Advice Needed
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Tuesday nite, my son's 78 bus blew a fuel line...caught fire and was
toasted to a shell. Tomorrow I'm going to look at an 84 GL as a
replacement. The current owner says it has 154k miles on it and he has
recently replaced the heads and gaskets. How many miles do you folks think
a vanagon can go before we have to replace the engine? He's going to be
driving it for at least 3 to 4 round trips to Rochester NY, a distance of
420 miles each way....

We have 4 almost new Michelin 185 Reinforced x 14s from the 78....will they
fit the 84?

Any tips on what to look for when I go and see this van tomorrow?

Was an 84 a good year? Any quirks or problems with 84s?


This will be the first T3 we've owned.....we still have the EuroVan...we
just toasted a bay window...and I've had tons of splitties back in the 70s....


Thanks in advance.


Ric