Date:         Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:43:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: DreamCatcher
Subject:      Re: Buying a vanagon??? What do I look for?  (Or,
              for you English professors, For what do I look?)
Comments: To: "M.R. Nimmo" <mrnimmo@YAHOO.COM>
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What you should do is to go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/buyers.txt and download Tobin Copley's
Buyer's Checklist.  It has almost everything that you need to know.

Jim Arnott
WetWesties
Union, OR

M.R. Nimmo wrote:
>
> OK guys.  I'm taking the plunge again on Saturday.
> Maybe.  Found a neat Wolfsburg for the right price,
> but.....
>
> The owner is now hedging concerning overheating.
> First he said it did not overheat, and that he had
> head work done not that long ago.  (The guy is 72 and
> occasionally loses his stream of thought.  Talked
> amost 45 minutes about a business trip to Iowa which
> had nothing to do with the van.)  He now says the
> thing always ran hot when the A/C was on.
>
> What should I look for in this vanagon?  I understand
> that 1/2 to 3/4 is normal for the water temp.  Ron's
> page said to let it idle for approx 30 min and my
> mechanic says take on the interstate and run it at 65
> for a while also.  I plan on doing a compression test
> also.  Anything else I should look for?  (Rear heater
> core was replaced some time ago)
>