Date:         Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:24:24 -0400
Reply-To:     "sh@interlog.com" <sh@INTERLOG.COM>
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From:         "sh@interlog.com" <sh@INTERLOG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fire Ruins My Day
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Sorry to here about your loss.  My 82 burned up last fall - pretty sure it
started in the auxiliary gas heater.  Insurance company wouldn't repair it,
and offered Cdn$3500 + taxes.  After a month of fighting, I got them up to
Cdn$4500, which was reduced to $4000+taxes when I elected to keep the
vehicle and have it repaired.

Cost was Cdn$2000 for replacing of wiring harness, battery cables, fuel
lines, gas tank piping, gas heater, right passenger and sliding windows.
Still fighting with mechanic who screwed up the wiring (had to go elsewhere
to finally get the stereo properly re-wired to the auxiliary battery), and
put in the wrong sliding window.

We ground down the metal floor, cut and installed new plywood floor, primed
with smoke retarding primer, and repainted floor and interior cabinets and
shelves.

We've since spend another Cdn$1200 on parts for the above, new exhaust and
heater box.

Hopefully were now just about set for the camping season.

If you elect to keep it, try to find someone who really knows their VW
campers.



>Here are some questions for the list; What
>would it cost me to replace the engine, the
>wiring (all wiring in the engine compartment,
>and make sure everything works front to back)
>and paint the rear (or whole) of the bus? What
>about water damage (smell, etc.)
-
Steven Heller
Toronto, Canada