Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:57:14 -0700
Reply-To: gholst@RAMBUS.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Grant Holst <gholst@RAMBUS.COM>
Organization: Rambus inc.
Subject: Re: My Eurospec conversion problem
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SKP wrote:
>
> This is amazing. I just signed on this list and you are all discussing the
> Eurospec conversion.
> I had the conversion done last weekend. It's amazing the drivability
> difference. I dare say it drives better than new.
>
> I have had four minor problems.
>
> 1)The idle would sometimes drop and die when I stopped.
> This has been apparently fixed today by the folks
> who did the conversion by tweaking some adjustments and switches.
>
> 2) The intake manifold was hitting the frame when I decelerated and/or
> turned right.
> Apparently there are shims that can be placed at the motor mount to skooch
> the
> motor over a bit. Unfortunately Eurospec no longer distributes the
> necessary shims
> so they have to fabricate them from scratch.
>
> 3) When hot, the motor cranks very slowly, like it has a dead battery. It's
> very predictable. Once hot and I try to
> restart, it slowly goes WHOP WHOP WHOP WHOP.... on occasion it will start
> after the second WHOP
> So I replaced the battery, it had no effect.
> If I jump the battery it starts every time, it still cranks a bit slowly.
> Of course when it's cold
> or cooled down it cranks normally. interestingly enough, the stock motor
> cranked just fine.
> The guys who did the conversion claim the new motor is still very tight and
> requires more current
> which the second battery provides.
>
> 4) There is a definite droning/buzzy noise between 3500 and 3900 RPM. I
> called Eurospec on this and they
> claimed this motor does create this harmonic vibration at that RPM range. I
> have the same motor
> in my Jetta and I do have a similar noise at roughly the same RPM. The
> noise/vibration is hardly noticeable
> in my Jetta, but in my Vanagon is very very noticeable and somewhat
> annoying. Eurospec accounts for that
> because they say the Jetta has hydraulic motor mounts which do not
> transmit the vibration to the body like the
> rubber mounts.
>
> Has anyone else had any similar experience with this droning resonance or
> slow cranking? Any suggestions? The guy at Eurospec claims he heard one
> person filled the two big black cross members with tranny oil which cut the
> vibration in half.
>
> Thanks,
> SKIP
Skip,
These are all the same problems I had with my E'speced van.
I had to replace my battery and starter motor. Cleaned the
ground connections too. I still have the ~3500 rpm buzz.
make sure you have fiberglass cloth between the muffler and the
strap. That smoothed things a little bit.
Grant
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