After about 2 years of sitting, I finally got my wife's '89 Vanagon started
up.  We went through a nightmare of head machineing/rebuilding and finally
bought a rebuilt one from Mark Stephen's Machineing.  Put it all back
together with a few new hoses etc. and it started up fairly easily!!!  Except
that it idles around 3000 rpm.  After a minute or two at this speed, it slows
down, almost to the point of dying, and the tach meter I have hooked up pegs
out!  I think it is something electrical.  The only other thing that I know
is wrong with it is a cracked exhaust pipe coming out of #2.  Does that have
anything to do with the idle problem?  Idle stabilizer?  ECU?  Please help,
the wife is getting very impatient!!!

Thanks in advance for any/all input......

Jon Stanton
ABC
'61 DC (mine)
'66 Bug (daughter's)
'89 Vanagon (wife's)