At 03:54 PM 2/28/2000 , - Lauren Pelzer wrote:
>Thanks, Alan.  You are the second person to recommend Boston, but...I'm kind
>of hoping to keep it local.  Van Again in Millville, NJ isn't too far....I
>just got it towed back home from S. Jersey on Thursday for over $130.

Van Again (Ken Wilford) gets his engines from Boston Bob, I believe.

>The previous owner happens to be my father, and he just told me that the
>dealer told him that this Vanagon has a 4-liter Porsche engine.  Four liters
>seems awfully big, but he says the large displacement was their big selling
>point (obviously...).

<snicker>
The '85 should have a 1.9l waterboxer (flat 4) engine with Digijet fuel
injection system.  The ECU (Engine Control Unit) is a box about 2x6x7 (very
roughly) and yours should be mounted vertically in the open space in front
of the left taillight, with a fat cable coming out of it.

You should also have a small green (or black) rectangular box, the idle
stabilizer, mounted on the left side between the ignition coil and the
ignition controller (small black box w/ large aluminum heatsink).

There are lots of other detail differences, but that should be enough.  In
'86 they increased the displacement to 2.1l, did some tweaks with various
things, enhanced the ECU and mounted it inside the passenger compartment,
under the back seat.  Took away the little idle stabilizer box and replaced
it with a different arrangement.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"