Irvin, you have raised a question that has been in my mind for some time now. I
have seen this done, but not on a vanagon. The natural gas company there in
Soldotna used to sell the setup to convert your car/truck to natural gas. It
took a special carburetor as I recall or maybe it was a conversion kit. If you
ran out of natural gas( called LNG in a lot of places)  a throw of the lever
would put you back on gasoline. . They had most of their trucks converted to
natural gas. Don't know if that is still true or not.

Would be interesting to know if it could be done on a vanagon. One problem that
arises is gas mileage or the lack thereof. Natural gas does not have the
calories or btu's per gallon (or is it pound) that gasoline has. So you could
find yourself using more gallons of natural gas for a given distance than you
would with gasoline.

Maybe the membership of the list has more knowlidge about this.

John Rodgers
"88 GL Driver with a leaky windsheild  <|:<(

Christopher Irvin wrote:

> Okay I know this may sound dumb, but has any one ever heard of a natural gas
> conversion for a Vanagon?  My engine is toast, and I have to develop some
> ideas on rebuild or replacment before my better half calls the junk yard and
> has my baby towed off to a fate worse than death.  I'm not enven a shade
> tree mechanic, butlearning little by little.  Anyone in Eagle River or
> Anchorage Alaksa interested in a project might also consider contacting me
> via P-mail if you have offers on a reasonably sound (other than the motor)
> '84 weekender.
>
> Christopher Irvn
> Eagle River, Alaska