Well, my new VC arrived on Friday from Germany.  Canada Customs threw me
a bone (right after tax season) and opened my package, hummed at hawed
at the receipt for the part (1204 DEM), and the box marked "Made in
Austria" and sent it through without GST or duty.  Nice of them!

So my total landed cost to my front door for my new VC was $887 CDN or
about (or is that aboot) $570 USD.  So I put it in the diff housing,
cleaned off the dirt on the housing and mounted it back up into the van
- only to encounter new problems.

Now my van won't start.  No click of the solenoid, no engaging of the
starter, no dimming of the lights, nuttin' (battery is still strong).
Could it be the ignition switch?  the fuel pump and all kicks in - it
just doesn't seem to make it to the "start" part of the ignition
switch.  Wierd.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Keith

Keith Adams wrote:

> Well, we pushed, pulled and dragged the Syncro project home
> on the weekend.  We bought a 1987 Vanagon Syncro 7 pass from
> a guy for $1200 CDN.  He had bought it to pillage the front
> diff out of it because his VC packed it in.  I have his old
> diff and it still turns an everything, so I just have to
> determine if it's only the VC that's gone or if it took the
> diff with it.
>
> I think it's a sign of illness once you cross the having a
> Vanagon to drive to buying a Vanagon to fix up.  That can't
> be healthy.  At all.
>
> Keith Adams
> Calgary, AB, CA
> 1986 Westfalia "Roxy"
> 1987 Syncro "Hugh"