I spent the past Sunday doing some preventive maintenance on Goldibox. I was looking for an exhaust leak and found that the upper bolt on #2 exhaust pipe had worked itself loose. Time to get some new lockwashers. Tightened it up and it sounds much better. I find that I need to check all of the exhaust system bolts every couple of weeks since they seem to be working themselves loose.
Finally installed the aluminum bolt-on valve covers - they look great if you feel like laying on the ground to see them :>)
Installed the new upper ball joints and tie rod ends too. Spent more time cleaning the front suspension than replacing the parts.
Anyway, I have some photos at http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink in the Vanagon section if you're interested. Also have pics of the rear hatch extension gizmo.
You can check out some of the VW's that showed up for the very wet Volkstoberfest in Melbourne FL on Oct 8th in the photo album also.
Hope to see some of you at BugJam on Nov 11. For show info go to www.floridabugjam.com.

I'm heading up to Atlanta tomorrow for a business meeting on Thursday, so if you see a gold camper on I-75, flash your lights.

Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition (Westy???)
Winter Park, Florida
tjhannink@earthlink.net

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