Thanks to Ken Hunter & Al Knoll for persistently encouraging me to take a
stab at bleeding my van's coolant myself--& to all who offered helpful hints
re the process, i.e. where to *find the rear heater valve, etc.  LOL!

Since there's no sufficient incline on my land, no tach on my van, & no
neighborhood kid to keep their foot on the accelerator, I called my
neighborhood auto repair shop.

It's an old fashioned place where the mechanics smile & laugh, customers are
allowed to *watch work being done---& discuss the bill & the work after.

For $32  they "loaned" me a nice kid who jacked up my van & attached a Snap
On tachometer.  He'd never bled a Vanagon before, but I'd come prepared with
a print out of instructions, compiled from list suggestions.
We bled it twice & an hour later it was done!  And we didn't even break the
bleeder valve screw!

I wouldn't hesitate to tackle this proceedure *anywhere again.
Now, back to my packing.
Cheers,
Phaedra
'85 Wolfsburg Westy "Basecamp"