Read Diesel Vanagon........I don't believe this applies to the diesel
model. J.

Stan Wilder wrote:

> http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/shapingup.htm
> This should about do it.
> Double check the fuel lines.
> Double check the fuel lines.
> Double check the fuel lines.
> Double check the fuel lines.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:40:49 -0400 Chris & Kelly DeVoto
> <devoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes:
> > I posted a couple of weeks ago about my soon-to-be-new-to-me '82
> > Vanagon's
> > starter.  That problem has been solved and the starter is sitting
> > with my
> > toolbox waiting to go.  Now I've got some detail questions
> > hopefully
> > someone can help with.  The bus has been sitting for about 8 months
> > now
> > (since the starter went out) and I'm planning on camping out in it
> > the
> > first night I get it started, I also have to drive from Madison WI
> > to
> > Louisville KY to get it home.  Here are my questions and thanks for
> > the
> > help.
> >
> > 1.  Is there anything in particular I should look at on a bus that
> > has sat
> > for so long before I make the drive?
> >
> > 2.  I've never had the "privilege" of working on a diesel engine.
> > Should I
> > siphon out the old fuel before trying to start the engine?
> >
> > 3.  What do I need to do to purge the water system?  I believe it
> > was
> > emptied when the starter died but it's been sitting for 8 months
> > now.
> >
> > Chris and Kelly DeVoto
> > gratefulded@netzero.net
> > devoto@worldnet.att.net
> >
> > "What a long strange trip it's been..."...rh
> >
>
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