"The Vanagon has the usual rusty areas "

What are they? My three have no rust whatsoever.

tim in san jose

----- Original Message -----
From: "dogsbody" <dogsbody@TELUS.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: new Listee

Greetings,
I am the new owner of a fully equipped 81 Westphalia Vanagon which I
received in trade for an 85 Toy-Yoda truck.  The previous owner owned this
vehicle for 12 years and put a ton of work into it (rebuilt engine, auto
trans, brakes, gas tank etc. etc.) but the van was "suffering" from a
slipping transmission and then wouldn't start (the PO wasn't a mechanic
type).  I replaced the fuel pump and it fired right up, and after adding
tranny oil the transmission worked ok, and it drove to my storage space
nicely.  I appears to have an oil leak at the torque converter input seal
which I will have to replace, it shifts nice and firmly but it does have a
wirring sound in 1st and second gears (even with oil topped off to correct
level), and it seems to lug the engine a bit but the only other VW that I've
driven is my 77 T2 2.0L Bus, which is a powerhouse compared to the automatic
Vanagon.   The Vanagon has the usual rusty areas but the floor and interior
of the wheel wells are clean, if I get onto it now I should have a good
daily driver vehicle...

Regards,

Drew
Victoria, Canada
77 T2 Hi-Top "Busosaurus"
81 Westy Vanagon "Nellie" (needs auto tranny work)
66 Bowers Fly Baby 1A "Kerfuffle"