I would like to say thanks to Doug for setting me up with an amazing deal on
an 82 Diesel Vanagon, which I picked up for free over the weekend. The guy
wanted to get rid of it for various reasons, mainly because he couldn't get
it started after sitting for a few months. I hauled it home with my dad's
trailer, and after about an hour I had it started. All I had to do was prime
the injection pump and bleed the fuel lines. It runs great.

Driving a diesel Vanagon is a new experience. The engine is really loud and
you have to shift gears more often. There's no A/C, and no possibility of
ever intalling A/c. There's no power steering, so it has a huge steering
wheel. I'm sure the fire risk will be significantly lower now, and fuel
economy will be much better. And I probably won't have to spend as much time
working on it as I did the last one. Another thing that's really cool about
diesel Vanagons, if the engine ever craps out I can go to the junkyard and
grab a good one from a Rabbit and drop it in. It also has the bellhousing
and other parts to accomodate other VW in-line engines. But I actually like
the idea of a diesel, so I dont plan on doing an engine conversion anytime
soon.

It's great how things just work out sometimes. One day your van burns down
and your left with nothing, and only a week later, someone offers you a
replacement for FREE!!

Thanks Doug, that was really cool of you to set me up with a great deal like
that!

Mark

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