Green copper...... boy am I having a problem with this.....
I thought my vanagon may have been irish.............
    I really need to junk this thing... I'm getting to old to
work in 40 deg rain.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The price seems fair but it would probably be cheaper to buy a new
> Hyundai of your funds are still tight. This is a 20 year old vehicle.
> You need to carefully check the condition of the cooling system,
> especially the steel coolant pipes and of course the radiator and heater
> cores. The front end and all the brake hydraulics are ready for
> replacement including some of the steel brake lines. If this is a
> northern vehicle, the condition of the wiring is also an issue. Green
> copper does not conduct well. I am not trying to scare you but you will
> need to set aside repair money and soon. If the transmission or clutch
> hasn't been repaired, consider that also.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Robbie Cotner
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 2:55 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Looking at buying a Westy, some questions.
>
> Hey all, this is my first post.
> I've been dreaming of owning a Westy for about 4 years now, being in
> college my funds are short and the few that have come up for sale near
> me have been too much.  Now I have found one locally that I am very
> interested in, it has been sitting in the owners driveway for several
> years now and I finally asked about if they would sell it, after two
> months of deliberation they said yes.
> It is an '85 Westfalia full camper, they've owned it since new.  The
> odomoter shows 103,000 miles but it has been broken for several years,
> from talking with them I'm going to assume it has 110,000 miles.  The
> rear bumper is pushed in, and it's been lightly sideswiped on the
> sliding door and on the drivers side, also has been lightly cornered in
> the drivers-rear.  It has no rust though, and the paint is good.  The
> interior is immaculate except all the rubber trim-piping has shrunk and
> bunched up in places.  The van has no known problems from driving it,
> they seem to have maintained it well.
> What has me really worried is ofcourse headgasket problems, as this has
> the 1.9L-  they say it has never had any major repair done in it's 110k
> mile history; this both comforts me in knowing it hasn't needed a
> head-job yet and worries me in that it could need one very very soon!
> What are some good ways to diagnose cooling problems?  The coolant was
> full, but the coolant light flashes in the dash all the time for no
> known reason.
> As for the price, they want full blue-book according to KBB.com; $2500.
> Seems like an alright price to me should it have no problems?  Thanks
> for any info anybody can give on what to look for when buying a Westy
> and the head-gasket problems!
> -Rob
>
>
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