It got dark just as I filled the coolant tank enough to drive out of
the garage and turn the vanagon around with its nose facing up the
driveway in readiness for a full fill tomorrow.

Two things: one, the idle seems to be rising up to 1500 and 2000. I
assume that this may be because the return spring or throttle clamp
is/are not sitting just right, but I wanted the wisdom of the list to
see if there's something I should be expecting or an adjustment I need
to do. It's too dark now to look into it, I just want to save time
tomorrow.

The other thing is the loud lifters. It's been run for a total of a
minute or maybe two, and it has quieted down a LOT from when I first
cranked it. Maybe it's just one lifter now. I guess I just want to hear
from someone else who's done it that the lifter noise is to be
expected.

Thanks,

Jim