Thanks to everyone that wrote back with suggestions
regarding my high altitude no start problem.  I spent
saturday afternoon at a coffee shop that had an
internet hot spot sipping tea and reading back over
years of postings on this listserve.  I found someone
who had posted with my exact problem back in the 90's.
 I was so excited I hopped on my bike and pedaled
madly to the garage where my van had been towed and
was able to start it right up.  I'm now safely below
1000' on the east coast.  All I can say is Thank God
for the vanagon list archives.

I don't know exactly why my van runs too rich at
elevation but I learned that by unplugging my fuel
pump and cranking the engine it will start to fire
properly for a brief time before running out of fuel.
Then you can plug the fuel pump back in and it will
start normally and continue to run.  This is a good
tip to keep in mind if ever you feel your engine is
getting too much fuel but can't figure out why.

For some reason my mileage stayed good even with the
rich fuel/air ratio.  I don't really understand what
happened but I'm glad to be back on the road,

Daniel

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