How old are the Spark Plug Wires?
I'm trying to drive my 1984 liquid cooled vanagon
westy with an automatic transmission from Berkeley
(sea level) to the East Coast.  I started getting
problems as I got to higher altitudes, the van idles
very rough and often stalls when I put it in park or
reverse.

Also it is very hard to start when cold.  It would
often start once in the morning but if I let it stall
before the engine was very warm I could not get it to
start again.  It smells like gas when I try to start
it, I would almost think it was flooded except that it
is fuel injection.  It seems to get worse the higher
in altitude I go.  After a week of stalling and
driving finally on Thusday near Mesa Verde (7500 feet)
I could not get it started at all.  I got it towed to
Durango and it still does not start here even though I
checked all the obvious things like spark, fuel,
battery and compression.  All the VW shops are closed
until monday.

Has anyone encountered a problem like this?
Suggestions?

Thanks,

Daniel