1) I'm expecting the new Bosch fuel pump to arrive any day. Is this as easy
as it looks to replace on my '85? My gas tank is nearly empty - so I plan to
drain it, take the old pump and filter off and put the new ones on. Anything
else I might need to know? I'm fairly mechanically challenged but I'll give
it a go.

2) I guess this is Vanagon content - since my Mom can't get in the van. I
never thought, when I was getting the A.B. up and running, that my Mom
wouldn't be able to get in. She is 82, uses a cane, and her quad muscles are
very weak. I got a step stool and tried to get her in the back of the van,
but she couldn't make it with that one step and without something to hold
onto. I'm thinking of something akin to those steps with rails that roll up
to an airplane - only on a small scale. Also, I'm temporarily impecunious,
so it has to be cheap.

Thanks,
Maggie
'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"