For those of you following the story of "MIA";

I've had 1981 Westy van in the shop for over a month
now, driving my bosses 1993 Multivan.  Distributor
core replaced, fuel filter, experimented with
airflow......

The CPU was working exceptionally in the begin, then
after all the bucking and stalling issues, dead
battery issues, the CPU finally failed.

I think I have a great mechanic.  When I was buying my
VW I heard many stories about him, how great he
was....when I first started going to him I wasn't sure
about him, he's a bit "artistic".  But this whole VW
experience has convinced me that he's really trying to
keep me and my VW on the road.

My van is a "California" van, which means everything
electronically is different from other vans up here.
He got a Canadian CPU with an American # on it.....set
it all up and it didn't work.  Got a U.S. CPU and
re-did the entire process, and amongst many other
adjustments and experiments, apparenltly it's now
fixed.  Goes 40 up a steep hill in 3rd....don't think
it did that before!!!!!!!

On New Year's I took the 1993 Multivan camping,
decided to flee the city at 5pm got a great site right
on the ocean.  The pop top is very small, so I decided
so sleep down.  Couldn't get the downstairs bed set up
for the life of me, so got it reclined, and slept
sideways.  There was a fantastic windstorm flowing
through, had the BEST night.  At 12:00 my neighbour
played Auld Lang Syne on the trumpet (waking me
up....)......

I'm picking my van up tomorrow, and it's going to be
around $1,000.00.  Which is cheap, considering all of
the scenarios I'd envisioned over the Christmas
season.  Remember, I've been driving his newer van for
a month....

I figure this mechanic now knows all there is to know
about my van, and she and I are going camping next
weekend, she has no idea how much I missed her!

Thanks all for helping to troubleshoot and to help me
to understand and speak semi-intelligently with my
mechanic!!!!

Lorraine
1981 Westy "MIA (FIXED)
1993 Multivan (going home tomorrow......)

Lorraine Sym
1981 Westy "MIA"

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