what if you give the '75 to your daughter? :D
sudhir

On 12/17/06, Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@earthlink.net> wrote:
> First, thanks to all those who replied with suggestions as to what the
> problem may be. It sure felt like a plugged cat, something I've experienced
> before. However, this morning I went out and yanked the plug wires, pulled
> the distributor and plugs ( I had a new cap,rotor, wires and plugs to go in
> anyway) and started from scratch. Set # 1 to TDC and reinstalled the dizzy.
> Put in new plugs, rotor, cap & wires. Engine fired right up-yestereday it
> took a bit of cranking-not today, touch the key and it started right up.
> Headed out of town and onto the highway. Yesterday i said toward the end of
> drive power felt normal, well I was going buy '75 Westy standards. Through
> town I could tell things were different, but when I hit the on ramp onto
> the highway it took off! I hit 70 with ease, and the acceration was
> fantastic. I was impressed with the power-but again my other Westy is a
> '75. Anyway, todays drive (about 25 miles) was a total success. The only
> thing is, when I returned home and pulled it into the garage, the idle
> started to ever so sligthly hunt up and down, a problem I chased in my old
> '84 Westy and never could get to stop, even after replacing the idle
> stabilizer. So, now I have to make up my mind, either the Vanagon or the
> '75 will have to go come  springtime, and my daughter (whose a die hard Bay
> fan) is going to be p*ssed, but the Vanagon is my choice to keep. Love that
> power, space, stability and HEAT (although I didn't need it here in
> Virginia today). So, I really don't know what the problem was yesterday, I
> may have had two plug wires reversed as some suggested. Don't know, don't
> care-it ran like a champ today.   Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
> fonman4277@earthlink.net
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/
>