Howdy all,

I've been away for a while since my ex took the van to IL and she's had some issues that I thought I'd put before the assembled wisdom.  She's starting to have problems engaging the clutch so it sounds like it's time for a new one.  Hydraulics have been looked at and appear fine.

Having not thought about such issues for a while now I'm wondering if the quoted price of $750 to replace the clutch from a mechanic a couple of hours south of Chicago where she lives is in the ball park.

The other question I have is what the van's worth in today's market and whether anyone has shipped their beast cross country and if so, what that runs.  I'm thinking about taking it off her hands and shipping it back to Colorado where I can repair it once we dig out from the last few storms.  The van's in good shape, $200k on the body, rebuilt motor has less than $100k on it.

One last thing.  I have a bunch of gasoline heater parts left over in my garage from our old 81 aircooled.  Wondering whether there's a market for them anymore and if so, what they'd be worth.

Thanks in advance,
Jack