Too cold this weekend here in Virginia to work on either of my buses, so I took them both out for a cruise. First was my '75 Westy, which hadn't been started in over 8 weeks. Dead battery, of course, but with a jump it fired up. Took it on a 20 minute cruise, it ran a bit rough the whole time, but at least I knocked the rust off the front rotors. Then I took the '84 Vanagon out to run some errands, took my 13 yr old daughter with me, she had not ridden in the Vanagon since I got it running. She hates Vanagons, says they "aren't real VW's"- I tell her the splitty folks say the same about the Bay window buses. Two blocks from the house, her first comment, "It sure is quiet". Half a mile from the house she says "the heat is nice". After about a mile on the highway @ 65 mph she says it "rides nice". I haven't fully convinced her yet, but I'm working on it. Anyway, return home and decide to do at least one thing on my list-pull off the piece of electrical tape over the oxy sensor light and reset it. Slide under the front and reach up, find the button and push it. Then I notice a rubber steering coupler, looks just like the ones the Bays use, and it ain't looking too good. I didn't know Vanagons had these. I checked Bus Depots website, didn't find them listed for Vanagons, just for later bays. Bentley shows it though, appears to be the exact same part. I hope so, because I have a brand new one I never used on the '75 (didn't need it), so if it's the same, it's going on the Vanagon. Searched the archives looking for an answer, just found a lot about swapping out power steering.    Jeff

Jeff Stewart
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