I'm sorry all if i sound rough, but i have NO choice! Today,  I have
kept in the shop a van that came for a check-up, it was simply to
dangerous to drive back home. Like Don stated, in that case, the braking
system is FINISH!!!  The guy went back home in a taxi... withh his 2 kids!

I know that most people don't know "heck" about engine or mechanical
stuff,  they think it's "The Metal Thing out There", ho! it's in the
back??? that, i know understand, but this is good for new cars/vans, but
when it come up to a 20+ yo vehicle, intelligent people should ask
themselves a few questions. Like, are we secure! is there any dangers.

But now... they care more about how the van look.. sadly.

In your case Don, racing, yea, i would not trust many people with my
car...  a those speed.

To all of you who don't own a van but are thinking about it... find a
good mechanic that you thrust first, after, find a van!

Ben

Don Hanson wrote:

>  The very first place I went after I repaired the line...Auto Parts store
>for new lines..
>  The Van I have has a transplanted motor and I visually 'checked' that fuel
>line when I replaced the fuel pump, thinking..."Hey, I think this line has
>been replaced"  But after having some of it in my hand, in daylight, out
>from under the bus, I can see it is older, perhaps even the original...
>  You are right, Benny, assume nothing!  Check everything yourself, so you
>KNOW for sure what you have...I should know better, having been 'bit' by
>having some so called  "professional" do something to my race car, only to
>have whatever they did be "Not right"...and cost me races, or worse..cause
>me to waste time and money going across the US only to have a big problem
>after just a few practice laps...
>  Next thing I will check, personally, before I drive again is my brake
>lines...
>  Yes, I was lucky after being very bad...
>  Don Hanson
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
>To: <VANAGON@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:14 PM
>Subject: Re: A close call!
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>>Yes, you are lucky... so now, sell one of your bike and put that money on
>>the van. Those van are 20+ year old, they WON'T run for ever!!!
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>>Now i will be rough, don't take that personal, i find anyone that still
>>drive a Vanagon with old fuel line plain STUPID! Yea, you are, you have no
>>idea how this is so dangerous, that engine was badly design on that
>>matter... even if VW did use amazing quality fuel lines in the 80', they
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>> 15-25 years old...
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>>I have posted SO MANY TIME about fuel line replacement! i can NOT believe
>>some of you are still driving with old/bad fuel line! it's NOT expensive
>>enough to omit that job! I drove across Canada/USA in 99 with old fuel
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>line,
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>>one did leak a bit, i had to fix it on the road, but when i came back, it
>>was the first job i did on the van, now i know better! so i'm sharing my
>>knowledge with you so people will be less stupid than i was!
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>>I still don't understand why some of you don't have that job done, for
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>those
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>>that think they can do it themself, i did a complete(i think) DIY section
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>on
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>>my site:
>>http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm
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>>What can i say? is something missing on that page? tell me so! do you need
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>a
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>>video to help you do so! i will do one! Do i need to put back the 20
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>burned
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>>pictures van i had there for a few weeks (removed because people ask me to
>>remove them)... do you want to see the one with the 2 dead childrens in
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>the
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>>back seat? It happen in Ontario...
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>>I'm sorry but i have no pity for the one who knows and don't do it, for
>>those who don't know, now you know!!!!!!!!
>>
>>Ben
>>http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm
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