Two others, and myself have put together a vanagon wiki server, at
http://www.vanagonwiki.net (need to get more people to contribute),
and there is also a google linkdump that has been setup by another
listee (neal i believe).

Sudhir

On 8/20/07, Matt Di Nola <m.dinola@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> I am new to this watercooled list. I recently purchased an 87 Synchro.
> It has sat for a long time. The body is good and so is the interior.
> It has AC, but the belt is not connected. I am trying to keep it running.
> Initially it started and idled, but as soon as you touched the gas it died.
> No it wants to start, but I can't quite get it to catch. It sputters. If I do it too long I smell gas.
> I'm thinking that this can be a few things.
> First, dirty gas/tank syndrome. I may need to flush. I have never had a fuel injected VW before.
> Not sure the procedure for cleaning the injectors, but I am told it is rather simple.
>
> Next, I thought possibly no spark. but that will be easy enough to check.
> I had a set of Kelly Load C range tires on late model aircoold van rims and they bolted right on.
> Sits a bit higher, looks a LOT better, but I'm not sure these M+S tires have the sidewall support the vehicle requires.
> Is there a resourse web-site like type2.com for water boxers?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Vehicle has 205k miles on it. (look to be mostly on road miles)
> No drips from the engine. Idled smoothly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt
>