dear frank
welcome to the list and good report -
but i was a wonderin' wheres the woods ya went to
n' what sort a stuff was in the woods
bears- lakes- elk ??
complete silence ??
yours

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Frank Schultz <frankschultz@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all.  I am a new Vanagon owner and have been enjoying the list for
> the
> past couple of weeks.  I have a '82 Westy (manual, webber convertion) and
> took it out for a weekend in the woods.
>
> The van performed very well on the way up, but had some troubles on the way
> back (1.5 hr each way).  It was missing terribly on the start of the way
> back, sounded like a stuck lifter, plus something - it was
> backfiring/mis-firing (not kaboom but very strange noise) on acceleration
> up
> hills.
> So I drove it for a while to see if it fixed itself - which I have been
> reading in some of the forums that it does (stuck lifter anyway).
>
> Did not fix itself, pulled over, gave her a drink of oil and Marvel mystery
> oil - she was a little low on oil, not much.  Restarted and ran the same
> way
> it did on the way up.
>
> After returning home, it would not restart, but I had good batter power.
> Almost like the starter could not turn the engine over.  I have had slow
> starts (motor turning over very slow) after a long run, but it had never
> refused to start.  Waited 10 min. and she started up again (slow turn over,
> but started).
>
> Any suggestions on the slow starting after 45 min to an hour on the road
> and/or the misfiring.
>
> I have gotten the Bentley, Haynes and Idot's guide manuals and have just
> started to get into them.
>
> We had a blast in the camper and I am looking forward to many years of fun
> and a bit of wrenching in my future.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.  This list is very informative.
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
>

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