Hey Neil ~! 
thanks for the endorsement.
And any vanagon owners/drivers are invited to stop by ..........just to meet, or to show off your fine vanagon, or take a look at it together......
whatever is right.  Emergency trip repairs too of course.  I have sufficient vanagons and vanagon parts to keep you moving almost 'no matter what' the issue is. 
Or for even just 'regular service.'
I'm minutes off I-5 in Southern Oregon. 

Scott
www.turbovans.com 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Neil2 
  To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans 
  Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com 
  Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:58 PM
  Subject: Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here

  This is why I'm taking SaVannah down to Scott next week to have her fuel lines checked out.  I just found one leaking and he's one of few I trust to do the job correctly.  (Scott, I also need the linkage maintenance performed.)  I paid Halsey Automotive in Portland, OR to do just this 6 months ago and KNEW they didn't do a good job.

  Mark, next time you're in the area stop in for Scott's checkup!

  On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

    Good thought on the fuel hoses.
    Just be sure you use the real and correct type of fuel hose, for fuel
    injection, of the right inside diameter.

    on the stiff shifting.........
    I see dozens of vanagons all the time, and it seems to me hardly anyone ever
    lubes the shift linkage - all it takes is a few shot of a good spray
    lube........
    WD-40 is a bit thin of course.........I like a nice spray synthetic grease.
    Spray that on ........let's see.........4 spots mainly.  At the rear of the
    shift linkage at the trans .........where the linkage engages with that ball
    on the lever back there.. There's a bushing above the gas tank you can
    barely access I believe..........I have to spray those from about 18 inches
    away, those really get dry and sticky.  And then from
    underneath.........spray into the 'shift box' mounted under the shift lever,
    and lastly, lift up the rubber boot inside the van, and spray those plastic
    parts there, those white ball-shaped parts.
     I do this once or twice a year, on all manual shift vanagons.  I rarely
    even find badly worn parts........just sticky ones needing a quick shot of a
    good spry lube .
    Scott
    www.turbovans.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
    To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
    Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:08 PM
    Subject: Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here

      Mark,

      Welcome aboard. Looks like your money was well spent.

      To secure your investment - change the fuel hoses out NOW - before you
      drive it again. This is a major issue with Vanagons. You may have read
      of this already, but I feel obligated to bring it up. Vanagons are
      notorious for burning up, and the fuel system is at fault virtually
      every time. Hoses get olf, the crack, split, break, fuel spews out, and
      a fire results. TAKE NO CHANCES. The only way to KNOW your vehicle is
      safe is to have new hoses installed, new hoses put on the fuel
      injectrors and change or bypass that stupid fitting on that simple sheet
      metal firewall. This is an easy fix for the home mechanic - you just
      need the new hoses and a few hand tools. You can get kits for this from
      any number of our list vendor. I use Ken Wilford at Vanagain.com, but
      Ron Salmon at The Bus Depot and others also carry these parts.

      Again, welcome aboard  - and fix your van!!

      Regards,

      John Rodgers
      88 GL Driver

      Mark A Kippert wrote:

        Greetings list members!

        I've been lurking for a short while and have just recently purchased a
        very nice 1986 Vanagon GL. At 52 years old I've been a VW fan for many
        years. I had a Bettle in my teens and later had a nice '73 bay window
        which was totaled about 25 years ago. I've wanted another VW van ever
        since. While it's in very nice condition I'll be posting questions
        about a few minor issues that I've noted and see what kind of
        improvements I can make in the future.

        I was lucky enough to purchase it from a 73 year old Dutch gentleman
        who was a VW mechanic many years past. For the last 35 years he's
        owned a little foreign auto repair shop/dealership specializing in
        european cars, especially early VWs. He's now semi-retired and even
        though the place is a bit run down, he seems to still enjoy working on
        the few cars that roll in, at his own pace of course.

        He'd owned the van since 2000 and put about 10k miles on it. The
        odometer shows 215k miles but it looks good and runs strong. He
        doesn't know (or remember) the history of the engine so I don't know
        if it's been rebuilt. It starts right up, even with the 20 something
        degree temps were having here in Indy. The tranny is a 4spd and shifts
        through all the gears but it is a bit stiff (I'm guessing due to
        limited of use). I've missed a shift once or twice because I didn't
        get a gear fully engaged. In the time he owned it he has only replaced
        the exhaust and water pump. The tires have plenty of tread but they
        have cracking in the side-walls so I'm planning to replace those soon.

        I could go on but I thought I would just introduce myself for now and
        say hello to the list. I have posted a page with plenty of pictures if
        anyone would like to take a peek at the van. Let me know if my $1900
        was well spent.

        Pics: <http://www.kippert.com/vanagon/>

        -Mark

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