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Subject:Re: Towing a Vanagon
From:Jason
Date:Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:03:19 -0500

Just pull the half-shafts.  They are not hard to do.

Jay

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com>wrote:

> The engine hasn't run in about two years. He had rebuilt it and after
> less than 200 miles he said the some of the lifters would not inflate
> (his word, I believe he meant pump up). After pulling and trying to
> fix them he still had the same problem so he left it sitting. Actually
> it was his son's who wet into the military so it wasn't tended to.
>
> He did tell me he treated the fuel when he parked it in the yard and
> even put poison around the tires so mice would move in. He didn't want
> see the the van rot away in the yard so he decided it should be sold
> to someone who could use it.
>
> -Mark
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
>
>  Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:
>>
>>  As you may know you absolutely can't tow it with the axles turning,
>>> if
>>> it has an automatic trans.
>>>
>>
>> If the motor runs, and you're only towing it an hour or two, what
>> about
>> towing it with the motor running and the transmission in neutral?
>> That's a trick that works on some cars but not sure about the Vanagon?
>>
>> Allan
>> --
>> 1991 Vanagon GL
>>
>