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Subject:Question for Folk Fest attendee - no hot start
From:B Feddish
Date:Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:25:16 -0400

Once again I'm at the Philly Folk Fest and as usual at least 1 Vanagon
hobbles in.  Actually 2 this time. The first one is an '84 with the original
1.9 in it that would not start when it was hot. Since he was overheating
allot during the parking issues he had to shut off to cool but wait to
restart. Upon close inspection I found the wire to the temp sender closer to
the drivers side disconnected. Would that have caused the problem?

There's also an '80 here that was cutting in and out on the way here. The
kind where it cuts out abrublty and goes back to normal quickly. Is the AC
van the same list for diagnosing that problem as the WC? If so I'll just
direct him to list I have for those symptoms.

On a lighter note, I have a new 30 watt panel that I added to my other 30
watts. Since the Folk Fest is on top of a mountain in the scorching sun I
have sunlight from dusk till dawn. I can almost see the voltage going up on
the meter. Amazing. The Vitrifrigo is running great.

Bryan

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