dear parts
it has been said
But the major difficulty
other than that is that there were never enough of them here for the
average wrench or even the average dealership to ever get solid
experience dealing with them, so we really do have to become our own
experts.

indeed it is too bad ... if there had been more Vanagons maybe Gowesty or
Vancafe could have made a go of it ...
:P
yours

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:36 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 12:09 PM 9/2/2009, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>> Geez!  Vanagons are difficult vehicles.  Anyone who owns one and thinks
>> otherwise seems strange to me.  Mercedes on the other hand are just
>>
>
> I'd say that it's a darn shame that the Vanagon is nowhere near
> Japanese reliability standards of the time.  But the major difficulty
> other than that is that there were never enough of them here for the
> average wrench or even the average dealership to ever get solid
> experience dealing with them, so we really do have to become our own
> experts.
>
> What is it overall that makes *you* find them difficult?  Serious question.
>
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>

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