Jim, in your case, not having the part you needed in a breakdown,
would make a far more interesting story. How about it, has it ever
happened?
You carry far more than I do, and I'm pretty well equipped.
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep,spare 1.9 ECU (replaced one in Adrian, TX off I-40 several years ago
> coming back from Tennessee to SoCal). Plus a starter (replaced that on
> another trip coming back from Tennessee to So Cal 3 yrs ago), extra hard
> start relay (I have this installed on all VWs I own and just installed one
> on the 914 this past week), alternator (replaced that about 8 years ago in
> Turlock, CA rest stop - only 20 minutes to do that!), two distributors,
> water pump, thermostat w/O-Ring, AFM, master cylinder, accel cable, ignition
> switch (electrical part [gave one away to Bev at the Buses By The
> Bridge event a few years ago] and lock cylinder), fuel pump (replaced that a
> couple of years ago on a Jerome Jamboree trip in the middle of 100+ degree
> heat under an overpass on I-10 about 25 miles east of Quartzsite, AZ), fuel
> filters (both square pre filter and cannister filter), fuel pressure
> regulator, plugs, rotor, cap, hall unit, ICU,  spark plug wire set, coolant
> ECU sensor, assorted FI connectors w/pigtails, 2 meters of 7mm fuel hose, 2
> meters of 3.5mm vacuum hose, lotsa appropriate clamps, assorted bulbs and
> the list goes on and on and on....Very well equipped multi-drawer toolbox
> that would normally go on top of a roll-away - this sits on the floor
> directly behind the passenger seat.
> When you live full time in a Westy, it's best to be prepared for most
> contingencies :)
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 (No Name Yet)
> Full Timing Since March 1999
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On the weekend I got a call from a friend in trouble. He had taken a
>> group of people up to a lake a few hours from home, using his 86 GL as a
>> tour bus. Everything went fine and they made it up the 5000' mountain
>> without incident. After unloading he decided to park in a different spot
>> and the van would crank fine but not start.
>>
>> He checked for spark, ouch, a-ok.
>> He had just filled the tank, so plenty of gas, bad fuel?
>> He bought some starting fluid and it fired right up and quickly died,
>> each time he sprayed.
>> He changed the fuel filter, no joy.
>> He pulled the injectors from one side, no fuel spraying, aha!
>> Pulled a fuel line loose, cranked, plenty of flow.
>> He pinched the return line shut, cranked, still no spray at injectors
>> but a new leak showed in a line.
>> Bought an injector noid light, noid light blinked during cranking.
>> I told him the ECU could still be at fault, strong enough injector
>> pulses to blink the noid light but not enough juice to fire the injectors?
>> AAA called, made it home by tow truck.
>> Installed his spare ECU from his Westy under bench storage, fired right up!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>