The only bad thing about working on the Vanagon is that you must remove
everything from inside in order to do anything. INot a big deal for most,
but if you are camping or loaded for travel or work and a wire comes
loose....You have to unload everything to get to the wire...  If it is
raining or snowing, all that stuff has to go somewhere...if you have to
chase a part...you have to take care of everything you've removed.

  I've had splitties and they were easier to  pull the engine to do any
work...Bad indeed  it was,  to try to work through the hatch, remove all the
tin, etc etc.