In case no one's mentioned it, make sure the fuel lines are in good shape.� Old ones can fail and cause these vans to die untimely deaths by fire.� If you aren't certain they were changed recently, that should be one of the things you tackle first to ensure that your new ride sticks around for a long time. Numerous vendors here offer reasonably priced kits for the job and you can do it in less than four hours easily, while getting acquainted with the van's innards at the same time.

Stephen

--- On Sat, 4/23/11, Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

From: Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Buying a Van - Bought a Van
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 1:39 AM

Thanks everyone for all the advice - it gave me enough info to feel
comfortable in making my decision!

I found an '85 westy weekender here in the area for sale this week,