Thanks Stephen - I've heard about that and that's the first plan - or
at least the first plan is to go over the repair receipts from the
last two owners and see if it's been done, then do it if not.  An old
high pressure fuel line sounds a bit scary to me.

Dan

On Apr 23, 2011, at 4:57 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:

> 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,