On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:06 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's to bad. Getting that way in a lot of places with our orphaned
> Vans. Local garages here now refuse to even work on them. Won't even put
> them on a rack for a look-see when there is a leak or something.
>
> John
>
  Any garage that won't work on a simple vehicle like a Vanagon...they
probably only employ "technicians" not actual knowledgable mechanics.  Guys
and gals that know only how to program the OBD-whatever, to plug in the
diagnostics, to substitute an outrageously expensive "whatever-module" when
the computer screen tell them they have found a "fault code" for that
'module'.....but actually put their hands inside a vehicle?...find a broken
wire connection? tighten a nut or a screw?....nope!  Not those technicians,
they probably don't even know what that is..."a nut?....What's the code for
that?"....

   You don't want anyone like that anywhere near your Vanagon anyhow.
  Don Hanson