

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons are too cool? |
| From: | Scott Daniel - Turbovans |
| Date: | Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:08:43 -0700 |
you might try checking the RF camber with a carpenter's level and small ruler. van on a level surface of course. If it's got much negative camber, or more than the LF side .. and bushings/ball joints, wheel bearings are pretty decent .. you could turn the eccentric big bolt on the upper a-arm .. tweak that just a bit to less negaitive camber, then adust toe. That'll work. On 3/20/2013 8:27 PM, Don Hanson wrote: >> I often get the feeling (after short conversation) that some folk do not >> realise that ongoing work is a price of admission to this club. >> >> cheers >> >> alistair >> > I just paid my admission again after my 2.5 month road trip...Spent > about 3 hrs on my 84 inline 5sp doing my deferred 'chores' I don't defer > important chores like oil changing and fuel filters when traveling but I do > try to minimize my under-van visits when on the road... > > Chores like windexing the inside of the windows..changing my indoor/outdoor > rubber backed carpet inside, running some dilute clorox into my water tank, > spray-lube spray on the shifter parts under the van and the suspension > bushings, filling the washer fluid tank, cleaning and lubing the throttle > position switch and all that linkage, checking the belts and cleaning the > air filter element, swapping the front wheels side to side (RF is a tiny > bit out of alignment and wears a bit more on the inside edge) checking the > spare again for air pressure, lubing all the doors and latches, installing > new wiperblades (I am back in the NW, after all) looking at the sparkplugs, > checking the hoses and clamps, put some Seafoam into the gas tank to give > the injectors a bath....Little stuff like that...All the while, checking > for problems as I went about these small tasks.... > > Yes, the people in the Honda Elements or the Porsche Cayennes or the > Grand Cherokee Jeeps....they have no idea about anything like this kind of > 'love' we often give our vanagons..our price of admission to the club.... >
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