Thanks for the reminder.  Tomorrow I had better check and see if I can
remember where I stuck it- them spares occasionally migrate. <G>

Geo/ATL

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

>  yes.. definitely to have a spare pump..
>
> I had my share of same story but without the spare pump...
>
> :-)
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:44 PM, david hardy <david@planetmind.net> wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to pass along a little advice to anyone doing long trips to
> > remote places in a
> > Vanagon...Last week we were about halfway through a 1200 mile trip
> through
> > Colorado and Utah -
> > just south of Natural Bridges National Monument on Rt 261, to be exact.
> > The Westy was running
> > great, not even a hiccup...when it suddenly wouldn't accelerate. I just
> > couldn't get the engine
> > to rev. Coasted to a turn-off - middle of nowhere, of course - where it
> > just died. I know my way
> > around the wasserboxer pretty well, so I got underneath and felt/listened
> > for the fuel pump
> > while the wife turned the ignition on/off - sure enough, it wasn't coming
> > on - then it did, but
> > just made a sick, gurgly buzz. About 20 or so years ago, I had pulled the
> > fuel pump off an old
> > fuel-injected Type II bus I was parting out, figuring "someday this is
> > gonna save my butt", and
> > sure enough... So 15 minutes later we were back on the road, cruising
> > through some of the most
> > amazing - and desolate - terrain in the country.
> >
> > Moral of the story: carry a spare fuel pump, and learn how to replace it
> > (it's easy). You can
> > get an after-market one for $50 on ebay - but you'll be waiting at least
> a
> > couple days (and pay
> > many times that) for a parts store to get one in most places. Another
> good
> > spare to carry is a
> > distributor, since it can also strand you (and also easy to replace).
> > Those are a little
> > pricier, though.
> >
> > David
> > --
> >
>