Tina,

Since you are a newbie - we have no idea what  you know and don't know
about the vans - you you will get told a lot of stuff. It may be a
repeat - but bear with us. We want all Vanagon List Members to safely
enjoy their machines.

The first safety item on the list -------Fuel hoses.

These vans are notorious for burning up. Unless you know the history of
your van absolutely - The very first thing you need to do is replace ALL
the fuel hoses in the engine compartment with new hoses and clamps. Keep
in mine these vans are 25 plus years old and some have the original
hoses. They really need to be replaced at least every five years. Some
of our List Vendors sell kits just for that purpose.

There will be other stuff - but this is the one you cannot put off. If
you have everything on hand - it only takes a couple of hours. If you
want to do it  yourself - just ask - there's plenty of help here on the
list.

Happy Vanagon Cruis'n!

John

On 4/19/2013 10:22 PM, tina canny wrote:
> Thanks everyone
>   I'm a newbie to the vanagon. I appreciate all the advice.
> Tina
> .
>