I've started an excel spread sheet list of 'failure modes and things to
check on water-cooled vanagons' ...
will cover gas and diesel,
divided into Electrical , brakes/wheels/tires ...General Service
....Operator Awareness and so on.

in 15 minutes I have 50 things listed ...either things I see commonlynot
working , or not working right, or needing inspection and service .
there will be many entries eventually.

for example...here are 14 quick entries for Electrical ......only spent
a few minutes on it.
and just the tip of the iceberg really. It's like that throughout the
entire vehicle ..
theya are 25 + old after all, and just VW's at that ...
there..just thought of another one ...ignition switchtired/wonky.

ELECTRICAL

remove front turn sig lenses, empty out water

treat front turn sig contacts for corrosion     dielectric grease, elec
contact clnr, WD-40
Battery acid under battery      battery cleaner acid neutralizer        Acid
neutralizer, metal treatment, paint
Corroded / loose battery cable terminals        Battery acid neutralizer
low battery water

all exterior running lights, license light commonly out

poor contact where wires plug onto lic plate lights

poor head light aiming

corrosioninside of sealed bean head lights

cracked glass lens, moisture/water inside light

corrosion at headlight connections

weak grounds for head lights, above fuse box

badly corroded rear side marker lightsockets

damaged T14 connector at instrument cluster     always treat with WD or
something on assembly

On 4/21/2013 9:54 AM, Jeremy Stovin wrote:
> I love my Westy. But the more I read these posts of all the trials and tribulations, it makes me nervous that Lola seems to be running great. Is it just a matter of time? Am I missing something?
>
> Paranoia is setting in.
>
> Jeremy and Lola ('87 Westy)
>
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