Thanks Stuart. I'll be sure to take care of the fuel lines...and carry a
fire extinguisher! This is more than just a simple inheritance for me. So I
will be sure to take care of this baby.

Welcome to the Facebook Vanagon Owners page! I might have beat you there by
a few hours.

Cheers,
Brook

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well,  I hope you take better care of it than the fellow who inherited the
> Westy my son bought.  He was well into destroying it because he didn't
> know,
> or care about, what he had, it was just a junk "hippie" van to him.  He
> would have been far better off selling it immediately, but it took a blown
> automatic transmission for him to do that.  His father paid for the new one
> ($3000 for a German Transaxle rebuild installed), and he had to sell it to
> pay him back. His loss was our gain.
>
> I know you will do better, so enjoy the ride!
>
> But, replace those fuel lines before you drive it across the country.  This
> happens all too often: http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/260842111.html
> Often it's a fuel line popping off, or a leaking injector hose. I've had
> both happen, but got lucky. Twice.
>
> Stuart; recently approved to join the Vanagon Owners Face Book page!
>
>