Thanks all! You quit learning when ya die
On Jul 3, 2016 4:05 PM, "Scott - IMAP" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> So sorry you have to start to deal with 78 Bug Fuel Injection !
>
> it's not that that system is so difficult to understand especially ( tho
> it is an early system and not very sophisticated  )
> it's that when the Bug was designed they sure were not
> thinking about having an alternator and fuel injection packed onto that
> engine and into the engine compartment.
>
> oh a warning about Convertible Bugs ..
> probably not an issue in the area and terrain you drive in,
> but in places like Ca with long, long high speed freeway hills..
> with the top down, there is much reduced cooling airflow to the engine at
> speed..
> and they can overheat just from driving 70 uphill on a long grade and a
> hot day.
>
> last one I dealt with ...think I had to retorque the heads ..had to adjust
> the valves for sure.
>
> as Bugs go, they can be difficult to work on.
> Congrats on the new GF !
>
> Scott
> On 7/3/2016 11:05 AM, Ralph Meyermann wrote:
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> This group helped me save Velma from being scrap iron, love you all for it!
> I've been building Velma for adventures with my daughter because she fell
> in love with her when she was 4, she's now 10 while having many great
> adventures with many more planned. Because of Velma and the Omaha VW Club
> show and shine/camp out a year ago I found my girlfriend after 8 yrs of a
> full time single dad. She owns a 78 convertible super beetle, and now I
> have to learn the fuel injection system. So thanks to this group for many
> adventures, finding a girlfriend, and now having to learn the fuel
> injection😉!
> On Jul 3, 2016 8:11 AM, "Eric Caron" <ecaron1@comcast.net> <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
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>
> I resemble that remark!
>
>         The vanagon community is the main reason I’m able to enjoy my
> westfalia as a blind owner care taker.
>
>         People are willing to talk me through oil changes, rear wiper
> motor replacement, Changing shocks, changing ignition switch, replacing
> parts on the dash, tracking down  hidden blown rear heater fuse, water pump
> replacement, sink repairs and on and on.
>
> And, how about the folks that sent me replacement parts such as hard to
> find brown ashtray just because they noticed I needed them through posts.
>
> I have brighter headlights due to a VW friend driving miles to help me
> install the kit.  My CV boot had a hole in it the shop could not find but a
> VW friend answering a unrelated question noticed grease splatter and we got
> that boot replaced early.
>
> However, being a new owner, a owner with a physical disability, or being
> blind adds challenges!
>
>         I wanted to remove the driver’s side hinged battery cover
> yesterday.  No matter how I tried to get those little screws out they would
> not come out.
>
>         I finally realized they were pop rivets!  Don’t take your eyes for
> granted, they are helpful!
>
> cover is now off and I’ll use self tapping screws to replace the cover
> once the house battery is installed.
>
> this is one diverse, helpful, and entertaining community!
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 11:39 PM, Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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> wrote:
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>
> Hey Eric,
> thanks for making me chuckle.
>
> Hey ! ..if Anyone complains or thinks their at some disadvantage Vanagon
> tech-wise, we can just say ..
> we have one member who can't even see  and he manages to cope with it
> all just fine !
>
> On 7/2/2016 8:10 PM, Eric Wunrow wrote:
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> Thatta Boy, Scott!
>
> Considering we're full-timers..
> newish to our '84…
> and love it to death…
> those other guys were bumming me out, Man! :-)
>
>    Eric
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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Scott - IMAP <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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> wrote:
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>  I never discourage people from owning Vanagons ..
>
> I just tell them they take SPECIAL CARE AND UNDERSTANDING ..
> that they are not like a old, say, Toyota that will run forever with
> hardly any repairs..
>
> I also ask if they have ever owned a VW of any kind.
> Some VW background helps for sure.
>
> Fortunately older VW's are pretty conducive to owner-repair and
> maintenance.
>
> On 7/2/2016 6:59 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
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> Dennis says:  "One thing you will find as a new Vanagon owner is that
>
> most
>
> regular shops are not equipped or willing to bother with vehicles of
>
> this
>
> vintage, never mind the Vanagon with its idiosyncrasies."
>
> worse yet are those shops that don't know what they are doing but try
>
> to
>
> work on the Vanagon anyway, causing much more damage than good.
>
> Edward
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