Dude, I'd recently premtively put in a brand new fuel pump
..That was what failed...the new one...The old one ( original?) Works fine,
it was simply a little loud, I thought, but I should probably know by now,
"If it ain't broken, don't fix it"
   Still, a 34 yr old daily driver..
Not surprising...
...

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:52 AM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com> wrote:

> Uhhh.....dude,  that was your fault too.   You knew it was old.....
>
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Most of my Vanagon problems have been my own fault... At first, I'd just
> > blow it, like not properly bleeding the coolant. Then I would often
> ignore
> > things I knew were due, cause I use my van for fun, and staying home
> > working on it isn't that fun for me.
> >   Today on the way home from biking it quit coming in to the town of
> Wasco,
> > Oregon...downshfted from ,5th then got back on the gas and.....buhhhh!
> > Nothing!  I nursed it into the shade on mainstreet and thought...no gas!
> > The bartender lady from the tavern was on her usual bench outside of the
> > bar, no customers... I asked if the gas place(at the feed co-op) and she
> > said no, but she'd call the Mayor, who'd come down with her card and get
> me
> > some gas... I thanked her and said I had an idea
> > ..Dug into my spares, swapped out the fuel pump and the filter and all
> was
> > good again...the fuel pump was almost new, changed from the OEM one,
> ,"just
> > in case"
> > ..the OEM one is back in service.  The bartender gave me a thumbs up as I
> > waved my thanks...
> >
>