On Thu, 14 Sep 1995 tschlaile@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

> I have an '87 Vanagon Camper and I can think of a few things that you may be
> interested in checking out. 1) front rotor thickness (mine were worn pretty
> good and the ones I saw in the junk yard were also worn past min thickness)
> 2) Intermittent hesitation durin long trips (appears to be a miss caused by
> plug wires shorting to the engine? or a bug in the "brain"?)3) pop top
> canvas mildew  4) pop top sun roof operation (mine is a no-op as the thing
> needs to be replaced) 5) overheats upon long idles (this can be checked in
> a short period of time) That is all I can think of now, maybe more later.
> 
> Tim Schlaile '87 Vanagon Camper

as to the overheating on long idles, I believe the problem with my '85 is
that the cooling fan situated over the spare tire is inoperative.

I have yet figured out how to fix it though.
larry
'85 Westy