Philip I know this may seem strange but have you looked at your trottle linkage
to make sure some animal or whatever hasn't made a home there. You need a good
mechanic to come to you. If you put your trans in gear at 4000 rpm I think
you'll need trans work big time. Pls let us know what happening.

Philip Menchions wrote:

>  On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Philip Menchions wrote:
>
> >  Took the van out of storage a month ago after being laid up for 5 months
> > without startup (ouch). Started up O.K. RPM,s settled down quickly to the
> > correct level. Very pleased to say the least. Smiled too soon :(
> >
> >   On the way home rev,s seemed to stay up "on their own" only dropping
> > going up steep grades. Short distance from driveway decided to put the
> > transmission in neutral (auto tranny) to see if rev's would drop. Well
> > all hell broke loose. Tach went into the red. Much screeching from engine
> > compartment and red lights all over the dash. Shut off and tried
> > restarting with same result.
> >
> >  Initially thought the torque converter had finnally packed it in but
> > started it up today without the alarming screeching/warning lights all
> > over, however,the RPM's stayed steady at about 4000. Did not shift out of
> > park for fear of hell breaking loose again.
> >
> >  I wonder if anybody has experienced these symptoms after a long period
> > of storage. It seems to me that something or other must have undergone a
> > "delayed seize" so to speak.
> >
> >  I know this has been covered often before but I had no luck getting into
> > the archives. Is it working as it should? Any pointers would be much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Phil Menchions
> > ,89 Westfalia
> >
>  Thanks for the many replies thus far. There was one very important thing
> I neglected to mention. My wife said she saw black smoke while driving
> behind.
>
> Phil Menchions
> ,89 Westfalia