Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 19:42:06 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
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Airplanes have a preflight inspection by the pilot for every flight.
After that, mechanics do an "As specified" inspection. Additionally,
there is a 25 operating hour inspection, a f 50 operating hour
inspection, and a 100 hour inspection. There is also an annual
inspection. Each inspection ramps up the degree of detail in the
inspection. Airlines just have a whole series of inspections that are
ongoing forever. There is a check list for every inspection. Nothing
left to chance. Our Vanagons are such treasures that we should have the
same approach. Regular inspections, preventive maintenance.
Do that, and your van will be as reliable as it gets. These vans were
designed by the Germans to be maintained, unlike American machines,
where the ideal is just turn the switch and go, and trade it for a new
one the first time it coughs because a fuel filter was not changed or
the plugs were not changed at the appropriate interval.
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
craig cowan wrote:
> Well it's funny you mention that....
> Since i've been helping someone replace the stainless braided lines on his
> I4 CIS engine conversion, yes, in a vanagon!
>
> They go bad.....
> I've seen it. In his case right over the alternator....
>
> -Craig
> '85Gl
> (New Fuel lines)
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Bill MacLachlan <billmacla@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I've an 1800 I4in my van.....braided steel lines....how often should *they
>> * be replaced?
>>
>> Bill M
>>
>>
>> On 5/1/08, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A vanagon owner that doesn't have the hatch open at least every month
>>> anyway!?
>>> Amazing.
>>>
>>> I thought it was part of the "pre-flight check"....
>>> "Turn Key, check the engine's still there, replace as necessary, add
>>> coolant, add oil, replace engine as necessary, replace fuel lines with
>>> engine, drive"
>>>
>>> Maybe i'm wrong. Maybe that was just my case......
>>> Long story short, you should all replace your fuel lines. If you don't
>>> your
>>> car will go "poof" and you will be sad.
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>> '85Gl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mark Drillock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Check and replace those fuel lines! A fresh 88 Wolfsburg just
>>>>>
>>> appeared
>>>
>>>>> at a local junkyard. Looked great straight on from the front at a
>>>>> distance. Nice silver paint, nice fiberglass bumper. Not so good
>>>>>
>>> from
>>>
>>>>> every other angle. Engine fire that burned so bad that the
>>>>>
>>> speedometer
>>>
>>>>> needle melted and I can't read the odometer numbers. 99.99% total
>>>>>
>>> loss.
>>>
>>>>> Jumpseats, side table, electric windows, power door locks, mirrors,
>>>>> etc., all burned up. Front grills look ok as does the front bumper.
>>>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>>> managed to save the mounting bracket from the pass side jumpseat and
>>>>> after I pulled it away I could see that it had grey carpets. No way
>>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>>> tell before then.
>>>>>
>>>>> (who knew that there was plywood inside the front seat armrests?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
>
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