Just a note of warning, since we have a recent  thread of AC going on.  Do
not attempt to jump start a van with a dead  battery with a van with the AC
running.  Why, just listen to this  one.  Sunday as BusFusion is winding up a
woman with an '84 Vanagon  has a dead battery.  The battery was brand new from
Canadian Tire which her  son brought up to the Fairgrounds to replace her tired
and worn out  battery.  Why the new one was dead is still not known.  However,
as  myself and a few friends try to jump start her van using my CARAT with my
friend  Simon at the helm of the CARAT keeping the RPMs around 3000 and I at
the helm of  the '84, we hear a loud bang and clanking sounds from the CARAT's
engine  compartment and the engine locks up as if it seized.  What happened ?
 Well, quite the mess, the alternator locked up from being over loaded trying
to  maintain the AC, front fan, whatever else was running and trying to
charge the  dead battery.  When the alternator locked up it threw the belt which
took  the other two belts with it, which in turn took the dipstick tube and
wrapped it  around the pulley which in turn grabbed the coolant hose/pipe
connection behind the pulley and ripped that out spewing all the hot  coolant out on
the ground.  Clean up and repair still in progress.   Engine seems to have
survived.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
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(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in  the Ottawa Valley
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