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Subject:Got a new Vanagon!
From:Rob
Date:Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:29:40 -0700

We got a new Vanagon today!  It's been a few years. A 1990 tin top
with a rebuilt Subaru 2.2 and a rebuilt manual transmission, it came
with a binder of receipts. It runs nice, I can't tell you how good it
felt to be driving a Vanagon again & shifting gears!

What do I do now besides the fuel lines?

The first thing will be the fuel lines, they look new but the
firewall plastic piece is still there so I have to do them.
The next thing is change the oil/filter
I thought I'd inspect the spark plugs.
The front blower doesn't work at all so I have to troubleshoot that.
This is a Subaru conversion and the stock temp gauge does not work, I
want to fix that but it's a conversion problem. There are after
market gauges that do work but that's not the same thing.
I had forgotten how loud it is closing the sliding door. I need to
research on how to quiet that down, I remember a thread. (In a couple
of days I'll forget that I think the door is loud, it will be normal <g>)
I need to fix the back hatch so I can open it from the inside, there
is a write up on The Samba for that.

What else do I need to do, what am I forgetting?

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