Noise is much worse

[vanis13]

1st, kudos for accepting the responsibility of the missing communication/information that started the shitshow. We can only act on the info we receive.

2nd What IS effective, is conveying information that would be helpful to get the help you want. We CAN'T read your mind so can only go off the info you provide (or don't provide) Any of us in relationships know how unfair its when the other person expects us to know what's happening for them and act like we know when they don't tell us.

3rd it is the responsibility of the person conveying the info and requesting help/a change in the current situation to convey info and the request IN SUCH A WAY that those they want help/action from are able and are inclined to help/act. If the message is not delivered in a way that the listener is moved the desired result will not be accomplished - and to blame the listener for not knowing or asking is ineffective to accomplishing the desired result.

In essence - make it easy to help you.
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83.5 Westy with Subaru 2.5, 4 spd manual, center seat, COLD A/C on 134a!, Winter camp heated with an Espar B4 gasoline furnace

www.SuperVanagon.com - some stuff I make

[skills@eurocarsplus]

To the o/p...

If I said anything to bother you, so be it. A lot gets lost in translation on these forums. I'll be the first to admit I have taken stuff out of context in the past.

That said, I have to ask...not you but in general... you're not he first to say it but I hear the terms "the stress of breaking down" all the time here it seems.

Guess what? new shit breaks too. What is there to stress over? You call a tow truck and get a rental, period. All of the life altering drama of a breakdown is nonsense....I have to wonder how people would handle a legit emergency.

And if you freak about the cost of a tow/rental etc maybe you shouldn't wander too far from home, and maybe you simply can't afford to own one of these.

I myself had to pay for a 1K tow. It is what it is. But I didn't "stress" over it.
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[vanis13]

"stress" didn't exist until the 1920's

insightful reading https://humanstress.ca/stress/what-is-stress/history-of-stress/

Hans Selye began using the term stress after completing his medical training at the University of Montreal in the 1920’s

Its NUTS
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www.SuperVanagon.com - some stuff I make

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[danfromsyr]

i've managed to only get towed about 4 times over the last 20yrs of van ownership..
and fwiw each time, by the time I threw in the towel and called the tow.
stress was minimal, accepting it's outta my hands and into someone else's to get me and my family home safe.

as mentioned I've been towed twice of my 4 this year alone..
we can get into the AAA arguements, man some of you cheap gass guys... it's $120/yr $10/mo of peace of mind and it's recovred if used once/10yrs..
that's how much an uninsured tow is.. ALOT.

and sure, one of this years tows was 4miles from home. me alone and a dead van safely shouldered in the middle of a construction zone (cones&barrels galore)
could have called in local friend/family favors and dealt with it, but fuqit it's why I pay for the AAA insurance anyways..

just carrying on the side conversation here.

it's stressful (for me) when I don't know what it is, where it is or how to fix it if I can... I DIY and built this van and it's a road weary soldier.. sometimes a hip gives out.

keep on motoring on

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[E1]

Think we’re at five, since 2013, over about 130,000 miles.

6/14 — Alternator lost, no spare (but have since!), towed to Ukiah, CA
6/15 — Waterlogged, evap tank hole in downpour, towed to motel, Golden, CO
6/15 — Towed to Denver shop next morning
8/18 — Total loss crash, towed to Portland, OR
6/22 — Blown engine, towed to Durango, CO

The latter two preceded most of a year of downtime… stressful as Hell.
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1984 Westfailure/2.1 Digijet/5.43 Ring & Pinion/Peloquin/D-rated BFG KO2s
AI has spoken to further illiteracy, to steal, to cheat, and to replace humans

"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." — Colin Chapman

Jonathan Weisheit, Race in Peace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dS7xiFn7I&t=500s

[Howesight]

I thought some of the posters above went too hard on you. They know who they are. I am not normally a patient person, but I have learned here on the Samba to be far more patient. That`s a really good thing and I have followed the example set by many other posters here on the Samba and also on the Audi sites I frequent.

I think that I saw early on what got some posters annoyed in this particular thread. The explain this sound videos are some of the most fun for us armchair mechanics and the video you supplied was too short and too shaky to give a response. I am sure that there is a good reason why that is so, but regardless, people want to help and get annoyed when they cannot help due to lack of info. The trick for us folks trying to help is to stay calm and keep at it and not give in to the temptation to unload on the hapless OP.

I hope you find the source of the noise, get it fixed, and get a good price for your rig. I truly think that luck has a role in all of this as the breakdowns we often experience could just as well have occurred always on a grocery run and never occur on a vacation. But at a certain point, some of us stop loving the Westy and the Westy will never know how that came about.

I do hope that whatever rig replaces your Westy will give you some good road trips and no more Griswold vacations.
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'86 Syncro Westy SVX

[jkaput]

[E1]

Hate to see you leaving, I’d hoped you’d reconsider.

As someone above posted, I suspect many or most of us have gotten tired enough to sell. We certainly have, and I PMed you last night before posting.

Thanks for your reply earlier. I also have a body shop history with my brother and step-dad, and myself as a pinstriper since 1977.

All the Best, stay cool.
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1984 Westfailure/2.1 Digijet/5.43 Ring & Pinion/Peloquin/D-rated BFG KO2s
AI has spoken to further illiteracy, to steal, to cheat, and to replace humans

"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." — Colin Chapman

Jonathan Weisheit, Race in Peace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dS7xiFn7I&t=500s

[dhaavers]

Peace, indeed. Samba sympathy for the sh!!tposting in here.



- Dave
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86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS>

[tobloyd]

So we never get to find out what the mechanical problem was?
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1982 Vanagon L Westfalia
2.0 gas Air cooled
Originally CA model. Engine swapped with rebuilt Federal model

[Abscate]

OP… Western mass is much too nice a place to live to not have a T3

So many beautiful weekend trips you can take and be back to work and kids back to school on Monday…I did it for 30 years out of Albany.

You’ve got Andrew Flint in Nassau a hour away who will get you put right, not cheap, but quality never is.
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[Ahwahnee]

It sounds like the Samba peanut gallery has 'scared off' another member. Third one I know of in this month, but August is only half over.

I really don't get this hazing and confrontational attitude that gets thrown at new or less active posters. What is going on in your lives that you bring that sort of behavior to this forum?

[jkaput]

Here's the update for anyone who is curious.

It was a transmission sensor that came loose and was banging around in there. The shop pulled it down and did the main seal while in there bc that was leaky.

[jlrftype7]

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[jkaput]

"Look up Andrew, about an hour west of you. He knows these things stem to stern and will get you running and enjoying the beautiful Berkshire’s"

Thanks for the info and encouragement. Honestly, the wife and I are investigating vintage trailers lately (Airflytes, etc). She's is done. Me too, at least for now. It took a while. I've done a shit ton of work on this thing over the years, all shade tree style, under the pines on a piece of cardboard. Its time to sell - or at least take a break from thinking and working on it and focus on other things. Appreciate the positivity though, and I wish you well.