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djkeev
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Farf
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| "Urivanary" incontinence? |
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SCM
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| Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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I bet you're glad that didn't happen in ND!
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djkeev
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jismay
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| Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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I think we need to have a "van-shaming" thread.
Post a picture of your van with a sign around its neck saying what it did bad.
For reference see: http://www.dogshaming.com/
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Merian
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| Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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| this might make an instructive thread if some nice pics are added |
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Gruppe B
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| Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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Hi DJ
Didn't you already reseal your transmission in your weekender build thread or was that someone else?
I need to reseal my automatic as well. Leaks are smaller but still need to be fixed
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Marcq
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:26 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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Just returned home after a 3 week trip to Montana over the Holidays.
I put the Van in the Garage and I think he was pissed off we left him behind!
Peed all over the garage floor!!
Bad Van... BAD!!!!
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You left the van in the garage for 3 weeks and you wonder why it had an accident?? Poor van 
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joetiger 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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I have one of those pics! Slave cylinder failure in my case. Now I just put newspaper down if I'm going to be gone for awhile. 
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BavarianWrench
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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| Dave, No punishing the bus for the sins of the owner....... |
I had to laugh at my own sins when I saw your photo. You word selection brought me back to puppy training days. It is like that moment you come home after an unrealistically long day. You know what you are walking into. Certainly the dog had an accident. You want to say something so the dog doesnt think it is ok to relieve itself whenever, at the same time you know it is your fault. I always thank my van when it gives up the ghost at my house, especially after returning home from an epic trip and the next day or so it lays down. |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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Its just marking its territory. (Land Rover joke)
If your pee is that color, see your doctor.
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Abelabelabel
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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Does Coolant count?
Bad Thermo & Bad stage 1 fan resistor made Red sick for a long time. 
Bonus points if you can find the dog that got a free ride in a tow truck later.
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SCM
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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| I always thank my van when it gives up the ghost at my house, especially after returning home from an epic trip and the next day or so it lays down. |
Like the blown master cylinder after my 2,000 mile trip from MT to UT and back. Well, actually it became noticeable on the way home but luckily not too bad.
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djkeev
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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Well, I've put up with this Van and it's poor untrained Potty habits for awhile now.
I fiddled with it over the Winter but failed to pull the unit out, no big trips were planned until 2018. I had the luxury of time! ....... My how things change!
I was thinking that the leak was various bad orings on the governor cover, then the 3rd gear piston but now It is clearly the huge "space shuttle" Oring between the differential and the auto trans unit, not the weep hole between the two seals.
It leaks most while parked and cools off.
The nuts are tight holding the two units together.
The unit works fine, I've a trip coming up and want to postpone a "proper" reseal and rebuild of the unit until Winter.
I'm thinking of some sort of external sealant for 5,000 miles.
Yeah..... I know........ It isn't the right thing to do, but I don't want to soil friends and families driveways on my trip.
I rarely take stop gap measures but for this leak it may be just the ticket.
Dave
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dhaavers
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Pack a few large squares of cardboard in the top bunk for driveway "potty pads"...???
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williamM
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:35 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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 Put a diaper on it. Friend of mine had a buggy leaked so bad he wire tied a catch basin under the motor- "No harm no foul" he used to say.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Bad Van!!! BAD!!!! |
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| Put a diaper on it. Friend of mine had a buggy leaked so bad he wire tied a catch basin under the motor- "No harm no foul" he used to say. |
Catch basin, small pump, filter, and you can send it back into the trans
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