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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:47 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Wow starting bid at 2500 bucks?? That`s as much as they can hope getting I think....
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:57 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

It's all for the salvageable Westy gear....
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:16 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

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Wow starting bid at 2500 bucks?? That`s as much as they can hope getting I think....


2500 is only the starting bid of course, and then you'll have to "Fight off the frenzied bidding action!"

Best to avoid all that and use the buy-it-now for the 3500. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 4:36 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

3500 for complete camper gear, pop top and arguably decent running motor and transmission!

That fish will be out there.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Here's one from the Netherlands:
https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2047749/

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https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=&sl=n...2047749%2F

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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:08 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

The way it's reported, it sounds like a battery short.
Curious to know what was mounted under the seat.
Inverter? Charger? Amp?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:04 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/alhambra-1989-vanagon-westfalia/7167741784.html
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:27 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

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First owner all original.
Please call only Joseph


Goodness. Sorry to hear that, Joseph. Unfortunately, $5,900 for a burnt camper seems like too much to pay.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:19 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

No pix at all of the passenger side, either...
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:34 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/ij9qnm/my_car_burned_out/
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:06 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Mamma mia!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:53 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:17 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

It's believable but unverifiable, of course. I just replaced my spark plug wires because all the rubber was chewed up by rodents. I didn't think it was a big deal until I got shocked through one of the tooth marks.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:04 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Gnarlodious wrote:
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

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Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one?
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!

Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!! Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:07 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

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Gnarlodious wrote:
Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one?
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!

Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!! Shocked
This little furry buddy didn't get the chance to do any real damage- It died where it laid....So no fire starting for it, just foam engine noise insulation under the cover....
Lord knows how many weeks or months it was sitting on top of this engine before I rudely disturbed its resting place last week at work. It DID give me a surprise finding it, was not expecting it at all..... Rolling Eyes


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:20 pm    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

Jake de Villiers wrote:
Gnarlodious wrote:
Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one?
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!

Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!! Shocked


Is your wifes car a VW? I have 2 mk4's and they get above the hoodliner when it starts getting cold out.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:30 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

danfromsyr wrote:
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That s going to take more than a 10 mm wrench , even for Mark
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:32 am    Post subject: Re: The big Vanagon failures, wrecks and fires thread! Reply with quote

tjet wrote:
Jake de Villiers wrote:
Gnarlodious wrote:
Owner blamed it on rodents chewing the fuel tube, has anyone ever heard that one?
We've had trouble with squirrels chewing the rubber parts of my wife's car - they shredded the hood liner completely!

Thankfully, they don't find the Westy parked next to it nearly as tasty!! Shocked


Is your wifes car a VW? I have 2 mk4's and they get above the hoodliner when it starts getting cold out.


We had trouble with my Moms Golf in Laguna.

Peppermint oil worked to keep them out, in small baskets
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