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E1
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| danfromsyr wrote: |
| brakes make little difference up on a flatbed.. |
Sorry, bad joke. 
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JimmyJagged
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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I just saw this thread on the same day that we had to tow because the clutch wore out.
Can we consider that more normal wear & tear instead of an emergency breakdown of an unreliable Vanagon?
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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How far away from home were you? If your starter is in good shape, it's fairly easy to drive a manual in clutchless mode.
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Timwhy
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DavoVan
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Location: Oklahoma City
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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Towed it home when I bought it, that counts right? |
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JimmyJagged
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
| How far away from home were you? If your starter is in good shape, it's fairly easy to drive a manual in clutchless mode. |
My daughter was camping 2 hours from home. Some people stopped and tried to help her. She said that they taught her how to drive it without the clutch, but she didn't want to drive it that long, through a mountain pass, and through city traffic.
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1971 Tin Top Weekender Bus
1973 Squareback
1985 Pop Top Weekender Vanagon (my 19yo son's first car. father/son project)
1985 Pop Top Weekender Vanagon w/ 2.5 Subaru
Past:
1976 Rabbit diesel (my first car). RIP. totaled by drunk driver (not me!)
1973 Pop Top Westfalia Weekender Bus. RIP. Blown engine due to 25yo ignorant of VW maintenance (me).
1986 Vanagon Transporter. RIP. totaled by drunk driver (not me!)
1987 Vanagon Syncro. I never should have sold. |
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Jeffrey Lee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| Timwhy wrote: |
| Blown brake line in my driveway. |
Excellent choice. I can think of a lot worse places to blow a brake line.
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ronL 
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:38 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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This was on my way home from camping at Bald Mountain Westies in Townsend VT last summer....refrigerator fire.[img]
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VdubVanner
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| What kind of refrigerator was that? In the wiring?? |
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| ronL wrote: |
This was on my way home from camping at Bald Mountain Westies in Townsend VT last summer....refrigerator fire.
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Wow...first post. Only happens in a Vanagon forum...???
Belated welcome, BTW!
- Dave
PS: Is it too late to mention new fuel lines...???   
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Alaskaberrys
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| ronL wrote: |
This was on my way home from camping at Bald Mountain Westies in Townsend VT last summer....refrigerator fire.
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You figure out just how it started?
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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I'd wager a guess that the 12v heating element wire had it's fiberglass sheathing compromised to some extent and shorted out.
though the fuse by the drivers door should have blown, unless it's bypassed or modified.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:16 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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| Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
| How far away from home were you? If your starter is in good shape, it's fairly easy to drive a manual in clutchless mode. |
My daughter was camping 2 hours from home. Some people stopped and tried to help her. She said that they taught her how to drive it without the clutch, but she didn't want to drive it that long, through a mountain pass, and through city traffic. |
+1000 points awarded to daughter for sound judgement
10 minutes from home on country road, yes.
City traffic, mountain passes, no.
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Paulbeard
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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Less than a mile but I wouldn't want to push it that far.
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hooker771
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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How about one from the inside- this was jsut prior to our second tow in 2 weeks. Vapor locking dual carbs.
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Gnarlodious
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:02 pm Post subject: This beaut in Santa Fe NM |
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This beaut in Santa Fe NM (not mine):
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erste
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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Not an emergency, just getting towed to the shop across town. He towed it backwards?
Seems hard on whatever locks the steering, but I guess it's fine. |
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Corwyn
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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I win!  Sorta . . . I guess . . . maybe not
Three engines later, I think I'm getting it done right with a FAS Gen V 2.0 Gas NA installed by Peace vans . . .
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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At least it wasnt the same operator for the three tows, Corwyn
Im a glass half full kind of guy.
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16CVs
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Show us your emergency, break-down Tow Pics!! |
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Head gasket went south, Stuck in death Valley. Living proof that even Subaru engines have problems.
AAA is the worst. They lie and just dump you off where they want to. They dumped my Van at some shop in Pahrump Nevada that diagnosed my van as a Bad intercooler.
I would never have an unknown shop do any major work for me. I paid to get it Trucked home to my Mechanic in the bay area.
A costly Vacation for sure.
Stacy
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