In a previous post, Joan Henley noted that she had the roof vent
removed from her EVC and a Fantastic Fan installed in its place ...

Hello does anyone know of any EV MV's for sale in the north east? it

have to be a camper, but it does have to be a 1993.
chris preferably 5 speed


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80 ft-lbs for wheel lug bolts

Greetings Eckhard:

Forget the JC Whitney serpentine belt tool. It's slick enough, the right
length (15"), and the ratcheting heads are nice, but it does NOT fit the

It has 4 fittings (two on each end, and all four ratchet in both
directions): 14mm hex, 17mm hex, 19mm (or 3/4") hex, and 19mm (or 3/4")
square.

Too bad the EV is a 13mm hex. It's a nice tool. JC Whitney will take it
back no questions asked and even reimburse some of the shipping.

Otherwise, it was EASY to rotate the tensioner with regular hand tools (I
should have tried that FIRST).

Get a long (10") combo box wrench (13mm/15mm). Craftsman has them for
cheap, but of course Matco, Mac, and Snap-on have them too. If you need
some extra leverage use a short piece of pipe over the 15mm side. There's
adequate clearance and you don't need all that much torque as you are only
rotating the tensioner's internal spring (indeed, if you find you need a

of torque then you are doing something wrong.) You only have to rotate
(clockwise) a short distance to loosen the belt enough to pop it off its
path.

Mike

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From: "RocknRolz" <RocknRolz@...>
To: <mgmccarthy@...>
Subject: Timing Belt Tool
Date: Tue, May 16, 2000, 9:40 PM


Thanks for the message. At 90 000 miles my timing belt is overdue. Let me
know how things go.
Thanks
Eckhard

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This weekend we went to the import car swapmeet and car show at Carlise
PA. It was a lot of fun. A few Vanagon's showed up and we were there in
our '93 MV. I saw a EVC and a really cool EV crew cab pickup. The
pickup was a Diesel stick shift and light blue. Whoever owned it was
running 215/70R15 and they seemed to fit fine. Actually I liked the way
they filled up the wheel wells more then my 205/65R15. The pickup had
really cool side view mirrors too they were mounted on large steel
brackets that extended from the sides of the van more then a foot.

My friend Graham met us there in his '85 Westy. He just installed a
shadyboy awning and it worked great. Small footprint easy to set up
light weight and held up well in the rain. There is a small gap between
the awning and van that will allow rain to slip past though.

I used my $15 home made tarp awning that worked terrific as usual. I've
had it set up in Maine during severe downpours and heavy winds with no
problem and it doesn't let rain pass between the van and awning. When I
use it again this weekend I'll try to take some pictures and scan them in
if anyone wants to see it. It's made from a ten foot length of 1/2"
conduit that I tied a heavy duty tarp to, 8x6 (I think) it is then bolted
to my roof racks with muffler clamps. This does a few things, first it
lifts the awning about three to four inches above the roof line which
allows wind to pass between the roof and awning helping to keep it
stable. Second it also places the awning back over the roof past the
rain gutter so any rain falling on the roof just runs down the gutter
instead of into the windows or down the side of the van. Third it is
mounted very securely with no holes, it is easy to remove and set up
takes about ten minutes. Not too pretty though. The other side is held
up with adjustable tarp poles. I believe you can find these at K-mart or
Sears etc. I found mine in the garbage. These work great, allowing it
to be higher or lower then the roof or you can adjust it with one side
higher then the other. I've found adjusting it with one side higher
works especially well in the rain. Allowing the rain to run off one
corner and not pool on the tarp. The down side and it's a big one. It
needs to be staked out. So setting it up in a parking lot can be
difficult, but not impossible, tying it to another car works well.
Staking it is not that bad though. It only requires two lines one for
each outboard corner staked out diagonally from the tarp. I use the nice
heavy duty plastic stakes and nylon line with the slip adjusters that
came with the poles I found. I've also used this same set up on my
Vanagons with and with out roof racks. With out the roof racks the
conduit fits perfectly into the rain gutter I then used small C-clamps to
hold it in place. This also worked very well but would let some rain in
and did not offer the same head room as with it attached to the roof
racks.

CE


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OK, it does not matter if the engine is running or not (I have done
this both ways) Open the cover to the fuse area, just to the left of
the steering wheel. Along the top edge of the opening you should have
two electrical connectors, a white one and a black one, each with two
connection points inside. Simply make a jumper wire that connects the
bottom wire of the white connector to the bottome wire of the black
connector. Putting this jumper wire in place should make the check
engine light come on and after a few seconds it will start to blink a
code.

This will give you codes to see what the ECU thinks is wrong but you
can not reset anything.