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Super Nice 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon on 2040-cars

Year:1989 Mileage:164000
Location:

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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I am selling my dream van. I am the 3rd owner of this 1989. I bought it from my friend in the summer of 2002. He had it about 4 years. It has been a good vehicle and a better friend. My wife is in her master's degree and it really has to go. 

Goods:
The entire drive train. I had this engine rebuilt in August of 2008 and it has never been seriously driven since. I drive it to Sonic with my kids on Sunday. I camped in it once this year. It has been a commuter when my other car is in the shop or will not start. The rebuild in 08 included:

a fuse panel
all the exhaust
a/c receiver/dryer
main, thrust, rod, cam, and gasket sets
exhaust valves
oil and water pump,
new backdoor hydraulics
spark plugs
thermostat
intake hoses
muffler
brake shoes
filters, belts
radiator flush
speedometer
lug wrench replacement
missing wheel centers

The work was done by a local guru who spent his life as a VW tech and retired. He has a collection of vans he pulls from, so many of the parts were from those. The labor and the parts were over $4,000 then. 

Since 2008 I have replaced the tires, gas pedal wire to the engine. Once the OEM unit went bad and the van wouldn't respond to a thing. I replaced the load-bearing ICs in the unit and it works great. I replaced the starter and modified the hot wire connection to a better, less ridiculously German one. The transmission was rebuilt before the engine around 05 or 06. It has been perfect ever since. I bought new tires in 08 and they look good still. The tread looks really good. You can see how little I've driven on those tires. The new speedometer had around 149,000 on it when I got it back. Thats 15,000 miles in 6 years! The interior is clean and in good condition. The power windows work fine on the front. The power mirrors do too. It looks like a van that has been used and cared for for 25 years. I have the engine rebuild receipts, the owners manual, the lug wrench, jack, fire extenguisher, cig lighter, and headrests. Table works, back gate still works. He also fixed an issue where the brake shoes wear out quickly on the 89s and 90s. 

The bads:
Some of the small electronics. The locks on these vans don't work if there is a short in a cable, and I've never had time to trace it down. The locks do not work. The CD player was stolen last year because of that. The horn and the cruise control slowly faded away in the first years I owned it. The front heater fan doesn't work, but the fan in the back does and front still blows while you are moving. The AC worked in 08 and 09, but then fizzled. The tech that did the work said he re-fills his ac at least once a year to keep it cold. No guarantees, but it should just need a recharging. The reverse lights do not work. They were staying on all the time and I got a ticket for it, the tech couldn't figure it out, so we separated the leads from the fixture. There is one rip in the back passenger bench. Finally, the front window is chipped and when I went to the glass place to get it repaired, they just broke it further. 


This is a super solid van. We just spend our rent on a master's degree payment, so this has to go. I will try to answer all your questions the best I can. 

You will need to pick the van up in Chattanooga TN. I will not meet elsewhere. It already has a Moog Music and APPLE sticker, so you won't have to worry about those. 

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