Since it's up on the rack anyway . . .

Next week I'm taking the Wonderbus to a shop that some Vanagon fellows
here in town have recommended as a good place to get some VW servicing:
Brad's Foreign Auto in Encinitas, CA (If you have some knowledge about
these guys pro or con, please advise). I know I should be doing
everything myself -- and I am doing my oil changes and valve adjusting
routinely -- but I just don't have the time I had last summer for auto work.

Anyway, the brakes are doing a little squealing while driving -- not so
much while braking, just a kind of "wee-wee-wee" while driving -- and a
quick tap on the brake pedal usually shuts it up. So I'll have them
eyeball and routine-maint the brakes.

I reckon I'll have them bleed the brake lines, check the wheel bearings,
speedo cable is making noise, figure it's due for replacing, um . . .
change the GL4 in the tranny.

What else should I ask them to look at while they are there?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott wrote:

> Next week I'm taking the Wonderbus to a shop that some Vanagon fellows
> here in town have recommended as a good place to get some VW servicing:
> Brad's Foreign Auto in Encinitas, CA (If you have some knowledge about
> these guys pro or con, please advise). I know I should be doing
> everything myself -- and I am doing my oil changes and valve adjusting
> routinely -- but I just don't have the time I had last summer for auto
> work.
>
> Anyway, the brakes are doing a little squealing while driving -- not so
> much while braking, just a kind of "wee-wee-wee" while driving -- and a
> quick tap on the brake pedal usually shuts it up. So I'll have them
> eyeball and routine-maint the brakes.
>
> I reckon I'll have them bleed the brake lines, check the wheel bearings,
> speedo cable is making noise, figure it's due for replacing, um . . .
> change the GL4 in the tranny.
>
> What else should I ask them to look at while they are there?
>

I'd repack and adjust the wheel bearings, myself.

nate

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