Excuse the rambling but, Just got my 81 westy back from the mechanic and it turned out to be the double relay, the points and a leaking intake man. gasket. I also missed a couple of important brackets but otherwise the mech. said I did a very good job. And it no longer sounds like a sewing machine on it's very last legs. Anyways to the problem at hand. When the mechanic phoned me he told me that the lights all around were being very strange. The front indicators would come on when the brakes were applied. The reverse lights would cause the engine to stall. The headlights being on causes the engine to stall. Thinking I may have some kind of short to ground because when you start it with all the fuses in the running lights come on very dimly. I tell you, it seems like this van just doesn't want to start going down the road again.
On a lighter note, my girlfriend who owns the van was clueless that it was coming back from the shop today and I phoned and told her that the mechanics had blown the motor up again and I was going to have to rebuild it again. This is of course after we've spent over 4 grand getting the thing back together. I also told her that she was going to have to pay them $700 for the trouble too. She hit the roof until I told her I was joking. I got hit kinda hard when I got home but it sure was good for a laugh.
Anyways any ideas appreciated like usual! Cheers