Looking for someone to do electrical repair work in Erie PA area

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Looking for someone to do electrical repair work in Erie PA area

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Hello. I have a 1975 710M. Having lighting issues. No power to back. Slow t/s. No marker (5w) lamps. Keeps blowing all bulbs out. Now 4500 lamp is on. Starts and runs ok. Just don't let her sit for a week without starting or have to put fuel down intake.
Also, fuel looses prime after it sits for a day or more. Looking for someone/business near Erie pa. Sadly with my work schedule I get very little time to work on my truck. All my spare time seems to be going to keeping my regular cars and my work semi in working order. I actually have not had a chance to work on the pinzgauer in several months and I'm sad to see it. If I could find somebody within 150 MI that could work on it, I would like to hire them. Thank you.
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Falling short of a local Pinz buddy who could take your Pinz on as a project...
Try searching for a shop that repairs/restores classic VW's and/or Porch. A
Pinz might peek their interest and it would certainly not be completely
foreign (no pun intended) to them.

Look on https://www.thesamba.com/vw/shops/cat.php?id=3.

For example ...

https://www.facebook.com/AC2aircooled/
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Brickren wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:11 am Also, fuel looses prime after it sits for a day or more.
Replacing the top section (or entire) of your fuel pump should solve this issue. Sometimes a whole pump is cheaper than parts. It's an easy swap.
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Thanks for ideas. May know of vw repair place. And fuel pump was replaced 4 years ago. Had to re index top to work. Hate breaking seals on new parts. May be cause of my problem. Thanks.
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Those VW mechanics should be able to fix most of your issues, including the fuel one.
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