Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:13:44 -0800
Reply-To: Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: merry xmas from brazil
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That '82 Westy is the real thing. Happy Holy-days for you on the southern hemisphere where there if more summer than spring.
Buy a Westy for us listees there and we will use it for our vacations there. You and I two already. Only need a few more to be cheap per person.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Willenbrock
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: merry xmas from brazil
merry xmas everyone!
for those who have been following my engine progress, i have turn up successful on my first rebuilt instal in my 90 gl. thanks again to jason yasment who froze with me while pulling the old and implanting the new. boston bobs beautiful piece of machinery will bring me many miles of love! the only initial start up problems were distributor timing way off but quickly remedied. the other problem was a bad oil pressure sensor wire connection causing the buzzing about 2500 rpm. i replaced the wire and have enjoyed 25 buzz free miles. i have since left to spend the holidays in brazil, what a shame!, and made arrangements to have a mechanic double check my work and makes sure everything is set properly like throttle switch etc...
here in brazil kombis are everywhere. i counted 87 from the airport to my girlfriends parents house about a ten minute drive! for those unaware, they are still made here with the old style kombi body but they are liquid cooled, some are still aircooled. colors are mostly white and they are used primarily as work vans. not a noticeable bus following here like in america. in fact, my girlfriend says the busses are not desirable cars for people to own, only the poor and blue collar workers used as delivery vans. her family finds it amusing that i am so impressed with these vans here and i am always wacthing them. i would love to drive one here and check out the engine. does anyone know the main differences in the way these are manufactured? oh yeah, prices on them new here are about 7,000+ Reals which amounts to about $3500 american.
again thanks for all the group support with my engine install!
happy holidays everyone and feliz natal!
jason
90 gl
82 westy
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