Date:         Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:15:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
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From:         Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: It's not moving...UGH!!!
Comments: To: JBowen7@aol.com
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Thank You!

I have this thing about performing all of my work myself.... but I have
never tried an automatic. I fortunately haven't had any problems with mine
yet, but I have been thinking about getting one from a jyard to play around
with and have ready for the eventual failure of mine. But I have 140K on it
and it hasn't given me a bit of trouble yet - List Wisdom is that this about
as long as they last.

Oh, I did have one problem, I overfilled it and it blew the excess right out
the vent all over the back of the hatch - traumatic, but ultimately
harmless. Of course, I always have good vehicular karma too.

Did you have a special manual?

Tom and Dana Cates
Asheville, NC
83 Air-Cooled Westfalia, 'Hammurabi'
Member: http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com/ "Home of the World Famous Breakfast
Burritos"
http://www.type2.com/rescue/
http://members.home.net/fullmooninjoon/index.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: <JBowen7@aol.com>
To: <dcates1@home.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Re: It's not moving...UGH!!!


> The only tools I used that might be considered special were a vice (used
to press in new bushings) and an air compressor (used to blow parts clean
and to test the operation of various pistons when reassembling).  All of my
other tools were good old Craftsman.
>