Date:         Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:10:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ultimate Fix #1
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At 10:43 PM -0700 10/15/01, Alpha Auto Sales wrote:
>    Since 1969 there is only one repair process I have implemented
>that got phone calls of thanks from multiple customers, some were so
>pleased with the results they told their Wasserboxer owning friends
>who called for appointments and repeated the compliment cycle.
>
>    It started on a Synchro, I think it was a 1996 model, belonging
>to the good Dr.*****.

        I wasn't aware that there were ANY "Synchro" Vanagons available
        in 1996 or any other year...perhaps you meant a 1986 Syncro?

        [SNIP]

>    You want to test and see if this process is needed?? Sure
>thing!! Take your DVOM, set to a range of no more than two, maybe
>four volts, connect it between the battery negative post and an
>alternator or engine block ground, pull the double green wire
>connector from the coil to disable spark and have a friend crank the
>engine while you watch the meter.

        Or perhaps this vehicle you're describing actually has a
        battery within sight of the engine and alternator and ISN'T
        a Vanagon at all? When fooling with a [D]VOM around **MY**
        Vanagon, I don't usually have a spool of wire available to
        connect between one of the handy grounds in the engine compartment
        and the battery post in the battery compartment in the right
        front wheelwell...


        [SNIP]

>    OK, now that you all are privy to one of my personal trade secrets,

        Cleaning grounds has always been a GoodThing(tm)  but it's
        never been a secret to those who take care of their ageing
        vehicles. However, thanks for the reminder...

>please, somebody buy the Westy I've got posted at
>http://www.alphaautosales.net/vanagon90/index.htm maybe I'll post
>again with the final word on Wasserboxer cooling system filling and
>bleeding.

        Whatever...EXCEPT that the vehicle you're selling is the same as
        a Carat (with the exception of the Wolfsburg medallion] + the
        Country Homes conversion. It's NOT a "Westy"...