Date:         Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:02:58 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <redhotlava@HAWAII.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mick Kalber <redhotlava@HAWAII.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
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>I'll buy you all a bear,
coke, or tea someday when we meet.<

I'll take the bear if he's housebroken.  Oops, not Friday... sorry.

Mick
89 Syncro Westy
Hilo, Hawaii


----- Original Message -----
From: Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA


> Thanks to everyone who helped me on this one.  I'll buy you all a bear,
> coke, or tea someday when we meet.
>
> I had no compression after I put on my rocker arms and it was because the
> pushrods were not possitioned correctly in the hydraulic lifters.  This
> was keeping the valves open.
>
> I made it back to Sacramento and I only missed about 4 hours of work!  I
> might have even solved my leaky head gasket problem just by re-torquing
> the heads.  This will take a little bit longer to determine if it has been
> resolved.
>
> Again, thanks for all the fast responses by email and the few who
> attempted to call my on my cell phone.
>
> -Blake Heinlein
> http://members.accessbee.com/heinlein/