Date:         Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:55:30 -0500
Reply-To:     sleepingmonkey1 <sleepingmonkey1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         sleepingmonkey1 <sleepingmonkey1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: end of road
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love it or leave it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Steele" <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: end of road


> > Darn.... took my 84 westy in for a tune up before going on a trip next
> > week and thought I smelled ...... something sweet......
> >
> > Yep, $1,100 is what it will cost at the dealer to get the heads re done.
> > I give up. This is the third and final leaking flat four for me. I'm
> > putting the westy up on blocks till the Tiico is sorted out and I can
> > come up with the money to do an inline four and a new automatic. Just
> > getting into the new camping season wouldn't ya know!
> >
> > Later, Bob
> > 84 westy
> > das leaker
> Bob:
> DON"T QUIT!
> Put a tow bar on the front and pull it to your camp sites:)
> Surely you can find a competent mechanic at a reputable shop who will do
the
> thing for far less.  How many miles did it take to get you to the quitting
> point?
>
> You have plenty of time to get it fixed before the weather turns nice up
> there in WI.  Suck it up...  later this year it will be twenty years old!
>
> Hang in there.
>
> --
> Stephen
> Chillicothe OH
>