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Date:         Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:22:56 -0800
Reply-To:     James Walldow <jwall@ARCTIC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         James Walldow <jwall@ARCTIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Essential Tools
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sheeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhh........i just got on the list and have been talking a bit.......guess i better introduce myself..............james walldow........galena alaska..........have a 89 syncro in calif called farf.........spend 4 months of the year fulltiming it.........mostly in mex.......love roller coasters.......beaches.....water....sailing...thats my line.........thanks............james

Doug Alcock wrote:

>Hi Dan, > > Welcome to the list. There is general agreement that you shouldn't >leave home without your credit card, AAA membersip and cellphone. As for >hand tools you'll get a variety of answers to that question. One extreme (which has a >lot of adherents) is that your preventative maintenance is so intensive >that you leave home with no tools but the aforementioned three. The other >extreme is 'enough tools to pull the engine at the side of the road' and >some have done it. I carry regular and deep throat metric sockets, metric >combination wrenches, 5 types of pliers, multi-driver and bits, ball peen >hammer (BFH), 2 types of visegrips, utility knife and scraper, prybar, >crowbar. Fuses, spare belt, oil, pre-mix coolant, some odd hose clamps. So >I guess I'm somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. These all ride in >tool bag that weighs about 30 lbs. Am I sick of lifting it around the >Westy when camping ---- Yes!. Would I leave home without it --- no, and my >wife wouldn't let me either :-) > >Cheers, >Doug > >>Okay Volkies, >> >>Now that I am a new Westy owner, I need to pick your brains... simple >> >question:? > >>What tools do you keep in your vannies? What are the essential tools to >> >have for basic maintenance and emergency >repair (I already have duct tape >covered! :-) ? Okay.. so it was *two* simple questions. > >>--=Dan >>'84 Westy >> > > > > >Dan Brustein <brustein@RCN.COM> >Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >04/15/2003 01:19 PM >Please respond to Dan Brustein > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > cc: > Subject: Essential Tools >


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