Date:         Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:32:41 -0800
Reply-To:     James Walldow <jwall@ARCTIC.NET>
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From:         James Walldow <jwall@ARCTIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: OO  TT
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sheeeeeeeeshhhhhhhh.........not a big deal....so some are better
spellers than others..........plenty of other things to worry about.
 like working on our vans....right on eric........opps.Eric....james..

Eric Zeno wrote:

>Tom,
>    "why make readers struggle to read what you're trying to say?"
>
>     I'm sure this is not intentional.  There are a lot of good people
>here that have a ton of skills with Vanagons.  To bad we all
>have to have english skills also,  to communicate in this fashion.
>     I'm probably one of the biggest offenders.   Why?  Not because
>I'm trying to make people struggle.  It's because I want others
>to see that without good english,  you  should not let it stop
>your entire life.  I know to many good people that will not
>participate in many things because they are embarrassed
>about there reading and english skills.  This is just sad.
>      I also have a BIG objection with english.  I have used logic
>in every way to learn about, and study most anything.  You
>can always learn some rule or find out about the history of
>something to figure out why things are the way we have it
>today.   But engish?  Does any one have a rule to follow
>that can tell me when and why  the word "thought" has a G H T
>on the end.    I spell it "thru"  .....screw english
>            Good thing its friday.
>                                                          Eric
>
>Tom Young wrote:
>
>>I have a problem with posts with no caps and sketchy punctuation.  If you
>>want help, why make readers struggle to read what you're trying to say?
>>
>>Everything else being equal, there's no reason why new heads, in and of
>>themselves, would cause an engine to run extremely rich.  I suppose I could
>>conjure up scenarios where there was a specific problem with the old heads,
>>or injectors, or something,  that was compensated for by turning up the
>>fuel/air mixture and, once you had good heads in place, the rich fuel/air
>>mixture now reared its ugly head.  But to answer your direct question, no.
>>Now you need to find out why it's running rich when it wasn't before, I
>>assume.
>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
>>Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Reggie Rainard" <reelax27@YAHOO.COM>
>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:40 PM
>>Subject: 1990 vanagon heads
>>
>>>hi all,
>>>  i have a 1990 vanagon with a near new engine (55,000
>>>miles) and i put new heads on it (old heads from
>>>engine were used previously). i managed to put
>>>everything back togather, oil water (in place of
>>>antifreeze to check that it was water tight) and the
>>>car turned over with no problem. as soon as it turned
>>>over it would run really rich and then choke and
>>>barely stay runnin, is this a normal occurance when
>>>you first start up your car after haveing the heads
>>>replaced?
>>>
>>>                              thanks,
>>>                              Reggie Rainard
>>>                              Wheaton MD
>>>
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>