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Date:         Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:02:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Anthony Zygmunt <tzygmunt@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Anthony Zygmunt <tzygmunt@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <E1C4nuJ-0001ii-00@smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net>
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Joy,

If you can make it about 1 1/2 hours Southeast of Madison, there is

Gene's Bug Hut W 123 Hwy D Box 138 Honey Creek, WI 53138

1-262-514-2454

He has done good work on my vanagon engine for me.

Tony

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Hi all, > > Matilda has been great for the past week and a half > - had a lovely visit > with my sister and her family near Ithaca NY, > stopped briefly in Ontario to > meet Tom Shiels and get my Vanagon.com stickers, had > a splendid trip up the > Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay > and across to Manitoulin > Island on the ferry, did some lovely kayaking up > around there, and then had > a great four days at the Chippewa County Fair in the > upper peninsula of > Michigan, with the extended family of someone who > came across my website and > is planning to move into her Westy in the spring. > > Today, however, Matilda decided that she's tired of > running at full speed > and she's been cutting out on me. We dawdled for > 160 miles at around 50 mph > to Marquette Michigan, which is a major metropolis > after the places I've > been the past week. > > She might be in fine form tomorrow, but I'm assuming > this isn't going to get > better. I already had the fuel filter replaced > before I left Virginia, and > now I'm trying to track down a new-to-me fuel pump > that someone offered me a > few weeks ago. I've also been looking at the > directions on the web for > addressing intermittent Vanagon syndrome. > > So now I'm looking for someone who might be able to > give me a hand with some > of these things. Is there anyone out there in > Wisconsin, roughly between > the UP and the Madison area who might be willing to > spend some time > directing me on how to do things like check fuel > pressure, change fuel pump, > etc.? I expect to be visiting a friend in Madison > later this week, in case > anyone is there. > > I also once dredged up info about a good Vanagon > mechanic in the Madison > area. I could try to dredge that up again, but if > anyone knows who that > might have been, could you please let me know? I'd > rather do this stuff > myself, though, with a bit of technical assistance, > if I can. I gotta learn > somehow! > > Matilda works, albeit slowly, so hopefully I'm not > going to be stuck in > Marquette Michigan indefinitely. But if anyone is > near here, please do get > in touch, that would be even better! Phone is > below, if you're around here, > please do give me a call, as I'm going to log off > soon. > > Thank you! > > > > Joy > > > > > ******************************************************************* > Joy Hecht > and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon > > email: jhecht@alum.mit.edu > telephone: 1-202-494-1162 > for musings about life and the vanadventures: > http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy > > ******************************************************************* >

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