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Date:         Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:52:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: oh shit, here we go again
In-Reply-To:  <5.2.0.9.2.20041119112828.02d9bec8@mail-hub.optonline.net>
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Well, the pool doesn't seem to have taken off, but I did get a couple of queries about which connection was loose.

It was the wires that plug into the fuel pump relay - connect the ignition to it, I assume. The plug had simply come loose.

At least that's what it looks like from the drawings in the Bentley. I'm not opening my engine to check. If you'd ever seen how my van is packed, you'd know why!

Joy

**************************************************************** Joy Hecht and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures: http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

****************************************************************

:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Tim Demarest :::Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:30 AM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: oh shit, here we go again ::: :::OK, time to start the "loose connection pool"... I'll take the hall :::sensor :::connector on the distributor... no, wait... power connection to the fuel :::pump (I think that was recently worked on). ::: :::Happy Friday! ::: :::PS - Welcome back to the road, Joy. ::: :::At 07:26 AM 11/19/2004 -0500, Eric Zeno wrote: :::>Joy, :::> I understand your a handsoff type of person with mechanics, but :::> for the good of the vanagon list, could you find out exactly what :::>connection :::>was loose. This may be a problem area witch we should all be aware of, :::>and may need to check in situations like you were in. :::> Eric :::> :::>Joy Hecht wrote: :::> :::>>Well, I did a lot of what Gnarlie suggested - 160 out of Walsenburg, La :::Veta :::>>pass, etc. She didn't mention visiting her in Santa Fe, which I also :::did, :::>>in fact that's where I'm emailing from. It's great to finally connect :::faces :::>>with names! :::>> :::>>I didn't get any Mexicans to push my van, however. Matilda has gotten :::quite :::>>comfy riding on tow trucks by now, so she got to do that again. :::>> :::>>The problem with my van turned out to be quite trivial - a loose :::connection, :::>>which the mechanic in Walsenburg found quickly and didn't waste his :::time and :::>>my money messing around. Whew! He (Curtis Pryor) turns out to be a :::>>VW-trained mechanic from back in something like 1968, and he's worked :::on VWs :::>>his whole life. So if anyone needs a mechanic in Walsenburg, Pryority :::>>Motors is definitely the place. :::>> :::>>Thanks to everyone who sent suggestions, condolences, or anything else! :::You :::>>guys are great moral support, even if I'm useless at doing my own :::repairs. :::>>And to those who wonder why I haven't given up on vanagons, well, it's :::>>because it's so much fun meeting all of you on the way! Besides, I'm :::>>stubborn. :-) :::>> :::>> :::>> :::>>Joy :::>> :::>> :::>> :::>>**************************************************************** :::>>Joy Hecht :::>>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon :::>> :::>>For musings about life and the vanadventures: :::>>http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy :::>> :::>>**************************************************************** :::>> :::>>:::-----Original Message----- :::>>:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On :::Behalf :::>>:::Of Gnarlodious :::>>:::Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:47 AM :::>>:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::>>:::Subject: Re: oh shit, here we go again :::>>::: :::>>:::My advice? Wait a while for it to warm up then try. Roll down a hill :::or :::>>:::get :::>>:::some Mexicans to push you, they love doing that sort of thing :=) :::>>::: :::>>:::Sounds like the kind of prob any mechanic could fix. :::>>::: :::>>:::When you get out of Walsenburg, you should head west on 160 :::(assuming :::>>:::Matilda is running good), the drive is beautiful and traffic is :::light :::>>:::over :::>>:::La Veta pass. Go south at Ft. Garland to get to Taos, Santa Fe and :::>>:::Albuquerque. :::>>::: :::>>:::-- Gnarlie :::>>::: :::>>::: :::>>:::Entity Joy Hecht spoke thus: :::>>::: :::>>:::> So, I finally get back on the road, made it from Boulder to :::Walsenburg, :::>>:::> Colorado. It's quarter to seven in the morning, and Matilda won't :::>>:::start. :::>>:::> She started once, then the engine died. Now she turns over but :::won't :::>>:::start. :::>>:::> :::>>:::> Suggestions? Anyone know of a decent mechanic nearby? I see from :::>>:::Larry's :::>>:::> list a couple in Colorado Springs (further than AAA will tow, I'm :::>>:::almost :::>>:::> sure, though maybe wrong?) :::>>:::> :::>>:::> Is this something that a non-VW mechanic should be able to handle? :::Any :::>>:::> suggestions? :::>>:::> :::>>:::> :::>>:::> Joy :::>>:::> :::>>:::> :::******************************************************************* :::>>:::> Dr. Joy E. Hecht :::>>:::> Consultant on Environmental Policy and Information :::>>:::> :::>>:::> Email: jhecht@alum.mit.edu :::>>:::> Phone: 1-202-494-1162 :::>>:::> :::>>:::> :::******************************************************************* :::>> :::>> :::>>


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