Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:14:14 -0600
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: SHOOT, Joy stuck in San Antonio
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Hi guys,
Karl, thank you for passing on my message!
And the rest of you, thanks for your interesting comments.
Jim, please, tell me WHERE that great Mexican food place was! There are a
trillion of them in San Antonio, I don't want to have to try them all in the
next three days to find that one! It wouldn't do a thing for the diet I
never stay on.
Oh, yeah, I guess you want to know about my van, eh? Well sorry, Eric, the
problem was not the starter switch. And my previous starting problem was a
loose connection in the starter box (is that what it's called? - black box
to the left of the engine with two plugs going into it)
Anyway, right after I phoned Karl to ask him to post my message, I phoned
the VW mechanic in Austin, who put me on to someone in San Antonio who does
house calls (or in my case downtown-parking-space-on-the-street calls).
With a few tests he determined that my starter was bad. We push started
Matilda, took her to the friendly folks at Buggy Warehouse, got a new-to-me
(remanufactured Bosch) starter, and Don the house-call-VW-mechanic replaced
it in their parking lot for an absurdly small amount of money. Now Matilda
works fine. Again. For as long as that will last!
Unfortunately it's rather freezing in San Antonio, but fortunately there's
plenty of places to camp for free, and a nice YMCA downtown with parking, so
I can stay for a few days as planned and go to the Y and even have showers.
Not too bad, but I hope it doesn't snow tomorrow as threatened!
As I write, I'm camped at a rest stop on I-10 just east of San Antonio - in
front of another Westy, though they are clearly closed up for the night so I
didn't knock to say "hi, Westy!" Is that anyone on the list? Air cooled
with California plates. Camping at rest stops is legal in Texas - it's so
crowded that I almost didn't get a space!
Joy
p.s. I've p-mailed those who replied to my email, since this won't get to
you from the listserv for a while - unless Tom actually logs in tomorrow and
makes good on his promise to stop screening my emails after 30 days.
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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Karl Wolz
:::Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:25 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: SHOOT, Joy stuck in San Antonio
:::
:::Can anyone offer any help, condolences, or sympathy to poor ol' Joy
:::Hecht?
:::
:::Thanks,
:::
:::Karl
:::
:::> -----Original Message-----
:::> From: Joy Hecht [mailto:jhecht@alum.mit.edu]
:::> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:08 PM
:::> To: 'Karl Wolz'
:::> Subject: email to forward
:::>
:::> Hi Karl,
:::>
:::> Thank you for forwarding email from me! Here's the message:
:::>
:::>
:::> Subject - need help in San Antonio TX - email from Joy Hecht
:::>
:::> Hi all,
:::>
:::> I just got stuck in downtown San Antonio and once again my van won't
:::start.
:::> She's been fine for days, I drove in 150 miles this morning with no
:::trouble,
:::> then pulled into a parking spot to consult the map, turned her off,
:::and now
:::> she won't start up again. I opened up the engine to check for the same
:::loose
:::> connection that gave me this symptom a month ago, but it looks fine to
:::me.
:::>
:::> There are no VW repair people on Larry's mechanics list in San
:::Antonio.
:::>
:::> Is there anyone from the list in town? Anyone know any mechanics
:::here, or
:::> is there someone who might be able to help out? I am parked on E.
:::Pecan at
:::> the corner with Navarro, and this should get posted around 1:15 pm.
:::If you
:::> can help with mechanics, repairs (I have a hunch this is simple, but I
:::don't
:::> know how to deal with it), or a place to crash if I get stuck here
:::without
:::> transportation, please phone me! (Please don't email.) My number is
:::below,
:::> and I'll leave my cell phone on.
:::>
:::> I've asked Karl Wolz to post this to the list for me, since my
:::messages take
:::> at least a few days to get through. Thank you, Karl!
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> 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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