Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 10:48:45 -0400
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: becoming a grease monkey (was RE: '87 fuel odor
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Yeah, isn't it shocking?? Two diagnostics in one week, no less!
Of course I didn't actually _repair_ either of them myself - Don in NC coached me through the headlight relay, and Karl M. did the fuel tank hoses. So I'm not exactly there yet. Hell, I even had to take my bicycle to the shop 'cause I couldn’t manage to get enough crud out of the front derailleur to get it to shift! Driving 500 miles with the bike on the back of the van and an oil leak will do that. At least I gave the bike a good two hours of effort and ended up greased to the elbows! And still have the fingernails to prove it. :-)
Joy
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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
(and gunked-up nameless bike!)
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 Robert Fisher
:::Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:09 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: RE: '87 fuel odor
:::
:::
:::
:::Hey hey! Joy's joining The Diagnostic Team!. Matilda'll make a grease
:::monkey
:::of her yet! Living proof that experience is what you get when you don't
:::get
:::what you want! Yippee!
:::
:::Now back to yer regularly scheduled Vanagon programming. : )
:::
:::Cya,
:::Robert
:::
:::p.s.: Gasoline vapors are far more volatile/dangerous than liquid gas-
:::don't
:::let there be a long run; fix it now.
:::
:::----- Original Message -----
:::From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
:::To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
:::Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 6:20 PM
:::Subject: Re: '87 fuel odor
:::
:::
:::> Leaky seals on the hoses at the top of the fuel tank. You can get a
:::set
:::> of new hoses from Bus Depot or probably most of the other mail order
:::parts
:::> places. You have to drop the tank to replace them.
:::>
:::> In the short run, until you fix it, don't fill the tank - then it won't
:::> smell.
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> 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 Kevin Warner
:::> :::Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:58 PM
:::> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::> :::Subject: '87 fuel odor
:::> :::
:::> :::My '87 GL Westy smells of fuel inside right after filling. I've
:::done
:::> :::some
:::> :::searching through the archives, but still a little unsure where to
:::> start
:::> :::looking. It goes away after a little while, so I expect it's
:::something
:::> :::in
:::> :::the fill line. Any advice?
:::> :::
:::> :::Kevin Warner
:::> :::itsthewater12-vwno@spamyahoo.com
:::>
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