Date:         Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:51:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      John Wallace hasn't fixed his email even after Robert's call,
              today's repair adventures
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Before I sent the recent email to the list about Robert's conversation
with the now legendary John Wallace, I replied to Barb Cotton's inquiry
about tire pressure and cc'd the list.   And after I sent the post about
John Wallace and looked at my inbox I found I'd been John Wallaced as a
result of the server sending the response to Barb to the him.

My reply to Robert was appropriate.  We all need his working address so
we can send him an email every time we get JW'd.   This is getting old,
both for the JW messages themselves and all this list traffic about them.

I am tired as I spent a lot of time today trying to wrestle the rear
half shafts out of the Mercedes.  It seems to be much simpler than doing
Vanagon CV axles because it is a splined device much like many modern
front wheel drive cars.  In fact the very axle that I am putting in can
be used in many other vehicles.  The box even calls it a front axle.
But I got it from one of the most list friendly MB web sites.  Great
prices, basic shipping free for orders over $100 - got the axles the
next day on a mid morning call.  It looked simple enough but there was
this bolt that you couldn't get a wrench on, 8 bolts on the rear diff
cover that all had sealant on their threads,  and the inner joint of the
right axle just won't come out.  I finally just quit and posted to a
couple of MB lists.

Earlier I tried to get the accelerator cable on the weekender to work
right.  All of a sudden it is not sliding back easily and it sticks at
12-2k rpms sometimes.  At least I got it to where it drops back down
with a tap of the foot.  It is a mechanical problem, not a FI system
problem.  I can feel it stick.  I'll tackle that some more tomorrow.

Sam

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Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside
85 Westy Weekender
85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered

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