Date:         Fri, 5 Aug 2005 22:56:17 -0400
Reply-To:     David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: V'gon been sittin...Want to start her up
              again...recommendations
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All,

Thanks for the recommendations...

Its a manual (4spd) and it must have been completely out of gas...

Checked all lubrication, seemed to be ok...put a new battery in,
turned it over a couple times (with 6 gals of new gas and additive)
and it started right up....a couple oil leaks...but with the exception
of some stupid shadetree muttling of the exhaust (can you say pipe
with O2 sensor hanging loose inside the rear light cavity- oh yeah, no
cat and a bendy flexy tube shoved into a generic piece of crap
muffler)....it sounded pretty good. Got her up the road a bit to a gas
station, filled her up with gas, drove to WalMart parking lot and left
her for the night...no more driving ('cept up onto the dolly). No
driving today over like 30...nice and slow...

When I get down to FL, its gonna be time to analyze the situation....

The wife is a bit ticked...I told her if I decided we didn't want it I
could part it out ;-) She hates having 3 vehicles already...now I just
gotta get rid of a motorhome....

Dave
85 GL "Baby Bus"
85 "Please-Don't-Part-me-Out-Patty"
85 Pace Arrow Motorhome
93 Ford Conversion van
6 wonderful children
Mini Poodle
Very understanding-yet somewhat provoked- wifey