Date:         Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:47:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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I didn't know you were the exception that wired things properly and
documented them.
I'm sure the next owner will appreciate your improvements that are properly
installed, they should last a lifetime.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed


> On 8/28/2005 7:08 PM Stan Wilder wrote:
>
> >I paid $80.00 for a Bentley manual for my 83 Westy.
> >I paid $18.00 for the Hayes manual for my 83 Westy.
> >I paid $28.00 for a Bosch Injection for my 83 Westy.
> >How the heck will any future owner ever decipher your modifications?.
> >I had a simple short in the fuel relay on my 911 Porsche.
> >I inquired of the Porsche 911 list and the best advise I had from the
> >Porsche list folks was to remove the aftermarket alarm system, remove the
> >ghetto blaster amplifier system, remove the FM booster.
> >Once I got all the twisted, taped up, over stretched and undocumented
wires
> >and devices removed I found the fuel delivery (fuel relay) electrical
> >problem within 10 minutes using the known wiring of the vehicle in the
> >Bentley manual.
> >Michael, You're in my prayers. I hope you never have an electrical fire.
> >
> >
>
> Thank you! As an electrical engineer, I reckon I can at least keep the
> fire from spreading.
>
> Besides, all the new wiring is documented, printed out, and neatly
> inserted into Mellow Yellow's Bentley. Trust me, it's no harder to
> interpret than those wiring diagrams the book has.
>
> --
>
> mrjs