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Date:         Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:27:06 -0800
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      mystery mechanics
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>
>
> The installer had routed the cooling tubes backwards to the radiator....
> All the while SmallCar had claimed the radiator was at fault.  Never
> bothering to actually analyze the problem or admit to any fault in the
> matter.
>
> Stephan White helped analyze the cooling issue and also noticed an air
> leak
> in the tubing.  Repairs were made but in the process it was noticed that a
> considerable amount of sand was found inside the tubing.  Sabotage?
> perhaps.  Not likely but then who knows.  Most likely poor preparation in
> the original installation.
>


Argh, what a nightmare. Stories like that further convince me that no
mechanic but me will ever touch my precioussssss... and I could certainly
never pay $20K for an SVX Syncro. Unless I was there personally to see the
mechanic NOT smoking crack, I don't think I could ever believe he wasn't...
Ugh. I'm so crazy.
--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
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