Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:39:31 -0400
Reply-To: Doug <vanagons@COX.NET>
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From: Doug <vanagons@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Everybus - road repairs and a couple of big Thank Yous
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Tim,
I guess this is really the time for many Thank You postings!
I'm sure most of you agree, that Everybus was Great, as usual, Thanks to
Chris!
Especially for helping me get a certain "package".
And also Thanks to a great guy by the name of Jaime Rivers, who not only
gave me his spare oil cover gasket, but loaned me the hook tool to ease
the job!
Thanks to Mark Dearing, for the helpful pointers, most of which I had
forgotten!
Thanks to Douger, for sharing some other things I had forgotten, You Da Man!
Thanks to Pete, the T-shirt Guy, for the loan of the cell phone charger.
A good time was had by all, by the looks of things!
See you all soon,
Doug in CT
Tim Demarest wrote:
> I made the run down to EveryBus this past weekend, had a great time (I
> don't mind a bit of rain, as long as I get to see a rainbow over a
> filed o'
> busses). Hagen Stone Park is a great destination, and (as usual for VW
> bus
> events) the people were absolutely the best. I highly recommend this
> event
> for anyone who is close enough to get there (or those like me, that are
> *almost* too far away... and yes, I hear the Canadian contingent laughing
> and calling me a wimp ;-).
>
> I ran into one small mechanical problem, my coolant expansion tank
> started
> to leak (at the seam) around Roanoke, VA. I replaced that tank five years
> ago shortly after I bought the van (after the original started to
> leak) so
> I was a bit surprised... it could be that my 20-year-old cap was allowing
> too much pressure build up.
>
> First big thank you goes to Mark Foster, who caravanned down from New
> Jersey with me, and had enough JB weld on hand, to make a "150 mile
> fix" to
> get me the rest of the way down to the event. Brought the leak down to a
> slow drip, and I stopped every 25 miles to check the level and top it off
> as needed.
>
> Second big thank you goes to Mark Dearing, he's got a shop near Roanoke,
> he's listed in the LiMBO guide, and he was a huge help. I never did find
> his shop (navigating unknown roads in the dark is a challenge), but since
> the roadside repair was holding, I pushed on to North Carolina,
> occasionally glancing up from the temperature gauge to see which way the
> road bent next.
>
> Mark D arrived on Friday with a replacement expansion tank, complete
> with a
> new level sensor and cap. This is the first time in five years (and three
> attempts) that a part I needed on the road that "will come in tomorrow"
> actually *did* come in on-time; the on-site delivery to the event was a
> nice added bonus.
>
> The road home was long (I drove straight through on Sunday), but
> uneventful... unless you consider a smooth, cool-running bus an event.
>
> Tim
>
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