And while we're telling good luck tales - Matilda hasn't had a hiccup since she got her Boston Bob engine transplant in May, 2005 - knock on wood! The engine now has something like 20K miles on it.
Joy
**************************************************************** Joy Hecht now living in a real house in northern Virginia and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years lugging Joy and her stuff around... For musings about life and the vanadventures: http://www.joyhecht.net ****************************************************************
:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Tom Forhan :::Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:34 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: Vanagon running perfectly -- what's wrong? ::: :::We just took a ten state 2400 mile trip - stock 2.1l :::WBX, not a smidgen of a problem. ::: ::: A list like this you hear about lots of :::problems-thanks for the good report! ::: :::--- Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote: ::: :::> I haven't had to open the engine cover in the :::> last two months. The van starts, runs, and :::> stops just the way it should. I read about :::> everyone else's problems -- what am I doing wrong? :::> :::> :::> :::> tabe johnson/87 westy :::> (ok, ok, it took me 2 years to get it this way!) :::> ::: ::: :::__________________________________________________ :::Do You Yahoo!? :::Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around :::http://mail.yahoo.com |
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