Date:         Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:54:45 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Death Valley
Comments: To: Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Yeah but that's near your house and presumably within easy walking and
driving distance of tools and parts.

Setting aside the ATV jack that we'd all be wishing we'd packed before
we headed out into the desert, I reckon that a fellow would need to be
packing a pretty extensive list of tools -- and probably plenty of good
beer for afterwards -- to pull off a WBX swap on the roadside out in the
middle of nowhere. I don't want to start a "here's my tool list" thread
because that's been done a gazillion times, but is there such a list
published online? Coolant . . . and how about cleaning up spills so as
not to leave a mess behind?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR




Jeff Stewart typed:
> <But if you
> could do that with a WBX engine, my hat is off to you. Your skillset,
> the collection of tools you pack, and your confidence far exceed mine>
>
>
> I just did an R&R on a WBX engine in my '84 not too long ago, and on the
> gravel portion of my driveway, so similiar to being on the side of the
> road. Luckily, though, with the late arrival of winter here in the
> mid-Atlantic area (Virginia, anyway) it wasn't too bad. I keep hearing how
> much worse it is to R&R a WBX over an aircooled (72-79), but having done
> both, I really don't think the WBX is THAT much more difficult. The one
> thing I would miss roadside is the ATV jack I bought (and should have
> bought years ago) to do the WBX swap-it makes it so much easier than trying
> to balance the engine on a standard floor jack, but it's just too big to
> take along on a road trip!     Jeff
>
> Jeff Stewart
> fonman4277@earthlink.net
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/
>
>