Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:43:20 -0500
Reply-To: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Death Valley
The other question that comes up is: How much fun is it? Do you really want
to be totin' a wagon train of tools and parts around while you're on (what's
supposed to be a) vacation?
Imagine the reaction of Beloved Other when you tell her: "Honey, it looks
like we're going to be staying here in Borax, NV while I replace the 3-4
slider. Could you hand my circlip pliers under here? Not those, the second
to largest size!" No wonder the ladies won't buy it. They have too much good
sense.
But that's another thread. For me, I bring along as little as possible and
hope for the best. Gotta focus on having a good time, otherwise what's the
point?
Part of the VW Bus ethic is learning to accept imperfection. Breakdown in
Borax? Hey, groove on natural beauty. Even if it's the roadside.
As the Doonesbury comic once parodied Jerry Brown when he was governor:
"Hey, ho, go with the flow!"
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:54:45 -0800, Michael Elliott
<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>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/
>>
>>
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