Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:37:45 -0500
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From: vt <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Another unexplained power loss, but help not needed!
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All the way through Coastal New England to the Atlantic Ocean on the coast
of Maine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Egeln" <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Another unexplained power loss, but help not needed!
> No fig newton of your imagination. There is a US1 in Florida that runs
> parallel to the Atlantic coast just a bit inland (A1A is THE coast highway
> in Florida). Mostly US1 is also called Dixie Highway, but here in
> northeast Florida it is called Phillips Highway. There is also a coastal
> section of US1 in Delaware, and there must be other sections as well.
> You're corrrect about US17 as the (mostly) coastal highway in the
> Carolinas.
>
> Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: Greg has a much bigger
> problem than I do. Everyone who has a clue help
> him. I'm just adding to the background chatter here.
>
> My unexplained power loss falls into the category of "what the heck was
> that?". A few months ago I was cruising up California's Hwy 1* when
> Mellow Yellow's engine just stopped. A few seconds later it started
> again. I have no idea what happened. Ever since, I have been
> figuratively looking over my shoulder, waiting for it to happen, and
> wondering what it might turn out to be.
>
> *I have the impression that there is a Hwy 1 along the US east coast,
> too. I rode a bicycle from Charleston SC to Norfolk VA with a former
> Duke University dean. We stuck to the backroads wherever possible, got
> on Hwy 17 when we needed to, but I never saw a Hwy 1. Is the east coast
> Hwy 1 a fig newton of my imagination?
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>
> Greg Marshall typed:
>> Okay folks, I can't figure this one out.
>>
>> I was driving along the other day nice and smooth, then got on the
>> highway. Put the pedal down, went thruogh the gears, and the van stalled
>> out on me at 4th. I pulled over, started it up, merged back on the
>> highway, and the van had no juice. It felt like it was only running on
>> three cylinders.
>>
>> I limped home, and went through everything. The engine appears to be in
>> tip top shape. It starts quick and easy, has compression, fuel, spark,
>> etc. and sounds just like it always has. I don't think it's an engine
>> issue.
>>
>> I checked all four breaks next, and all the wheels spin smooth.
>>
>> I considered a fouled exhaust, but my system is a straight heaterbox to
>> header setup with no cat. I can't imagine what could go wrong with it.
>>
>> Is there some kind of transmission/clutch/CV issue that could be causing
>> this?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>> 82 Westy
>>
>
>
>
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