Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:31:11 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: New Rule was Re: Propane Gauge?
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Okay -- who wants to tackle writing the tire article?
--
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
Robert Keezer typed:
> Sorry- I think a Vanagon WIKI really has
> something going for it, especially if it can help
> diminish tire threads.
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> I know, I should have read every thread or I
> might not have tires that hum as we speak.
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> Robert
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> --- Nunya Business <bulletheadx@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> You may not be joking, ya grump, but I was
>> basically making a
>> tounge-in-cheek suggestion in response to Mike
>> Elliott's newfound enthusiasm
>> for this Wiki thing.
>> In fact, I pmailed Dave with the link to the
>> archives (in case he didn't
>> have it) and gave him the short answer to his
>> question at the same time- so
>> there.
>>
>> Cya,
>> Robert
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>> On 8/7/07, Robert Keezer
>> <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> How about just ignoring the question if you
>> don't
>>> have the answer and let someone else gladly
>>> answer it ,
>>> instead of rudely suggesting the asker look
>> it up
>>> himself somewere and risking a new Vanagon
>> list
>>> flamebroiled war.
>>>
>>> No, I ain't joking and it ain't Friday.
>>>
>>> Happened to me once on another forum- I
>> needed
>>> help and they just said , one after the
>> other,
>>> why don't you look it up on Google?
>>>
>>> Here these 31 year old geeks were, the
>> experts,
>>> claiming to be there to help but just passing
>> me
>>> off because the real reason they were on that
>>> forum was it was their own personal chat
>> clique
>>> where they could pass smilies back and forth
>> to
>>> each other.
>>>
>>> C'mon-we can dare to be above that here and
>> just
>>> help the poor clueless member, can't we?
>>>
>>> The only exception to that rule is that we
>> should
>>> outlaw all tire discussions immediately!
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>> 1982 Westfalia
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>>> --- Nunya Business <bulletheadx@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>>> How 'bout we make a new rule that the guy
>> that
>>>> asks the question has to
>>>> research it in the archives, do a
>> comprehensive
>>>> write-up on it and post it
>>>> to the Wiki for review?
>>>> Sure, it could work...?
>>>>
>>>> Cya,
>>>> Robert
>>>>
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>>>> On 8/7/07, Michael Elliott
>>>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Ah -- the "propane gauge" question! It's
>> a
>>>> good candidate for the
>>>>> vanagon wiki (VanagonWiki.net). Whoever
>> posts
>>>> the definitive answer to
>>>>> this one will have their words forever
>>>> immortalized on the wiki so the
>>>>> next time someone needs to know the
>> answer to
>>>> this, they can be pointed
>>>>> to the wiki article.
>>>>> --
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Johnson typed:
>>>>>> Ok. Remember when I said I surrender?
>>>> Damn if those Westies don't
>>>>>> have a pull that defies logic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My beloved and I have decided that,
>> while I
>>>> am not the one to fix
>>>>>> Blue Midget, our fire fried and
>> somewhat
>>>> dilapidated '80 Westy, we
>>>>>> might actually bite the bullet to let
>>>> others do it for me. So I am
>>>>>> collecting estimates right now to get
>> Blue
>>>> Midget done up reliable
>>>>>> and pretty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You really needed to know that, right?
>> Ok,
>>>> to the point. The shut-
>>>>>> off valve for my propane tank is broken
>>>> (handle broke off) so as part
>>>>>> of my repairs, I am going to at least
>>>> repair that. But with that
>>>>>> repair, does anyone know of a pressure
>> or
>>>> level gauge that can be
>>>>>> added to this model Westy so I can see
>> the
>>>> propane level I have?
>>>>>> Since it is a low volume tank, I am not
>>>> sure if anyone has had any
>>>>>> luck with a gauge like this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll let you know what I decide on the
>>>> repair after I get the rest of
>>>>>> my estimates. It is going to be *a
>> lot* of
>>>> money to do, but relative
>>>>>> to the cost of a newer vehicle with
>> less
>>>> miles, it is still probably
>>>>>> cheaper to repair this one. The jury
>> is
>>>> still out on that. Right
>>>>>> now I know one body shop has an
>> estimate of
>>>> $3500 for all the rust
>>>>>> repair and paint, plus $675 from an
>>>> upholstery shop to redo the
>>>>>> shredding rear seat and fallen ceiling
>>>> liners. I am waiting for
>>>>>> another body shop estimate, and
>> sometime
>>>> next week I should get a
>>>>>> mechanical repair estimate, as the
>> mechanic
>>>> I want to use has, um,
>>>>>> yeah, taken off to Sturgis. *sigh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>> '80 Westy currently in limbo
>>>>>>
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