Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:37:45 -0800
Reply-To: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: In My Defense
In-Reply-To: <20071230191121.CBD811E80F4@tc2.main.nc.us>
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I once spent 24 hours sleepless to troubleshoot a down DEC PDP-10
system in a computer center. I was so tired and sleepy at 9:00 am
in the morning so I decided to call for back up. My boss sent a
back up rushed to the site to help me. He spotted a warning light
on the system within one minute after his arrival. Within 10 minutes
he nailed the defect. It made me feel like a fool. The warning light
was on a cabinet in a corner that I never bothered to check.
David
--- Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote:
> I didn't even follow this thread very closely but I can tell you that
> what you did was completely natural. I work troubleshooting
> computers/software/networks all day at work, and there are 5 of us
> that do this. It is very easy to follow down a road like you
> did. All of us fall into this error from time to time. What I see
> most often in my work is that when one cause of a symptom repeats 20
> times, it is easy to jump to that diagnosis rather than once again
> rule out all the other possible causes...
>
> Edward
>
> At 12:28 AM 12/30/2007, Vdub Guy wrote:
> >Ok, I started a bit of a rift here today, for that I apologize.
> >However, had I not pulled the distributor 2 weeks prior to pulling
> >the fuel injectors for cleaning, this whole thing would not have
> >happened. Yes, a couple of folks had mentioned checking for spark. I
> >did develop tunnel vision here, and kept focusing on the fuel
> >injectors, then the possibility the fuel pump may have been bad,
> >then the possibility that I had fried not one, but 2 ecu's. This
> >morning, after it seemed I had exhausted all other ideas, I did
> >finally check for spark-there was none, which led me to pop the
> >distributor cap off and I found I could turn the rotor 360, and I
> >let out a combination of 4 letter words you wouldn't believe. I'm
> >not new to working on cars, been doing it for 35 years. This is the
> >3rd non running VW I have purchased and put back on the road. The
> >last one was a '74 Westfalia that I purchased for $1,000.00. It had
> >been sitting for 4 years. It had the nightmarish dual carbs that I rebu
> > ilt. I
> > completely re-did this Westy from bumper to bumper all by myself
> > including paint for around $1,200.00 for a total investment of
> > $2,200.00. I sold it back in June for $6,100.00, it looked that
> > good. My current Vanagon I bought just over a year ago with a
> > seized motor. I replaced the 1.9 with the current 2.1 following Jim
> > Thompsons write up. Yes, I had to email Jim a few times with
> > questions, and he was very helpful. I am by no means a professional
> > mechanic, this is just my hobby. The only time in 35 years I've
> > taken a car to a repair shop is for air conditioning-I won't mess
> > with it. The worst job I've ever done on any of my vehicles was
> > replace the heater core on a Chevy van-I hear the Vanagon heater
> > core is a bear, trust me, it can't be as bad as a Chevy Van-whole
> > dash had to come out, dropping the steering column, etc. The actual
> > heater core replacement only took about 40 minutes, but a full day
> > to get to it and another full day to put everything back. Anyway, I did screw
> > up big
> > time this week, and I sincerely thank those who offered help and
> > support. Jeff
>
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