Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:19:10 -0800
Reply-To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: In My Defense
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I believe only those of us who haven't made a similar mistake should be
critical of Jeff. Personally, I haven't demonstrated I can be a bonehead
since...oh...yesterday evening...
That was when my wife mentioned the bathtub drain was clogged after one of
our kids had a shower. She said it was blocked with some kind of black goo.
Upstairs I traipsed to find she had already removed and cleaned the hair
strainer, but the tub was still filled with standing water. I bailed the
water into the toilet so I could see well enough to poke around the tub
outlet for five minutes before it occurred to me to check the tub drain
handle.
Yup...it was closed. Drained just fine when opened.
Angus
On Dec 29, 2007 9:28 PM, Vdub Guy <fonman4277@comcast.net> 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 rebuilt. 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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