Hi Tom,

As it so happened I actually had a spare seat belt bolt in my toolbox, as I had recently upgraded the belts from a Vanagon I had parted out.

There's no way I'd drive that section of Buffalo without seat belts.

</Greg>

Tom Buese wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Greg Potts wrote: > >> Hi Flo, >> >> Well, given the choice between stranded at the side of the road, and >> limping to the safety of a roadside rest stop, I'd certainly give it a >> try. BTW, AAA will bring you parts for minor repairs if you can >> describe exactly what it is you need to repair the problem. >> >> My aircooled 73 camper popped its drain plug on the interstate >> travelling through Buffalo one afternoon during a summer rush hour in >> 2004. Luckily, the guy I was travelling with had a whole case of 20W50 >> with him, but we still needed a drain plug. >> >> It turned out that a seat-belt anchor bolt is the right thread, though >> it does reduce the ground clearance by about an inch or so. > > So you drove w/ 1 of your volks un belted instead of spewing oil on our > amricun roads? Thanks! > > grin, > > Mr. BZ > > >> >> >> Happy Trails, >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> Quoting Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>: >> >>> Jake wrote: >>> "That's good thinking Jeff and a good tip for emergency replacement!" >>> >>> I dont know. the waterboxer is already slow with 4 cylinders going, >>> counting >>> on it getting anywhere on three after you used a spark plug to plug >>> the oil >>> drain is pushing it a bit imho. >>> Florian >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >> + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >> + in the body of the message. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >

-- Happy Trails,

Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca

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