Date:         Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:09:26 -0800
Reply-To:     B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         B <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: My Friday the 13th Vanagon Story...
Comments: To: Jim Johnston <inmytree1@GMAIL.COM>
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It's still Fryeday here ...

Once, one of my landlords heard an unholy mewling from under his
pick'm'up truck.  He figgered it was some mechanical failure, and
since none of the warning lights were on, he drove back home.

He looked under the truck, and the bedraggled kitteh climbed down off
the axle and begged for mercy!

No fuel line problem.  NVC.  But that kitteh became our household
pet ...


B (likes Lolcats)&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal


On Feb 13, 2009, at 7:12 AM, Jim Johnston wrote:

> It's Friday, and Friday the 13th, and it's about my Vanagon GL....
>
> About 3 years ago, on a Friday the 13th, I was getting ready for work.
> The house windows were open and I heard a cat yeowlling.  Looking out
> the window, I couldn't see the cat, it sounded like it was coming from
> under the my van.  I get ready and jump in the Vanagon and head out to
> work.  No cat to be found.  I get a few blocks from my house, and I
> feel this rattling and banging, it feels like it's coming from under
> the van.  Holy cats!  I think that maybe the cat climbed up under the
> van and is riding along with me.  Since I'm close to home, I turn
> around, head home, and pull in the driveway.  I get out and start
> looking under the van.  No cat, thank goodness.  What do I find....?
> A leaking fuel line at the plastic junction in the firewall over the
> transmission/starter....drip, drip, drip...
>
> Weird but true....ghost kitty was looking out for me that day.
>
> Happy Friday and check those fuel lines....
>
> Jim
> Wilmington, NC