Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:34:54 -0700
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: six guys update
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But, Amtrak won't take their vanagon with them back to the east coast....
I looked into it and it seems they had only one or two "car hauling"
lines, One was from some place in florida to washington DC, and
another was somewhere on the west coast to somewhere on the west
coast.
I was hoping to pack my bus in a train, and enjoy the ride. Instead, I
slapped a more powerful engine in and drove 3000 miles : )
I do wish them the best of luck. I know the way shops can screw over
young vangon nuts....
-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the trunk
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Edward
Maglott<emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote:
> That sounds like a dubious diagnosis. Better to get it to a shop with
> in-depth specific vanagon/aircooled VW knowledge. If it really is
> something really bad, Amtrak serves Las Vegas and can give the six
> guys a scenic tour of the backyards of America all the way back to
> the East Coast.
>
> Edward
>
>
> At 06:57 PM 6/20/2009, you wrote:
>>
>> Well they are in a repair shop at the Sinclair station on
>> 1175 east flamingo rd.
>> in las vegas
>> The shop reccomended by a few members was Meyers service, but they
>> closed the garage at noon today, so no luck there.
>> the initial diagnosis is plugged fuel injectors. The mechanic is still
>> looking at it and I don't know what he proposes to do to repair or
>> further diagnose the problem.
>> The boys seem to be waiting around alot.
>>
>> The car (81 air cooled vanagon) ran fine from San Diego to Las Vegas
>> yesterday, they got in to vegas around 11pm and spent the night
>> exploring the strip on foot.
>> when they returned to the car, and started it, it started fine and idled
>> ok, but died after a minute. they could keep it running and drive it to
>> a hotel nearby, by slipping the clutch alot and maintaining high rpms.
>> Continued to stall at idle and no power at low rpms.
>>
>> any further thoughts, or suggestion?
>>
>> These fellows are on their first long road trip and have only limited
>> mechanical abilities and money.
>>
>> Have had some nice contact so far with members, thanks
>
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