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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 2009 22:57:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: A Labor Day thanks to all the professionals who contribute to
              the  group
In-Reply-To:  <38e334640909040938k19485cfbg6579f592e6b5b595@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Roland,

It's Labour day weekend here in Canada; I spent today working in my driveway reinstalling the engine into my 87 wolfsburg. It overheated a few weeks ago on the way home from Buses Of The Corn; melted the thermostat housing and cracked at least one of the heads. luckily I had a "spare" 1.9L longblock which only needed new headgaskets installed before swapping over the 2.1 cooling and FI parts from the melted motor.

So far, so good. By about 7PM tonight I had it running. It needs a little tweaking still to plug some exhaust leaks and set the timing, but it's coming along pretty well.

There is no way it could have happened without the wealth of info I have absorbed from this community and the assistance of its vendors.

Happy Trails,

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

Roland wrote: > Well Volks, > > It is Friday, and labor day weekend in the US, and for some time I thought > this might be an appropriate day to say some thanks. > > My (our) thanks go to all the Vanagon professionals who participate on the > list and help us in so many ways. All you folks who have repair shops or > are parts vendors, or usually some combination are giving freely to the > group. Your experience and expertise is so very useful to the rest of us. > I see constant advice to us poor Vanagon junkies, we love our Vans and your > help provides a great service to us as we are distributed around the world. > And you take calls from us when we are broken down on the road (I was once > the beneficiary of such a call). And you advance the state of understanding > Vanagons by learning new techniques, create better parts, set up web sites > with great information and pictures, you find parts when we would not know > how, and share your experience on the best ways to repair things and how to > best maintain these terrific vehicles. > > I decided I would not try to list all the professionals who contribute, we > all know who you are, and the possibility of omitting someone may be a > woeful disservice which could overwhelm the meaning of a thank-you letter. > The important thing is that I worry that sometimes you might think your > contributions are under appreciated, and that your labors for the Vanagon > cause are taken for granted. Please rest assured that we highly value your > advice and help, and see you as leaders in the group. > > Well, that is enough. Thanks again to all you Vanagon professionals with > repair shops, parts shops. It is just to make sure you understand that we > really appreciate what you do for the group. > > Roland >

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