Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:45:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Quick overnight, several sightings and an odd little problem
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In no particular order, set out yesterday morning for Virginia Beach
but the van did something (twice) it had never done before, cranked for
several seconds per attempt without any sign of firing.  I could not
hear the fuel pump cycling during each attempt until it did finally
fire.  Took about four to six tries before firing each of the two
instances when this occurred and each time it then ran fine and after
those two times gave no further trouble all weekend.  Ignition switch? 
Fuel pump relay?  We almost took the Mopar minivan instead but if we
had then we'd have probably not met...

Gabriel and Jocelyn from Montreal in their pristine grey '89 almost-a-twin of our '87 Westy,
or  Steve from Durham NC camping in his blue hardtop, or that fellow in
the Assuan Brown Westy who waved on Shore Drive.  Also saw a nice white
Carat hardtop with Yakima bars and Rocket Box having rear brake work done at a
shop near the bridge tunnel entrance.  Anyone on the list?

Rained like crazy Saturday night,
but we were in our same great campsite from last trip, and Hank the dog
got to romp on the beach enough to wear us all out, but he learned the hard way about sand spurs (nose and toes).  Back home now with
family business tended to and workaday life resuming tomorrow, but it
doesn't take much for a drive in a Westy to become a mini-vacation. 
Have one soon.

Stephen