Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:53:32 +0200
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Vanagon woes!
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And if you go to Ponca City in search of the mechanic, DEFINITELY also go in
search of Larry Chase and Maggie Dew, who are delightful vanagonauts who
happen to live there. Just moved there recently. Met through the vanagon
world, too - now they've even had to reduce their herd to a single vanagon,
since they're no longer commuting to see each other.
I've copied them directly on this email so you'll have their emails.
Joy
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> Is that Imports Plus in Ponca City? Reputation is good, but I have no
> experience with the shop. Ponca City is relatively close to Stillwater, but
> in the opposite direction from Tulsa. Other than Darryl's Hobby Shop and
> Bavarian Autohause, both in Norman, other shops in the OKC area seem to be
> pretty bad. I have had good experience with Darryl's (and will be using the
> shop this week), and with Bavarian Autohoause. Darryl is good at
> improvising when needed. He used a Jetta temp sender for my '91 GL camper,
> which he said was identical but less expensive to the one listed. Works
> great. He also modified the oil pressure sender installations so that both
> senders are easily accessible, structurally very stable, and work great with
> both the idiot light and a gauge. I've been negatively impressed with
> "Larry's V.W. Import Services," and with "Volkswagen Mazda Services." The
> former's owner told me a terrible story about helping a seller disguise
> nasty problems with a van, and the latter simply wanted to change out parts
> without any basis for knowing the parts were the problem. The owner at
> "Volkswagen Mazda Services" also wanted me to pay up front for parts --
> evidently he does not have credit with suppliers. Cable Volkswagen in
> Oklahoma City will not work on Vanagons, though they will order parts at
> outrageous prices. Metric Motors in Edmond also does not work on Vanagons.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>
> There's a Vanagon guru by the name of Pete Sotnick(sp?) that is more into
>> Syncros, but I'm pretty sure he's in the NE part of OKllahoma. Bud Premack
>> would have more info(like lthe correct spelling of his last name!).
>>
>> DM&FS
>>
>> At 06:29 AM 11/2/2009, Mark wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Doug -
>>>
>>> One piece of advice I have is to get to know your vanagon by working on
>>> it
>>> yourself when you can. This will help even when you take it to the shop
>>> to
>>> have it repaired. Besides the Bentley - you've started out well - this
>>> list
>>> is a great way to discover how everything works and how people have
>>> creatively solved their problems!
>>>
>>> Mark - 1990 Westy
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Douglas and Annie Dodson-Mäuck
>>>
>>
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