Date:         Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:35:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Peter Lapp <carrothospital@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
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From:         Peter Lapp <carrothospital@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Going to the Smokies. Advice?
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Well, I just got back from camping, and boy was it interesting. No trip
would be complete without having to work on the van on the side of the road!
We spent the first night in the Cherokee and then the next night in the
Nantahala, by Standing Indian Mountain. We didn't have much choice on where
to stay the first night, since we hit 3 hrs of dead traffic and didn't get
into the area until almost 11pm.

The van had trouble starting Saturday morning, and after pulling off onto
one of the overlook spots, it died when idling. I spent the next hour
troubleshooting the issue and it finally turned out to be the ignition coil.
Thank God I had pulled one from a 91' in the Pull-A-Part and had it with me.
I replaced that and she purred like a kitten.
I did, however, break the ball link chain that connects the accelerator
cable to the throttle when I was working on the other stuff. There was one
extra ball on there, so I was able to fix it, but I guess I'll have to find
out where to get another one of those.

All in all it was a good trip! Nothing better than being out in the woods,
drinking whiskey, and swimming under waterfalls.




On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Mark Dearing <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:

> Go on the _www.fullmoonbusclub.com_ (http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com)
> site
>  look under AIRS  get jerry and kelli's McCarters phone number and give
> them  a call . they live in Gatlinsburg.   2 campout things happening there
> soon  Oct 2 weekend is CYW at fairgrounds of pigeon forge AVWA bunch , also
> Blue bus campout   later  mark d
>