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Date:         Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:28:45 -0700
Reply-To:     courtney hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         courtney hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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Yes, and I actually had to stand on my tipie-toes and contort one finger to get that front bolt in the slave cylinder when replacing it. Other than that, fantastic! Courtney

----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:22 pm Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-) To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, wetwesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>, courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>

> that's why I never ever *touch* any old air-cooled Bus .. > they suck to work on, working on your knees, ducking under the > engine door .. > etc. > On a vanagon ..they 'did it right' .. > nice big fat engine cover and opening ..you are looking down at > everything right in front of you .. > super nice. ( though they lost it about ease of > replacing the water pump with engine in situ. ) > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: courtney hook > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; wetwesties > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:51 PM > Subject: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a > waterboxer. :-) > > > > OK, after working on a 84 WBX engine for the last few > days I don't wanna hear anymore snivelling about access to > things like the alternator or general engine work compared to my > 77 Westy India rubber man contortionist engine access. :-) > I'm gettin' me a WBXer man! > Courtney > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | > Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > Recent Activity: a.. New Members 5 > Visit Your Group > PICTURES! http://picasaweb.google.com/wetwesties/ > > To leave us: wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Calendar of events: http://www.wetwesties.org/calendar > > For technical resources: http://www.wetwesties.org/links.htm > > Please conserve bandwidth and clip quoted material in > your posts. > Include only the information that is relevant to your response. > > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . > Terms of Use. > > __,_._,___


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