Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:32 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
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Yes you would.
all right ..enjoy your trip !
understanding and mastering it technically is part of the fun.
and true ...there are some people ( not you ) the only care that it works..
they are not actually interested in how to accomplish that technically,
or what actually made something work again . ..
they only care that it's working.
But then they are not as well equipped when something does go wrong
either.
be careful of course..
since you are driving a relatively untried whole new set of parts ...
perhaps a couple hour local shake down run is a good idea.
It's just amazing how many things ..after they are 'done' ...need more
yet, quite often.
I find that all the time..
I spend as much time fine tuning as I do on the repair job itself, quite
often.
it's all in the details.
scott
www.turbovans.com
On 5/16/2012 3:14 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> If I was working in your shop under your direction I'd have a much
> better-maintained Mellow Yellow.
>
> But I don't /wanna/ have to figure it out. I just want to go camping!
>
> Out of here tomorrow until Sunday afternoon. All by myself in BLM land.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> "Mellow Yellow," 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> On 05/16/2012 02:57 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> hi..
>> if you were here in my shop working under my direction ..
>> I'd make you figure it out ..
>> it really is very, very simple.
>>
>> tip ..hook the forward upper ends first....... hinge area 2nd.
>> tip 2 ..one bar is for the left side, one the right.
>> it's impossible to put them in wrong even, at least that I've ever
>> found.
>>
>> you just wanted an excuse for more attention !
>>
>> I don't think there's a picture in Bentley .
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/16/2012 10:42 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> (I reckon I should be used to asking simple questions.)
>>>
>>> I'm doing the final reassembly after installing the radiatior. Last
>>> thing: spare tire carrier.
>>>
>>> It consists of three (3) parts, excluding the bolt. One (1) clamshell,
>>> and two (2) curvy metal arms. Oh yeah, also two (2) little clippy
>>> things
>>> to keep the curvy metal arms from falling out of the hinges.
>>>
>>> Trouble is I can't figure out how to orient the two curvy metal arms. I
>>> know they don't go under the clamshell, but the only other way I can
>>> fit
>>> them is up from the hinges, through the notches at the rear of the
>>> clamshell, and above the tire. But the hooky things at the leading
>>> edges
>>> bang into the frame when I lift the clamshell to lock it in.
>>>
>>> There's probably a picture in Bentley but I'll be darned if I can
>>> figure
>>> out what Repair Group the spare tire holder assembly might belong to.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
>>> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>>>
>
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