Date:         Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:08:05 -0600
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
Comments: To: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <52BA73B3.1040603@turbovans.com>
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Scott, thanks. I'll check that out for sure.

John

On 12/24/2013 11:57 PM, Scott Daniel wrote:
> my mind goes to the oil cooler o-ring.
> They get old..
> people don't check the nut tightness during oil changes..
> things get cold and brittle...
> easy to have happen.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 12/24/2013 3:06 PM, JRodgers wrote:
>> The Vanagon Spirit  giveth, the Vanagon Spirit taketh away - Long Live
>> the Vanagon Spirit!!
>>
>> The Red Brick lives! The distributor problem was solved with a
>> replacement distributor. The engine was test run. But the next time out
>> - the engine would not start. As circumstance would have it - the coil
>> had failed. After some jockeying around - a replacement coil did the
>> trick. starts and runs fine. Only second coil failure in my Volkswagens
>> in a lifetime of owning them.
>>
>> Volksiebus is dead. My '88 Dover Blue Transporter blew a major oil seal
>> somewhere. I was working on the Red Brick this afternoon, had to run to
>> the store, started Volksiebus, began to back out the drive and there was
>> a HUGE puddle and oil trailing out following me down the driveway. I
>> pulled back up and shut down. It's had a leaky pulley seal for a while -
>> and I think it just let go. Got Christmas duties tomorrow - so won't get
>> back to it until Thursday to check it out.
>>
>> Some Christmas Eve, huh!
>>
>> Actually Christmas begins for my family at 6 PM. Looking forward to it.
>>
>> Merry Christmas, Volks!!
>>
>> John
>>
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