Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 12:43:33 +0000
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Getting the 87 back on the road at long last still many
things to do
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4. Our '87 arrived at our place with weak struts and a PO-supplied custom broomstick with rubber crutch tips. I soon replaced them with two of the "strong" struts from Bus Depot, the stronger of the two models offered by BD at the time. They're still holding up, so to speak, a decade later and will support the hatch lined with B-Quiet sound deadener and with a bike rack on the hatch, but not with a bike on the rack. Other vendors might offer the same struts.
Incidentally, BD seems to have lower prices but they always seemed to take forever to ship, for some reason. I have not ordered parts online from any vendor for a while (yes, the van is working) so things might have changed on that front.
Stephen
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 8:35 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote:
it will take a large box as not to wind it too tight do not know what the USPS cost is most like way under $ 20
Edward V Barger
edvbarger@mac.com
310 922 6251
> On Aug 3, 2017, at 5:33 PM, joe kallo <quietglow@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am in Chicago. That actually sounds like the beginning of the story of a road trip that I'd like to hear about, but alas school is about to start here, so my summer ranging is getting a crimp for awhile. Can you ship?
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> On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM Edward V Barger <edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com>> wrote:
> Ok I am in Venice CA want to come get it ?
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> ed
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> Edward V Barger
> edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com>
> 310 922 6251 <tel:(310)%20922-6251>
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>
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>> On Aug 3, 2017, at 5:29 PM, joe kallo <quietglow@gmail.com <mailto:quietglow@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi Edward,
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>> If you don't have someone else already, I'll take that bumper rubber strip. I get tired of looking at the bare holes in my back bumper!
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>> many thanks,
>> Joe
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>> On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 7:27 PM Edward V Barger <edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com>> wrote:
>> HI
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>> 1. have an extra rubber strip for the back bumper if any one needs it
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>> 2. need to get the 2 “ inserts” for the body were the mud flap in front of the propane tank goes ….. where o where to find them
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>> 3. the “ inserts” in the rear hatch / door where the VW etc emblems go is this a standard item at the dealer or any parts store ?
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>> 4. now that I put fat mat sound deadening in the rear door / hatch need to replace the gas struts they were already weak and now with the additional weight … well not up to par ….. where are the best and the best price Thanks for the info on the seal It does close with a little force
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>> still many things to do: lots of fat mat and insulation to instal , deal with the fridge , new water pump in the fresh water supply , get my solar panel system all hooked up , getting the remote control rear view mirror to work , and then the AC, and checking and improving all the ground connections etc etc etc seems never ending
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>> Like I have a new job ……..
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>> and yesterday after I moved the van from the garage to in front of our house in Venice some one between 10 am and 3 pm took a mental tool like a screw driver and
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>> put a nice 12 inch gash in the new paint on the passenger side door down to the metal fun fun
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>> I noticed the new ladder from Gowesty has any one checked it out seems like it will be a welcome tool to access the upper bunk etc
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>> good to hear about the senior pass I headed toward 75 real soon will check it out….. hope to be on the road after labor day , the kids are in school and the camp grounds are safe
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>> Edward V Barger
>> edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com>
>> 310 922 6251 <tel:(310)%20922-6251>
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