Date:         Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:22:20 -0500
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Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Merry Christmas to you too Dennis and to the list. We all need rehab with
this addiction. These vans will bleed are bank accounts dry faster than a
playboy bunny in Vegas.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 4:53 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy 2021.
>
> Spending today with my older son Mike and his wife Blair at their home in
> Ossining NY. Nothing like family.
>
> Speaking of Family all of us are a bit of a family. And that makes this
> Vangon addiction awesome.
>
> Eric, still waiting on update for the parts. For others we did a lot work
> on his but I  am not happy with the transmission.  It is working but I hear
> it, it has a whine. I am waiting on parts to redo the final drive. With the
> 2.3, tire size and gear change it looks like it also needs a low stall
> converter and we decided to do the GTA turbo (4 gear planetary and direct
> clutch) upgrade. Sorry Eric. Your van is resting in the garage.
>
> Since I had few days off I decided to do some work on my 91 auto passenger
> van. As some remember I acquired this van April 2019. It had a burned
> exhaust valve cylinder #2. It had 248k and the heads were replaced at 148k.
>
> So after replacing the valve, set of rings, exhaust and some other stuff
> it has become a daily driver. Adding oil coolers for engine and trans it
> also has done 2 NY to Florida trips. Getting close to 274K.
>
> So for Christmas I replaced the front ball joints and upgraded the brakes.
> Test drive that night and a power steering tube failed. So added the Bus
> Depot hose kit fix.
>
> So drove to Ossining today, love those brakes!
>
> Anyway, again best wishes to all including our toys, which do have
> personalities and feelings also.
>
> Merry Christmas
> Dennis
>
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