Date:         Tue, 26 Dec 2023 07:16:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A sad day, Scott Foss has left this realm
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😪

Steven
91 Westy

On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 6:00 AM Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:

> About 2 weeks ago out of nowhere I was trying to remember how many
> different places Scott Turbovans said to lube your van... as I recall
> he had a number.
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
>
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 2:20 AM Karl <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, it's the same for me, those words to 'lubricate everything' stick
> > with me every time I work on one. I had a friend's 1984 Wolfsburg Westy
> > in a couple years ago, several 'professional' shops couldn't figure out
> > some basic electrical and cooling system issues, and had applied
> > numerous bandaids and disconnected things to avoid dash lights, so she
> > begged me to look it over. When I had finished that part of the job and
> > while running it stationary to cycle the fan and ensure all the air was
> > out of the cooling system, I thought of Scott because every single item
> > on that van had never been lubed, it was horrible! Door latches tight,
> > hinges tight, locks difficult, sliding door handle and rollers so
> > incredibly tight that it took a huge effort to open, heater cables
> > almost inoperable. So right there I said 'I'm doing the full Scott
> > treatment on this van right now!'. The transformation amazed even me,
> > but even moreso this gal friend who had owned the van over 20 years and
> > claimed 'it was always like this'.
> > Keep passing on his wisdom.
> >
> >
> > On 12/25/2023 9:30 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:
> > >   This dude was a great guy, and even moreso for the Vanagon
> community.  Always consistent in his advice and wisdom, yes a fountain of
> knowledge, and never shy to share his wisdom and experience.  A STRONG bit
> of wisdom I always gleaned from his posts, was to "lubricate".Â
> Everything!  Didn't matter:  whether metal on metal for sliding parts, or
> for electrical communication and prevention of slow corrosion.  Whenever
> you had access to something, his advise was to lubricate it.  Prevents bad
> stuff and encourages good stuff--Scott knew what he was talking about.Â
> And I think about Scott everytime I lubricate something.   And believe it
> or not, I try to pass on his wisdom to Facebook groups and the like; his
> reasoning was solid.  Miss him.
> > >
> > >
>