Date: Thu, 06 Jul 95 23:34:26 CDT
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject: Weakly Stats ...
well, i'm sending it out early tonight ... cause my alternator died
on me as i was turning into my driveway. :( something had been making
sickly noises, somewhat akin to fan-belt-driven devices of some sort,
back in Ye Olde Engine-Land ... i wasn't sure if it was an alternator
bearing (cause of the "howling" aspects of the noise; and cause nothing
seemed amiss electrically) or the power steering pump. well, before i
shut it off, there were sparks (metal-to-metal kind) coming out of the
alternator, so i'm pret-ty sure that's the culprit!
that's the good news. :( the bad news is:
(1) auto electric shops in this fleabag town can't even spell Bosch.
(2) the ONE possible alternator in stock at the FLAPS might not be the
right one.
(3) all other possibilities are 60 miles away.
it's gonna be a fun day, i'm sure. $160-$270, depending on where i can
get it. :(
anyhoo, here's the Weakly Stats: for all you Unknowns (i.e., Newbies
to the list since last Friday, who haven't told me what bus you are
driving/wanting/pushing/pulling/watching-rust/etc), this is what
i "do" with the info requested in Gerry's welcome letter.
here's where everyone is located:
-AUS 3 -SWE 1 IN 4 OR.NW 9
-CAN 1 -UK 3 KY 2 PA.C 1
-CAN.ALB 1 -UK ENG 9 LA 1 PA.E 7
-CAN.ALB.Cal 2 -UK WAL 1 MA 10 PA.W 4
-CAN.ALB.Edm 1 -ZA 1 MD 6 RI 1
-CAN.ALB.Med 1 AL 3 ME 2 SC 2
-CAN.BC.Int 1 AZ.N 2 MI 5 TN 2
-CAN.BC.Van 4 AZ.S 5 MN 4 TX.ASA 8
-CAN.BC.Vic 6 CA.BA 31 MO 4 TX.D 6
-CAN.MAN.Win 1 CA.N 12 MT 2 TX.H 4
-CAN.NB.Fred 1 CA.S 15 NC 15 TX.L 1
-CAN.ONT.Ott 8 CO 7 NE 3 UT 2
-CAN.ONT.Tor 3 CT 2 NH 1 VA 6
-CAN.QUE 1 DC 1 NJ 6 VT 2
-CAN.QUE.Mon 3 FL.N 7 NM 2 WA.W 25
-FR 1 FL.S 1 NY.NY 6 WI 6
-GER 1 GA 7 NY.W 4 WV 1
-IRE 1 IA 4 OH 9
-NL 1 IL 3 OR.NE 1
Unknown 79 Total 409
and here's what everyone is driving/pushing/etc.
50 Microbus 0 59 Microbus 6 68 Bus 5 80 Vanagon 12 91 Eurovan 1
51 Microbus 0 60 Microbus 5 69 Bus 11 81 Vanagon 15 92 Eurovan 2
52 Microbus 0 61 Microbus 4 70 Bus 9 82 Vanagon 29 93 Eurovan 10
53 Microbus 0 62 Microbus 3 71 Bus 27 83 Vanagon 9 94 Eurovan 0
54 Microbus 0 63 Microbus 3 72 Bus 17 84 Vanagon 22 95 Eurovan 1
55 Microbus 0 64 Microbus 5 73 Bus 28 85 Vanagon 28
56 Microbus 1 65 Microbus 8 74 Bus 6 86 Vanagon 8
57 Microbus 2 66 Microbus 13 75 Bus 5 87 Vanagon 20
58 Microbus 1 67 Microbus 10 76 Bus 10 88 Vanagon 4
77 Bus 12 89 Vanagon 6
78 Bus 10 90 Vanagon 10
79 Bus 8 91 Vanagon 7
Microbus 61 - Camper 19, Panel 7, Pickup 6, Kombi 10, Deluxe 9
Bus 149 - Camper 82, Panel 1, Pickup 4, Kombi 7
Vanagon 170 - Camper 80, Panel 0, Pickup 1, Diesel 15, Syncro 14
Eurovan 14 - Camper 7, Panel 0, Pickup 0, Diesel 1
Total 394
Vanagon Mailing List 409 people, 394 vehicles
61 Microbus, 149 Bus, 170 Vanagon, 14 Eurovan
69 Unknown, 23 Wanabus
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