Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:38:28 -0400
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From: Claralw@aol.com
Subject: vw rants
gee, it's good to hear that i havent been singled out for special treatment.
years ago, i bought my first vw, a carot ornage 73 poptop. it ended up with
a 77 fi motor, which a year or so later had a problem of cutting out
randomly. Then a pattern developed that it was after the bus got good and
warmed up. i finally took it to a shop, as my limited knowledge (tune up)
didn't help. it was not the points.
the shop charged me lots of money and told me notings wrong. they couldn't
get it to die. :-( !
after further investigation, it turned out to be the head temperature sender,
which cost me $15 for a new one, and took less than 5 minutes to change.
so i said, hey, i can do that, and haven't paid for a repair since.
which has kept my problems like this to a minimum, as it only happens with
people i don't know that i get parts from. which doesn't happen much, cause
now all the local junkyards know me, and the guy at the shop i like, i
don't go to the one with the alleged cokehead (yes duh, i know what year the
bus is, yes im sure it's that year. ) And i always check to make sure
it's the right part. dont use those india made wheel cylinders, the
insides are the wrong size.
i get it, though, like a couple weeks ago a was working on a motor, which
had blowby. Three head studs were pulling out, and one was a self tapping
stud. so i motored on down to the vw store for case savers, i needed an
oversize one for the hole where the selftapping stud pulled out. then
across the street to the screw store, to get the thread tapper and correct
drill bit.
i go in and say what size thread tapper i need, and show the guy the case
saver, say what it's for. He asks if 'they' need the drill bit too. I say
that I do. he asks what size drill 'they' have. I say that I have a half
inch chuck. etc.
I was kind of amused by this exchange and the pronoun switches.
Get a grip.
clara
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