Date:         Mon, 27 Oct 1997 17:27:10 -0600
Reply-To:     "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Organization: Condor Efficiency
Subject:      F/Origin of Head Gasket Design:
Comments: To: Cary Chiang <ehoward1@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
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Mark Magee said concerning Vanagon Fan Switch:
> Therefore you have a small window in which to work with in operating the
> >fan manually. Furthermore, this spread was carefully thought out by
> >engineers back in the Fatherland...

Cary Chiang said:
> "Carefully thought out by engineers back in the Fatherland"???  Hopefully
> these were not the same engineers who carefully thought out the waterboxer
> head gasket design!!

No, this was a completely different engineering team! The Vanagon head
gasket design was actually sub-contracted out to the East Germans (then
commies) who borrowed it from the Russians (Zuguhli) who bought it from
the Yugoslavians (Yugo), who swiped it from the Italians (Fiat).
Apparently none of them could get it to work either.

Mark Magee
87GL
82 Diesel Westy
96 Suzuki 4WD
Kemah TX