Sheesh...Arkansas people...;-) -----Original Message----- From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Apologies to Brian I apologize too denis. I should of just ignored it and went on but i made a bad decision still friends? cracked case...god i hope that's not the problem. was it around the pulley area? guess i need to pull that off and check for safe measure. could you visibly see the crack? >From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [tcb] Apologies to Brian >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:34:53 -0600 > >Brian, I did not mean to insult you or hurt your feelings. I don't think >that >you are stupid, or anything like that. I guess what I was trying to >say was >illustrated by your statement that you "Drive the bus until it >breaks and >then fix it".( I am sorry if that is not exactly what you said, >I lost the >original e-mail ) I would rather go through my bus, stem to >stern before I >would put it on the road, brakes, suspension, electrical, >etc. The bus is >going to break, no matter what any of us do, but a complete >work up on a new >bus, front to back, would give you a safer, more reliable >vehicle. and >certainly reduce surprises. > >I repeat; the bus is going to break, no matter what. Last night I completed >>replacing the gaskets on my tranny leak and when I was all done... the >other >side started leaking just as badly. Why? Who the #%!*^ knows! It's a >VW! > >About your oil leak, When my first engine, for which I had paid $2,200 (the >>last major repair I have ever, or will ever paid for) threw a rod, it made >a >tiny crack at the top of my case, right at the rear edge of the fan >shroud. >It caused a fine oil mist to completely fill the entire engine >compartment. >It drove me nuts before I found it and fixed it. Anyway, some >people had the >same theory that the leak was at the crank pulley and so I >installed a sand >seal. It did not work in my instance, but it might in >yours, if that is where >your oil leak is. It is an easy install. > _________________________________________________________________ Want a degree but can't afford to quit? Top school degrees online - in as fast as 1 year http://forms.nextag.com/goto.jsp?url=/serv/main/buyer/education.jsp?doSearch=n&tm=y&search=education_text_links_88_h288c&s=4079&p=5116 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.