[tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
- From: shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:34:47 -0700 (PDT)
really, steve? really????
--- On Wed, 4/4/12, Steve Chamberlain <steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Steve Chamberlain <steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 8:51 AM
Now, now children. They are ALL Volkswagen at heart and part of one big happy
family. We should all get along and nurture each other and show pride in in the
differences that make us individual. Po-tato, Pa-tato; '59 air cooled bus, 2012
New Beetle with 2000 cc fuel injected diesel equipped with power boost disc
brakes A/C and heated seats. It's all semantics.
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:18 AM, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ya know Denis if I were the philosophical type, I'd surmise that the sheer
numbers of the late models that are still on the planet are and will be the
driving force that keeps the hobby alive for generations to come, thereby
making it worthwhile for after market parts to be manufactured and passing on
the love...
Respect the Bays!James
DAC
TCB
'59 23 Window Deluxe
'73/'77 Westfakia
'78 Super Vert
From: Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:45 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
The loafs can’t catch the splits. We don’t need no stinkin’ forums where
the loaks all whine cuz they’re so damn fat and ugly and slow.
I’m sorry, couldn’t help it
From: James Dwan
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:30 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins
enjoy?
WTF is AFAIK? BTW, if the loafs ganged up on ya, you would be screwed, the loaf
forum has
53,886 threads, the split forum only has
33,196... but the Vanagon thread has a
whopping 37,774!
James
DAC
TCB
'59 23 Window Deluxe
'73/'77 Westfakia
'78 Super
Vert
From: w.wood
<evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:13
PM
Subject: [tcb] Re:
Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
you're getting there, but then again any old ACVW is now
becoming rarer, even the loafs. AFAIK there are more loafs than there are
splits so if they decide to gang up on us oldtimers, we're screwed.
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, James Dwan
<james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I kid because I'm learning to be a splitty snob : )
Pretty good so far?
James
DAC
TCB
'59 23 Window Deluxe
'73/'77
Westfakia
'78 Super Vert
From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April
3, 2012 5:47 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re:
What do gremlins enjoy?
Meanie. I'm still crashing Bus events, even Splitties Only. I just linger
on the outskirts. ;)
From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:07:54 -0700 (PDT)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins
enjoy?
Duncan you have a Van...not a Bus : )
James
DAC
TCB
'59 23 Window Deluxe
'73/'77 Westfakia
'78 Super
Vert
From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:46
PM
Subject: [tcb] Re:
Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
We have the upgraded policy from AAA. Wouldn't leave home without
it.
Our bus is running great but it is 20+ years old. The last tow I
needed was a bad connection at the starter, which I couldn't
trace.
Duncan
'89 Vanagon
From: photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx
Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:40:16 +0000
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins
enjoy?
Everyone seems to always need a tow. Julie, Paul etc.......
So I bought a 1985 Vanagon, and gonna do its first test drive tonight.
In June heading all the way from Abilene, Tx to Fargo, ND. Everyone seems to
always need a tow. -So should I get Triple A, my insurance doesn't cover
tows/roadside assistance since its so old. Is that what ya'll suggest??, my
Mom is really nervous for me to head up, plus we will have our 3kids with
us.
Sarah
'85 Westy
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From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:32:39 -0500
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
Waiting for a tow to a mechanic. That damned gremlin is sitting
here chewing on chocolate cake and swigging beer and laughing at
me.
On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:46 PM, shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
light switch?
trip to kerrville last year, my
wipers would not turn off, so i pulled off and found the power
wire. first try to start bus, got no elec (no gen or oil light
or starter). turned second time, started and on the way.
stayed at kerrville 11 days. moved the bus twice. when
packed and ready to come home, again no elec. 2nd, 3rd time
started. at burnett, gen light comes on. leave bus
running, check engine, no visible problems. told probably
alternator/regulator. eventually engine died and came back on tow
truck. changed regulator and other engine issues. but when
i put the engine back in, again a couple of start issues and the low
beams wouldn't work. looked under dash and switch was hanging
out of case. new switch. no more problems.
light
switch?
--- On Mon, 4/2/12, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From:
Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[tcb] What do gremlins enjoy?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:43 PM
Maybe I am going about this gremlin problem the wrong
way. Maybe I need embrace him and celebrate him and make him
comfy rather than try to banish him. I haven't driven Donner
much in months. I was working on him before the
accident. Friends came over 2 weekends ago to help with the
last part of his mini-overhaul. We did have to honk the horn
to get him started. (So now I have witnesses that aren't related to
me.). But other than that he has been doing well on test drives
around my neighborhood and town. Today I drove to a doctor
appointment in Austin (so 45 miles) and he was perfect. After
the appointment he started fine. At the first traffic light he
died and wouldn't start until I honked the horn and then less than
a
mile later he cut off while I am driving and wouldn't start until I
honked the horn. I am having a feeling it is going to be a
long crazy 48 mile drive home tonight in Austin traffic.
Maybe if I spoil the gremlin with chocolate cake maybe I
will get home with no problem?
One of you nice folks
looked up the wiring chart for a '71 and said to check out fuse
#10. Well it was loose and I have tightened it. I was
hoping that that was the magic solution. But now it does not
seem to be.
The stalling problem does not have to do with an
intake leak. It has to be a strange electrical quirk. I
don't mind honking the horn to get it started but I do mind the
shutting off while driving. A couple times when this has
happened if I honk the horn in time the engine comes back to
life.
Maybe beer for a gremlin?
I am not making this
stuff
up!
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