[tcb] Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
- From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:28:20 -0500
James' 23 Window and my '71 should never be close together because if one of us
has a boy gremlin and the other has a girl gremlin and the make baby gremlins -
the VW world in Texas will become mayhem!
On Apr 2, 2012, at 2:10 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Maybe he is related to James' 23 window.
>
> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Mon, April 2, 2012 1:43:45 PM
> Subject: [tcb] What do gremlins enjoy?
>
> 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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