[tcb] Re: 2am physics
- From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:02:34 -0500
Thanks for the pep talk Sammie! I just expect the worst so I can be thrilled
when I am wrong. The heater boxes, the exhaust and the pulley were destroyed
and hopefully that is it.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:59 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Julie: I have seen the rear end of your bus. I don't think the engine would
> have been hurt. I have seen much worse rear end crashes in VWs that did not
> hurt the engine. I would be very surprised if the wreck did any damage to
> the engine.
>
> --- On Wed, 6/26/13, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: 2am physics
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 9:24 PM
>
> Well the engine runs but going back tomorrow for tweaking. My mechanic
> insists that it survived the crash and still has many miles in her. I am
> still skeptical. I want to see what happens when she is actually moving
> something.
>
> Bonus! There are puppies at my mechanic's place! Puppies!
>
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2013, at 8:01 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> That is exactly to what I was referring.
>>
>> --- On Wed, 6/26/13, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: 2am physics
>> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 5:46 PM
>>
>> Actually I did strip. (The paint inside of Sonne)
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2013, at 4:56 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I was just wondering if she striped before or after she put Sonne in the
>>> garage.
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 6/26/13, atx_bus <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: atx_bus <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: 2am physics
>>> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 3:48 PM
>>>
>>> And people say nothing good happens after midnight.
>>>
>>> How's the engine?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 26, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > At 2 in the morning it was time to push Sonne back into the garage after
>>> > working on her all day and night. Maybe for some of you folks pushing a
>>> > Bus by yourself is a piece of cake, but it is a quite a challenge for me
>>> > especially since the cement was wet and slippery and I was tired and I
>>> > don't think the big, grippy new tires help at all.
>>> >
>>> > I never did take physics but I think I used some. At first Sonne was
>>> > close enough to the not-currently-running Wieder, so I used him for
>>> > leverage and the first few feet were easy enough. Then I stood on a
>>> > retired tire on its side, it gave me height for leverage, its bounciness
>>> > helped me get momentum while rocking, and its rubberiness provided
>>> > friction since my shoes kept sliding on the wet cement and this worked
>>> > for a few feet. But then I could not get Sonne in any farther. So
>>> > Donner to the rescue. I wedged him in between Wieder and Sonne and put
>>> > my back on Sonne and my feet on Donner's wheel to finally push her the
>>> > last few feet and tuck her in for the night.
>>> >
>>> > I am sore today from the all of yesterday but no rest for the wicked. I
>>> > am at my mechanic's place and we will be bringing Blitzen's old engine
>>> > a.k.a. hopefully Sonne's new engine back to life. I hope it goes well.
>>>
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