[tcb] Re: Crickets...Crickets...Crickets...
- From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 20:56:24 -0700 (PDT)
Ahhh, Uruah Heep...I LOVED Magician's Birthday...one
of my favorite albums to listen to when I'm ......, er
ah, sorry spaced out there.
--- "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Now Prince "Hits" is playing (followed by Marilyn
> Manson, Evenescence, and
> Uriah Heep albums) and I've spent $244.45 + $36
> shipping on parts.
>
> 211405645K X2 Bearing kit - rear
> 211501287K X2 Bearing kit - front
> D195A Front pads
> 17178R Rear brake hardware kit
> 211611021AABR Master cylinder (the cheap one
> <sigh>)
> 13020 Front brake hardware kit
> 211611047F X2 Rear wheel cylinder
> 211425021A Steering damper
>
> $244.45 + $36 shipping
>
> Hope the mechanic is reasonable with his charges.
> This is all gonna be
> "pain in the ass" type work. The parts will be here
> by Thursday and he
> works on VWs at home on the weekends so I'm crossing
> my fingers he can have
> it done before I get off work at midnight the 15th.
> If I drive it around
> town some that Monday morning (the 16th) and it
> feels good I'll make the
> 700 mile trip to Alabama the break in cruise.
>
> He's a certified Air Cooled VW mechanic who started
> at a dealership. Went
> on to work for a local VW shop. They got out of VW's
> a few years ago and
> switched to high $$$ hot rods but he's still there
> and if you call them for
> VW work they just page him out of the garage.
>
> I guess I'll make a list of the order I want things
> done just in case he
> can't do it all by Sunday.
>
> Rear wheel bearings
> Rubber brake lines
> Rear wheel cylinders & Master Cylinder
> (only if replacing the lines doesn't fix the
> leakdown problem -- tool box
> spares if the rubber lines solves it)
> Front pads
> Shocks
> Steering Damper (I've had one go out while driving
> -- scary)
>
> Of course it may be easier to do the shocks at the
> same time as the rubber
> lines etc. etc. I just want to make sure the
> bearings and brakes get done.
>
> Damn I'm tired. 3000 miles for a campout 3 times a
> year is no problem
> because it's usually done on a 3 or 4 day turnaround
> between arriving and
> heading home -- 1400 miles a week with a one or two
> day turnaround sucks.
>
> Gerald
>
> On Fri, 6 May 2005 16:04:15 -0500 (Central Standard
> Time) Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>
> > Listening to the original London cast recording of
> The Rocky Horror
> > Picture
> > Show! and trying to get some work done on this
> damn mail server between
> > customer calls.
> >
> > Also making the final decision to pay someone to
> finalize the "grunt
> > work"
> > on the Rivi and calling around to find a mechanic
> who's local.
> >
> > The grinding *IS* a rear wheel bearing. Gets all
> angry sounding when I
> > trun
> > left (or even sway left changing lanes). Sounds OK
> driving straight or
> > turning right.
> >
> > The brake pedal slowly drops to the floor after
> it's been held a while.
> > Haven't driven it enough to determine if that's a
> leak somewhere, a
> > master
> > cylinder problem, or a bad (swelling) rubber line.
> >
> > I've started making a 700 mile (one way) commute
> on my days off to see
> > Mom
> > in Alabama so my own time to work on the Rivi is
> now officially
> > nonexistant.
> >
> > I'm going to order parts today for delivery next
> week. I'll talk to the
> > guy
> > that's gonna do the work about what it's going to
> cost me next week when
> > i
> > get back from Alabama because I have to be back
> Thursday to drive Dad to
> > the doctor and I'll have the afternoon off -- I
> usually get home at 1 or
> > 2
> > am the day I have be back at work (at 7).
> >
> > I think I'll have him replace all 4 rubber brake
> lines. Master cylinder.
> > All 4 wheel cylinders. All wheel bearings front
> and rear. Install the
> > Koni
> > shocks set to mid-stiffness.
> >
> > Depending on parts cost I may have him replace the
> tie rods too. Just a
> > basic, nearly complete, suspension/steering/brake
> refurb.
> >
> > Same stuff I already did to the '74 BEFORE I
> decided to take it apart
> > for a
> > groud-up custom/resto (which I have no idea when
> I'll be able to start --
> > 10+ year project I suppose).
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > On Fri, 06 May 2005 12:20:46 -0500
> KatrinaMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, what's everyone doing? I know Denis is
> building a house. But
> > what's
> > > everyone else doing?
> > >
> > > Maybe yall are fixing your Volkswagens to get
> ready for the Ozark
> > > Festival in Mountainview,AR?
> > >
> > > Katrina &Dan Martin
> > > 71'bus "Homer"
>
>
>
>
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