[tcb] Re: Towing.......... Re: What do gremlins enjoy?

  • From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:45:03 -0500

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


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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


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  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. ;)

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  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


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  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 
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  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 
  Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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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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