[tcb] Re: brians hillarious trip report
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:41:01 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Just make sure it's a Super Beetle.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2006 8:37 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: brians hillarious trip report
>
>Sounds like the typical bus adventure! Glad it all
>was minor stuff!
>Elizabeth & I sure wish we could have made it!
>Next year, with any luck the vw Gods will smile upon
>us! May have to sacrifice a new beetle to 'em!
>
>--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> well for those of you that didn't make eureka here
>> is what happened to me.
>> (yes denis i am going to quote my exact message to
>> you.)
>>
>> so left benton around 8:30 friday morning. fueled
>> up, took the dogs to the
>> vet to kennel, and left. took the interstate from
>> benton to conway, about 1
>> hour of driving. got on to highway 65 in conway and
>> went on. we stopped in
>> marshal for some pizza at pizza hut, i checked under
>> the bus to see how the
>> "oil cooler leak" was. (you'll understand the quotes
>> later on) two or three
>> minor drops under the bus nothing horrible. checked
>> the oil just a smiggin
>> below the full line. continued on my journey.
>> stopped to get gas in
>> harrison, ar. averaged about 21 mpg. checked under
>> the bus at the "oil
>> cooler leak" one drop nothing bad went on. turn on
>> to 62 from 65 start up
>> the first big hill had to down shift to make it up
>> the hill (lots of down
>> shifting on 62 and 65. start up the hill :sniff:
>> :sniff: what's that smell
>> oh shit i can't see behind me due to the smoke. ah
>> crap the "oil cooler
>> leak" has finally finished itself off. crap pull
>> over as far over as i can
>> get which means the left side of the bus is still in
>> the road. a preacher
>> guy stops to help i start it up he says oil is
>> "gushing" from underneath. he
>> encourages me to drive the 1000 feet over the hill
>> it will take to get on to
>> a huge shoulder area. i hesitate well a big ford
>> econoline van comes flying
>> by almost killing hershey and diana who is inside of
>> hershey that told me i
>> better risk the motor and drive it the thousand
>> feet. get onto the big
>> shoulder. take the rear apron off take the rear most
>> peice of tin off. oil
>> is all over the back side of the pushrod tubes i
>> think man, this "oil cooler
>> leak" is pretty bad for there to be oil on the back
>> side of the pushrod
>> tubes and not the front side. well about that time i
>> hear a vw horn and look
>> over to see a vanagon comming by. i flag them over
>> the guy was like can i
>> help i was like yea (and dripping wet because it was
>> raining at the time.
>> well we looked we tinkered finally i said start it
>> up let's see what is
>> wrong. he fired it up and oil shot out of one of the
>> hoses for the full flow
>> filter. evidently the hose was rubbing against the
>> exhaust pipe that comes
>> out of the head right where the heat exchanger hooks
>> up. so i call my dad
>> who is already in eureka springs and tell him my
>> situation and so he drives
>> over with a nipple and some hose clamps i thank the
>> vanagon guy for stopping
>> told him where dad was and thanked him. he said as
>> he pulled away his wife
>> was asking if they should give me a ride and he
>> looked in the rearview
>> mirror and saw me popping the top and said nope i
>> think they are preparred
>> for the long haul. so the "oil cooler leak" wasn't
>> that it was the full
>> flow. well here is where the funny part comes in:
>>
>> shortly after the vanagon guy leaves i call andy
>> because i am bored, no
>> answer it is 1ish and andy is probably sleeping
>> because he works 3rd shift.
>> ok so next on my list i call denis. hear is the
>> following sequence of
>> events:
>>
>> denis' answering service:"hi this is denis and jan
>> we can't come to the
>> phone right now so leave a message after the tone"
>>
>> me: "yo denis, what's up i'm on the side of the road
>> and thought i would
>> call and say hi so hi, by"
>>
>> HANGUP
>>
>> i thought i said i was broke down evidently not. i
>> get the bus fixed and
>> drive on to eureka.
>>
>> saturday get to the show listen to the 2 messages on
>> my phone the first one
>> being from denis "brian this isn't andy it's denis
>> and we are all talking
>> about you, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU!!!!!" the second
>> one from andy "hey
>> brian this is andy it's 10:15pm and we are eating
>> all kinds of good food and
>> drinking and having a good time and we are talking
>> about you and how you are
>> staying in a hotel room"
>>
>> i show my bus decorate it with my fancy bus plates.
>> pop my top open the top
>> kot bunk evidently something alot of folks have
>> never seen before.
>>
>> i knew i was going to hear my name called for
>> something whether it be for
>> best of show, best paint or atleast third in my
>> class. i never heard my name
>> :-( so i am a bit sad. i knew i was going to get
>> best paint. but i didn't.
>>
>> went to ermilio's and i got food poisoning but it
>> didn't show up till after
>> we got to denis' house. sorry denis for leaving so
>> quickly. i hung my head
>> out the window driving back to the hotel for fear
>> that i might puke. and
>> diana can't drive a stick so that was a fun drive
>> back.
>>
>> sunday: diana and i went to the big bisquit place
>> out on 62 and listened to
>> the old lady sing while we ate our big ass bisquit
>> and ham and bacon. i only
>> managed to eat the top half of my bisquit so i
>> failed my challenge. then we
>> left got gas at the shell in eureka and went on.
>>
>> hit some rain in harrison. the windshield wipers
>> decided they were tired of
>> the rain and would stop in the middle of the
>> windshield every time they
>> wiped. i think the motor was getting wet because of
>> the big crack in the
>> windshield seal.
>>
>> stopped in pickles gap, bought some fudge. realised
>> i didn't have brake
>> lights because the wire came loose so i fixed that
>> and we went on home.
>>
>> all in all it was a fun trip it sprinkled a bit at
>> the show but not to bad.
>> beautiful weather overall.
>>
>> oh and denis: i am sitting at my computer at work
>> just thought i would say
>> hi so hi, by.
>>
>>
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