<<<snip>>> I've only had this damn westy for two months and it has already begun
to consume much of my time and a fair amount of my
money. I'm beginning to think it is going to be an abusive relationship
<<<snip>>>

Indeed!!  A year or two back, someone once described owning a Vanagon as "...at
best, a rather involved hobby, and at worst a mechanics nightmare."  Phred - my
Wolfy - has provided me with a full year of almost trouble free stewardship.
'Course, now that I've said that something major is going to implode...  As for
an abusive relationship...  Nah.  Think of it as more of a courtship.  Just
think how bored you'll be once you get everything where she - ah, make that you
- want it.   A marriage - I mean owning a Vanagon - is like that.  :o)

Alan Bosch
& Phred ('88 Wolfsburg) - waiting for the other repair shoe to fall...
Rochester, NY