At 11:38 PM 1/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I need a heavy duty hitch for my westy. Does anyone have Dennis Haynes'
>email address?
>
>Regards

He just changed it.

It is now dhaynes@optonline.net.

By the way folks, Dennis is one of the most knowledgable Vanagon mechanics
in the USA and probably one of the 5 most knowledgeable people on this list
in terms of actually *doing* the work!

What distinguishes him is his creativity. This is particularly useful for
difficult diagnostic problems. The worse the problem, the more Dennis seems
interested in solving it! Also, his ability and willingness to do custom
work is really something. He just installed a gasoline powered coolant
heater in my syster's Syncro Westfailia, for example, creating a custom
mounting position in the engine compartment. He also installed oil pressure
and temp gages in my syncro along with a preluber, and makes the custom
Class III trailer hitch for Vanagons as well as custom mounts for syncro
anti sway bar. When I asked him to make up a special trailer hitch for
severe off road conditions, he said "No Sweat" and make one up for me. The
list of things he has done like this is so long it boggles the mind.

Anybody who lives on Long Island, New York, and probably New York City, for
that matter, should consider bringing their vans to Dennis for all their
repairs. BEG if you have to. I advise people to just get him to agree to
let them park their vans there and don't ask about the price too much. Also
anyone within 500 miles should consider using Dennis for transmission work.
On the east coast, he is the man. He has done dozens of syncro
transmissions that I know about personally. His prices for transmission
work are lower too.

Dennis' presence on the list is totally muted compared to his actual ability.

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