Welcome aboard, John.

Only piece of advice I can give you at this point is to avoid eye contact
with BenT, Mike Miller (from Fresno), and Terry Kay.  They are bad actors.
Heck; one of them is a real estate agent, and you know how bad that can be.

Honest.  Yeah, you CAN trust me, though.

;-) (please note winking smiley face)

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tullier" <elefntkpr@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: Hello from new member

> The name's John, and I wanted to say howdy to the
> group and introduce myself...although I'm sure I'll be
> well know before all is said and done.  Why is that?
> Well, I just happen to have a 1980 VW Vanagon L
> sitting in the driveway.  Yet, the engine now sits on
> my carport, stripped to the block.
>
> I tell ya, it was like opening up the lungs on a 97
> year old Lucky Strike smoker.  What a shame.  I always
> get the one that was owned by "One of those guys" who
> consider duct tape and silicon adequate tools for a
> tune up.  Heads are toast too, the valve seat issue ya
> know.  Oh yes, it's the 2.0L Fuel Inj. air-cooled
> power plant.  And yes, for those who are thinking it,
> it did run when I bought it.  Drove it for two
> weeks...little less power than it should have had, but
> it ran.  I can't for the life of me see how now that
> I've seen the guts.
>
> Oh well, enough of that.  That should sum up what I'm
> up against.  Any and all suggestions welcome...and
> sarcasm always welcome...of course I have a sense of
> humor, I bought a VW now didn't I? :)
>
> Looking forward to the wealth of knowledge found in
> these forums.
>
> Good day and good night.
>
> John Tullier
>
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