Maybe you need a cat shaped LED on the dash that comes on to
alert you in advance of your furry friend's hideout.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:50:58 -0600
>From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>Subject: Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days -
turns heads
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>After devoting ten thousand words on this subject, it just
seems like
>somebody would go over there, open the engine hatch and look
down in
>there to see what the problem is.
>My last loud screeching noise from an automobile was a cat
sleeping
>between the radiator and the water pump on my 92 Ford Crown
Victoria. I
>cranked the engine and cranked the cat around a few times
before I shut
>the engine down .............. good old Ford had a self
diagnostic system
>that displayed when the cat came out still alive but very
pissed off.
>
>Stan Wilder
>83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
>On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:28:30 -0600 John Rodgers
<jhrodgers@MINDSPRING.COM>
>writes:
>> > Marshall wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Volks:
>> >>
>> >> Can you please help me with this?  - opiniions gladly
accepted
>> >>
>> >> A get an incredibly loud "screeching sound" coming from
my
>> general engine
>> >> area at certain rpms when the engine is cold. (it's
been -30
>> here).
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> Probably a belt. For a temporary fix, hold a block of
parafin
>> against the sides
>> of the belt that ride in the "V" of the pully. will stop
the noise,
>> and is a
>> cheap yet nice dressing for the belts.
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
>
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