One of my neighbors recently (6 months ago) bought a 1978 VW Westfalia.
It is a very nice looking van and she (lady attorney) ask if I'd be
available to assist her in maintaining it.
I did a few very minor things like a new sink water pump, new sink faucet
and a pop top seal.
I got paid for my efforts but I sent her elsewhere for her brake job.
She really loves her little Westy and has spent generously to have the
front suspension rebuilt, the windshield replaced, a new set of tires.
If this lady had been a school teacher I'd probably done other work for
her but being an attorney I calculated that she could negotiate better
than me and arrive at fair deals for her required services.
With my Westy in the driveway and often another Westy under restoration I
know how these damn Vans and Westies seem to always be chipping at you
and thanks to seven years of  83 Westy ownership I'm pretty much chiseled
down to a lump.
Her next expenditure is going to be on a Pop-Top canvas and that is one
job I'd only do for myself.
Summary: If you're a lady with a VW Bus, Van, Vanagon, Westy, Syncro
please don't darken my door with your shadow.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:01:58 -0600 "Blake C. Thornton"
<thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU> writes:
> > had the o2 censor done a couple of mths ago. My boyfriends brother
> > thought maybe it's the spark plugs and rotor. I had the plugs
> > themselves done a few weeks ago. Any suggestions please.......
>
> I like Stan's idea to find a boyfriend that knows what he is doing.
> I
> suppose it would be alright if you found a girlfriend who knows she
> is
> doing as well.
>
> I'm voting on exhaust leak and I'm voting that whoever checked it
> out
> didn't know what they were looking for.  Go-carts make the noise
> they do
> because of the exhaust and my van was making the same noise a few
> weeks
> ago until I plugged the holes in the exhaust system (bad gaskets).
>
> b
>

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