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Subject:Re: basic skills for travel - Friday
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:44:40 -0600

#1) Reach for AAA card.
#2) Reach for credit card.
#3) Reach for Cell Phone.
#4) Contact AIRS on type 2 list.
#5) Be patient
#6) Read the repair manuals while you wait for AIRS so you can be of some
little assistance when they get there.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westy

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:06:00 -0500 John Jensen <mudbug@TOAD.NET> writes:
> Suppose you were sending a non mechanic off on a cross country
> trip...Total 6000 Miles in a Well checked over Westy with Maybe 12K
> .
> What basic skills and procedures would you want to teach that
> person?
>  I'm thinking:  Replace and set points. Check oil and brake fluid.
> Jack
> car and change a tire.  Learn basic lay out of wires and hoses so
> they
> can all be wiggled and checked.
> What else?
>
> John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
> mudbug@toadhouse.com , http://www.toadhouse.com
>
>

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