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Subject:Re: end of road
From:Stephen Steele
Date:Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:58:54 -0500

> Darn.... took my 84 westy in for a tune up before going on a trip next
> week and thought I smelled ...... something sweet......
>
> Yep, $1,100 is what it will cost at the dealer to get the heads re done.
> I give up. This is the third and final leaking flat four for me. I'm
> putting the westy up on blocks till the Tiico is sorted out and I can
> come up with the money to do an inline four and a new automatic. Just
> getting into the new camping season wouldn't ya know!
>
> Later, Bob
> 84 westy
> das leaker
Bob:
DON"T QUIT!
Put a tow bar on the front and pull it to your camp sites:)
Surely you can find a competent mechanic at a reputable shop who will do the
thing for far less.  How many miles did it take to get you to the quitting
point?

You have plenty of time to get it fixed before the weather turns nice up
there in WI.  Suck it up...  later this year it will be twenty years old!

Hang in there.

--
Stephen
Chillicothe OH