Hi,
my tale of woe with CA SMOG and a 1.9L waterboxer continues.  I bit the
bullet and took it to a mechanic for SMOG-ready testing.  Fred's Garage
in Redwood City had a lot of vanagons in front of it, so I had them work
on it.  $85 dollars later, they claimed it was SMOG ready.  Drove it on
the freeway to the SMOG tester and it immediately failed.  Van was
running worse than before I brought it to Fred's.  Got the van home and
noticed that it wouldn't start.  Upon inspection, I found that the idle
screw was missing.  Yikes!  Fortunately, I had a spare idle screw on an
old throttle body in the garage.  What if I didn't have one?  I would be
screwed!

So, I'm thinking of driving to Berkeley on Sunday and trying to drop my
van off at The Bus Lab.  Does anyone know if the Bus Lab has a key drop
and a place to park the van?  It's about an hour and 15 minute or more
drive for me.  So, I don't want to drive there on Sunday and find out
that I can't drop off the vehicle.  Right now, the Bus Labs is closed,
so I can't ask them.

Fred's Garage is open on Saturday and they also have a key drop off.
However, I'm reluctant to go back there after this last incident.  Or,
did I just catch them on an unlucky day and in reality, they're quality
is usually good?  Please advise.

Either way, it is a hassle for me to drop off the van at a garage and
pick it up.  So, I would prefer to go to some place that will fix it
properly.   I would be more than willing to drive to Berkeley if I knew
that Bus Labs had a drop box.

BTW, I live near Mountain View, so I suppose I could try south at
VolksCafe if they're open on Saturday.

Regards,
Craig