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Subject:Re: He's Alive, He's Alive, HE'S ALIVE!
From:Tim Demarest
Date:Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:46:37 -0500

Congratulations! Hope you get the ol' beasty out of dry dock and back on
the high seas soon!

Keep the success stories coming!

At 04:55 PM 2/27/2004 -0600, Warren.K.Lail-1 wrote:
>Flash!!
>
>At precisely 3:37 pm, Central Standard Time,
>Billy Bones roared back to life!  He's Alive!  And
>what was amazing is that as soon as fuel found its
>way through all that new fuel line, he belched,
>wheezed, farted, and then just ran.  I let him idle
>for 30 minutes, and then replaced the oil and filter
>(to get those new filings out of there!)
>
>I've still got to refill my tranny, so Billy's not
>out of dry dock just yet, but tomorrow!  Maybe.
>
>
>I need to set the timing, but I can't figure it out
>from Bentley.  This is an 88 2.1 WBX with manual
>tranny. What's the best way to set the timing
>(I even went out and bought a timing light!).
>
>When ole Billy started up, well if I had known
>how to do a back-flip in my driveway I think I
>would have just done it.
>
>Thanks for everyone's kind words of support!
>
>Warren Lail
>88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>87 GL