I'm so sorry to hear it, and on a Friday no less...

Where should we send flowers to?  What are the visiting hours?  Is he
intensive care?  I hope he's not too depressed about not being able to get
well at home.

Joy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Warren.K.Lail-1
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:04 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Billy's in the hospital

I took Billy Bones to a mechanic this morning.  I
could do no more.  I replaced the Temp II sensor
last night and it changed nothing.

As far as the transmission is concerned, the
mechanic looked at the linkage connection and said
it was okay, but that one of those forks probably
moved while I had the shift shaft out.  He said it
was no big deal and that he could realign them
without pulling the tranny.

As far as how the engine runs, I did check the
ground strap.  In fact, I pulled the main ground
strap off the left side of the engine and sanded
the ends before reinstalling it.  I also pulled
the tranny ground strap and sanded both ends.
Finally, I pulled the battery ground strap and
cleaned it up. I also cleaned and reattached the
ground for the Hall sender to the left head.

Sometimes the bus will start and run okay,
sometimes it runs like a dog, and sometimes it
 will not start at all.   When it won't start, I
can hear the fuel pump initialize, but the solenoid
 does not click (and my battery is good).  Of
course the starter is brand new as well.  The
mechanic thinks that all of my problems are
related to a short in the wiring (somewhere).

If I'm lucky, the mechanic will have it running
by this evening.  Let's do a collective
list-finger-cross or something like that.

Best wishes,

Warren Lail
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
87 GL "Long John"

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Lilley <wolfvan88@cox.net>
Date: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:23 am
Subject: RE: What a day...Billy kicked my as_

> You might need to readjust the shift linkage mounting point on the
> trannyand make sure the shifter up front is adjusted correctly.
> Removing the the tranny and putting it back in can change previous
> alignmentpoints.  If the seal is not sticking out and further than
> the old one, it is
> most likely simply an alignment problem.
>
> Did you remember the ground strap?  You probably did, but just
> checking...
>
>
> Did it not turn over or not fire up?
>
> Robert
>