Joy,

If you can make it about 1 1/2 hours Southeast of
Madison, there is

Gene's Bug Hut
W 123 Hwy D Box 138
Honey Creek, WI 53138

1-262-514-2454

He has done good work on my vanagon engine for me.

Tony

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Matilda has been great for the past week and a half
> - had a lovely visit
> with my sister and her family near Ithaca NY,
> stopped briefly in Ontario to
> meet Tom Shiels and get my Vanagon.com stickers, had
> a splendid trip up the
> Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay
> and across to Manitoulin
> Island on the ferry, did some lovely kayaking up
> around there, and then had
> a great four days at the Chippewa County Fair in the
> upper peninsula of
> Michigan, with the extended family of someone who
> came across my website and
> is planning to move into her Westy in the spring.
>
> Today, however, Matilda decided that she's tired of
> running at full speed
> and she's been cutting out on me.  We dawdled for
> 160 miles at around 50 mph
> to Marquette Michigan, which is a major metropolis
> after the places I've
> been the past week.
>
> She might be in fine form tomorrow, but I'm assuming
> this isn't going to get
> better.  I already had the fuel filter replaced
> before I left Virginia, and
> now I'm trying to track down a new-to-me fuel pump
> that someone offered me a
> few weeks ago.  I've also been looking at the
> directions on the web for
> addressing intermittent Vanagon syndrome.
>
> So now I'm looking for someone who might be able to
> give me a hand with some
> of these things.  Is there anyone out there in
> Wisconsin, roughly between
> the UP and the Madison area who might be willing to
> spend some time
> directing me on how to do things like check fuel
> pressure, change fuel pump,
> etc.?  I expect to be visiting a friend in Madison
> later this week, in case
> anyone is there.
>
> I also once dredged up info about a good Vanagon
> mechanic in the Madison
> area.  I could try to dredge that up again, but if
> anyone knows who that
> might have been, could you please let me know?  I'd
> rather do this stuff
> myself, though, with a bit of technical assistance,
> if I can.  I gotta learn
> somehow!
>
> Matilda works, albeit slowly, so hopefully I'm not
> going to be stuck in
> Marquette Michigan indefinitely.  But if anyone is
> near here, please do get
> in touch, that would be even better!  Phone is
> below, if you're around here,
> please do give me a call, as I'm going to log off
> soon.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
>
>
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> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> email:  jhecht@alum.mit.edu
> telephone:  1-202-494-1162
> for musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
>
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>

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