Hi Volks,

THANKS to the impressive skillz and most appreciated efforts of Mark
Dearing and the crew at Salem Imports, my parents are now back on the
road. Their Vanagon westy is humming along quietly and the rattle in
the stickshift they had grown used to over the past few years is now
completely gone. They also have a new clutch plate, resurfaced pressure
plate and a new slave cylinder, so the shifting is much improved.

They're now headed towards Washington DC to meet up with 71 westy
owners Ron and Mary Dunn, who have promised to show them some of the
local night-life and such.

Mark, your first Red Cup at EveryBus is on me. (Wild Turkey, if I
recall correctly)

Happy trails indeed... Salem Imports ROCKS.

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 1-Mar-05, at 5:35 PM, Greg Potts wrote:

> Just a quick note to ask if anyone has a good standard transmission for
> a 1982 Vanagon somewhere between Georgia and Roanoak VA. My parents are
> on their way home from Florida and about a half-hour ago they suffered
> the complete loss of fourth gear. 1st, 2nd and 3rd are all still OK, so
> they are nursing it along as gently as possible until they can get to
> Mark Dearing's shop in Salem VA.