Al,

My apologies for the cold weather front that we inadvertently sent your direction, it was supposed to stay in Alaska a little longer.  Now you have our sub-zero weather and we have warmed up significantly, its about 40F outside right now.  All of our beautiful snow is melting.  We will try to steer the warm front your direction when we are done with it, how would the month of May sound? :>)

Mark in AK  - basking in T-shirt weather

----- Original Message -----
From: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Date: Friday, December 9, 2005 8:47 am
Subject: cold weather shifting, was: Re: Tom's genital defect
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> A bit brisk here in NE Iowa, too. -22�F Wednesday nite. ( A good 
> time to
> be self employed!)
> the very good fix for the stiff tranny in cold weather is 
> synthetic gear
> oil.  About $15 worth if I remember right!  Any gear oil should be
> changed about every 25,000 miles or so. When you do it, take out the
> FILL plug first. (They tend to be in there pretty tight and you don't
> want to find yourself with a stuck fill plug and an empty tranny.)
> Al Brase
> 
> bueses wrote:
> 
> >>>Doughnut go Gentile into that good Knight.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>BenT
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >Actually in Utah I am a Gentile- which to the predominant 
> religion is one
> >who is NOT one of them.
> >
> >Vanagon content-very cold here in SLC, but the westy has been 
> running like a
> >top, except for a little stiff shifting.  Heats up nice & toasty 
> for the 5
> >mile drive to work.
> >
> >Tom-SA style grille lights look great, but lights not hooked up 
> yet-waiting
> >for more research on relays, etc.
> >
> >
> >
>