I live near baltimore as well, but I was in class when this all went
down, so couldn't be of any help.

On 12/4/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Welcome to the honored league of stranded vanagonauts, Mordo!  You have
> finally arrived...
>
> BTW, Sam Walters, on this list, lives in Baltimore.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
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>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of mordo
> :::Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:36 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Stranded - my first heartbreak
> :::
> :::It finally happened: my first breakdown. I'm currently stranded on a
> :::busy thoroughfare in Baltimore.
> :::
> :::I had just rounded an exit ramp, uphill and the engine sputtered to
> :::stop. I am low on fuel and the previous owner had indicated that the
> :::fuel gauge is untrustworthy when it's low.
> :::
> :::I put two gallons in and it still won't start. I had my wife crank the
> :::engine while I checked a couple of things. Fuel pump runs. Nothing
> :::else obvious comes to mind. Perhaps a clogged fuel line if it was
> :::sucking debris.
> :::
> :::Waiting for a tow truck now to carry me a mile and a half home.
> :::
> :::In a peculiar coincidence, minutes after I came to a stop, a grey
> :::Westy drove blithely by me. I expect it is one of perhaps four
> :::Vanagons I've ever seen in Balto.
> :::
> :::I feel strangely honored to be a part of the legions of stranded
> :::Vanagon drivers all over the world.
> :::
> :::Mordo
> :::
> :::--
> :::mordo
> :::1990 Carat
>