Patience, Greasehopper.
Like Spring (actually, with Spring) all of those things will come around
again- along with the endless refrigerator thread and the annual argument
about A/C refrigerants. As you have noted, 'tis Winter, and since the
majority of the active listees are Ancient or Nearly Ancient and Creaky in
the Bones, most of 'em don't go out much in the cold- assuming they can get
their vans started, which seems to be a prevalent problem of late.
Besides, judging from your laundry list of repairs, you're exactly where you
need to be at the moment.
If you're really jonesing for that stuff the archives from the last few
years are full of posts with links to picture pages and whatnot.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Vickery" <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: Trips not tips

> O.k. this has been fun reading about fixing my van.  And I may be as
> addicted as you all, but where is the mailing list of trips, awesome
> locations found while driving through Utah, free beach camping, great
> hidden
> hot springs, national forest dream spots.  I enjoy working on my van as
> much
> as anyone, but how 'bout a little winter motivation, trip photos, trip
> ideas, gatherings, love-ins or whatever.
>
> Is there a list that covers that, and I just signed up for the list that
> likes to get greasy?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> PS, I can't go anywhere just yet, I need to fix my clutch, get an
> alignment,
> reattach my skid plate, fix my shifter, change my thermostat, switch out
> my
> muffler mounts, but after that I'm goin' for sure.
>
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