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Subject:Re: Burnt Van Photos
From:Gerald Masar
Date:Sat, 7 Jul 2007 16:14:27 -0700

Ben,
Thanks again for your excellent pages on Vanagon maintenance.
I used them when I recently worked on the cooling system of my '88.
What is your preferred method of replacing or getting rid of the plastic fuel fitting
at the firewall?
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Burnt Van Photos

> People are plain stupid.... that include some of you here on this list.
>
> 2 days ago, i inspected an 87, original fuel line, no more clamp on the fuel
> rail, or what was left of them, piece of rust.
>
> Something like that, but worse:
> http://www.benplace.com/gilles/gilles5.jpg
>
> So, i offer the guys to at least replace the clamps because this is to
> dangerous... he said how much? can it wait till next year? I said NO!
>
> I said bro, i'm busy like hell but i can not let you go like that, he said
> again, how much? i tell him about 20$ for all the clamp + 1 hour... he said,
> i will wait till next time.
>
> 2 kids in the back....
>
> Plain frigging stupid person... so go die in you van, it will be your coffin.
>
> Don't tell me i'm rough! yes i am, because people are ignorant, and that is
> ok, my job is to tell them. So this guy probably tought that i was trying to
> riped him off.
>
> It was my Job to tell him, the following is NOT my job, it's something i did
> so people can be more aware.
>
> http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm

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