Hi Loren.  David was at the Van Meet in White Rock and at the PoCo VW Show
today.

Have you checked Larry's site re: Prince George shops?

On 8/19/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Attn: The BC contingent
> Gal from Seattle has her Westy stranded in Prince George.  Below is a
> composite of info from messages she has posted.
> Is Dave Marshall still in Quesnel?
>
> Problem description follows:
>
> Some of you know that my 81 Westy is stuck up in Prince George,
> BC.  That's
> 565 miles from Seattle!  I need some help getting her home - flat bed,
> trailer towing, whatever is safe and effective (sounds like birth control
> but maybe that's just Vanagon withdrawal delirium setting in).  Plus, if
> you've ever towed your rig and have any advice on what works best, please
> be
> geneous with your feedback.
>
>   I'm willing to PAYand/or go up there with the person(s) to go get
> her.  Maybe someone could help me get her from PG to White Rock/Blaine and
> someone else from White RockBlaine to Seattle???
>
> The problem specifically is that she is not running on full power.  It
> feels
> like I'm only firing on 3 cylinders and the poor girl only wants to run 45
> mph max on straightaways.  Hills are plain old scary and there was no way
> I
> could drive home through the Fraser River Canyon.  On the first half of
> the
> trip, she did great.  Yeah, sometimes I had to downshift to 3rd gear and
> sometimes I dropped down to 40-45 mph on the steeper hills but, overall, I
> was pleased.  I had tested her out by driving over Snoqualmie Pass a
> couple
> of times and had been satisfied with her performance and felt secure
> enough
> to take the trip.
>
> I had four different mechanics look at the situation (and paid each one of
> them!).  The sparks and wires were ok, fuel filter was changed, air filter
> is fine, compression was *low*.  One guy said each cylinder was equal at
> 100
> lbs. each but the VW dealer in PG had different readings ranging from 95 -
> 125 on each cylinder.  The VW dealer guy was unhappy with the fact that
> two
> of the spark plugs looked cleaner than the other two.  That made him think
> that there might be a cam shaft problem.  My mechanic, George at Porbug,
> had
> recently changed some of the lifters and I asked him whether he'd seen any
> signs of cam shaft issues and he said no.  George has been working on this
> van for years with the previous owner.  He suggested they check the fuel
> volume and not just the fuel pressure but these dudes have sensitive egos
> and are not open to suggestions from ignorant down-south stateside folks!
> Then, one guy up there wanted to change my timing belt.  I had to show him
> the diagrams from my manual to convince him I did not have one!!
>
> Contact Sha'ari at gongwoman1@yahoo.com
>

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