Jim,

Do you have a link to that Samba posting?  I'd love to see where you guys
are at.

BTW:  Try a bag of frozen peas on your nads, worked well for me when I got
snipped...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: jakiba@bostig.com [mailto:jakiba@bostig.com]On Behalf Of Jim Akiba
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 5:51 PM
To: VW Doka
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative

The latest update on CA I posted on the samba...

Thanks for bustin my balls much appreaciated, I welded those 2 years
and change ago... and I'd like to take the 5th. I don't have a problem
with the wash in as I didn't really care about circles for aesthetics
but heat control and purging were always a point of compromise... yeah
and also, you can't see it but the mount didn't have a gusset either..
and guess what.. they break off eventually without one ha... but it's
all been fixed:). They're really not that bad. It's all low carbon so
I went for good penetration and sac'ed color, hence the greying. The
tubing welds are still holding fine, just won't please any welding
instructors.. now it's less of an issue too as the main exhaust is a
single cut and weld(and the weld is much better).. the whole site is
going to get blown away and replaced with current pics... now I really
have motivation since my balls are sore ha. But  others can do a
better job, cheaper than I can, which is why we're outsourcing as much
as we can to shops that happen to be mostly Michigan and Wisconsin..
those guys can do complete jobs for less than cost of materials around
here... insanity.  One of our machine shops also makes fixtures and
parts for the OEMs.  I'd still put up against anything else in
vanagonland without a second thought. Where are your pics then?

Jim Akiba

On 1/11/08, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Jim,
>
> Any luck with California certification?
>
>
> Also (and I'm just bustin' your balls here), who the hell welded those
pipes
> in this photo:
>
> http://www.bostig.com/products/zetec/photos/mount.jpg
>
>
> Nasty, ugly welds.  You should take his (her) welding priviledges away...
>
> Hey!  It's friday.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>