

| Subject: | Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines! I mean trannies! |
| From: | neil N |
| Date: | Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:48:22 -0800 |
Aw shucks. Tough luck. But the engine's still good! --- :^) Safe travels. Neil. On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Fun Bus back home already. About 120 miles into the trip I got stuck in > that famous New Jersey Turnpike traffic. As I slowed down it didn't want > to come out of 4th gear. When it did it let me know something was wrong. > Feels like cracked 3-4 slider hub. I drove to next exit and decided I > didn't need it leave me stranded in Florida so I milked it home. All gears > still there but definitely something wrong going from 3rd to 4th. Gonna > rest a few hours and then head down in the Benz. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > John Rodgers > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:24 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines! > > Dennis, > > Keep the rubber band wound tight. > > Have a good trip. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > Chelsea, AL > > Dennis Haynes wrote: > > The Fun Bus will soon be departing for another NY to Florida run. > 254,455 > > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > > > Wave if you see me. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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