Hi Tom,

As it so happened I actually had a spare seat belt bolt in my toolbox,
as I had recently upgraded the belts from a Vanagon I had parted out.

There's no way I'd drive that section of Buffalo without seat belts.

</Greg>

Tom Buese wrote:
>
> On Dec 15, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
>
>> Hi Flo,
>>
>> Well, given the choice between stranded at the side of the road, and
>> limping to the safety of a roadside rest stop, I'd certainly give it a
>> try. BTW, AAA will bring you parts for minor repairs if you can
>> describe exactly what it is you need to repair the problem.
>>
>> My aircooled 73 camper popped its drain plug on the interstate
>> travelling through Buffalo one afternoon during a summer rush hour in
>> 2004. Luckily, the guy I was travelling with had a whole case of 20W50
>> with him, but we still needed a drain plug.
>>
>> It turned out that a seat-belt anchor bolt is the right thread, though
>> it does reduce the ground clearance by about an inch or so.
>
> So you drove w/ 1 of your volks un belted instead of spewing oil on our
> amricun roads?  Thanks!
>
> grin,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>
>>
>>
>> Happy Trails,
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>:
>>
>>> Jake wrote:
>>> "That's good thinking Jeff and a good tip for emergency replacement!"
>>>
>>> I dont know. the waterboxer is already slow with 4 cylinders going,
>>> counting
>>> on it getting anywhere on three after you used a spark plug to plug
>>> the oil
>>> drain is pushing it a bit imho.
>>> Florian
>>>
>>
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Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
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