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Miguel

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM, miguel pacheco<mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, Neil, you were right. This is a jewel. Mars and I worked on it all
> last week, two, three hours after work. Honorable mention here is
> that, Mars, my bride, really enjoyed the work....well, we just loved
> removing all the layers of crap. We are both really happy. The work
> continues, of course. Since the cleanup, I tuned it with new plugs,
> rotor, cap. Changed oil, of course. Adjusted throttle switch. Removed
> all electrical connectors and cleaned. Changed lots of little hoses
> and bits. Still need to pull and clean all grounds. Runs much better
> than it did, of course (been through this several times and all it
> takes is some tender loving, baby!) Tomorrow I'm changing out the fuel
> lines with new. Having sooo much fun, but my other two are getting a
> little anxious...............
> Miguel
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:22 PM, miguel pacheco<mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well Neil, I didn't know that I had found gems, as in the plural
>> sense, but hold your thought until you see pictures. Looks a little
>> rough, in my opinion, but I stopped by a friend house on the way home
>> and he brought out several McDougal's restore products and we sprayed
>> here and there and everything was coming back! This vehicle sat in the
>> sun quite a bit, so the fiberglass bumpers and pop top are very faded,
>> but when we sprayed these products on there, it all miraculously came
>> back. In short, I'm feeling pretty good about it so I'm looking
>> forward to posting before and after pics.......so here goes, I'll be
>> right back.......
>> Oh and thanks for your support!!
>> Miguel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:20 PM, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, miguel pacheco<mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Just scored, or at least I think so, an 88 Westy with 60K on the
>>>> clock! Lots of little cosmetic issues, but no evident seam rust, not
>>>> one little tiny bubble......
>>>
>>>
>>> Wick-ed.
>>>
>>> How do you find these gems? Any tips for the rest of us?   ;)
>>>
>>> (oh yah. Congrats!)
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>>
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>>>
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>>
>>
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