Is that Imports Plus in Ponca City?  Reputation is good, but I have no 
experience with the shop.  Ponca City is relatively close to Stillwater, 
but in the opposite direction from Tulsa.  Other than Darryl's Hobby 
Shop and Bavarian Autohause, both in Norman, other shops in the OKC area 
seem to be pretty bad.  I have had good experience with Darryl's (and 
will be using the shop this week), and with Bavarian Autohoause.  Darryl 
is good at improvising when needed.  He used a Jetta temp sender for my 
'91 GL camper, which he said was identical but less expensive to the one 
listed.  Works great.  He also modified the oil pressure sender 
installations so that both senders are easily accessible, structurally 
very stable, and work great with both the idiot light and a gauge.  I've 
been negatively impressed with "Larry's V.W. Import Services," and with 
"Volkswagen Mazda Services."  The former's owner told me a terrible 
story about helping a seller disguise nasty problems with a van, and the 
latter simply wanted to change out parts without any basis for knowing 
the parts were the problem.  The owner at "Volkswagen Mazda Services" 
also wanted me to pay up front for parts -- evidently he does not have 
credit with suppliers.  Cable Volkswagen in Oklahoma City will not work 
on Vanagons, though they will order parts at outrageous prices.  Metric 
Motors in Edmond also does not work on Vanagons.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote:

> There's a Vanagon guru by the name of Pete Sotnick(sp?) that is more 
> into Syncros, but I'm pretty sure he's in the NE part of OKllahoma. 
> Bud Premack would have more info(like lthe correct spelling of his 
> last name!).
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 06:29 AM 11/2/2009, Mark wrote:
>> Hi Doug -
>>
>> One piece of advice I have is to get to know your vanagon by working 
>> on it
>> yourself when you can.  This will help even when you take it to the 
>> shop to
>> have it repaired.  Besides the Bentley - you've started out well - 
>> this list
>> is a great way to discover how everything works and how people have
>> creatively solved their problems!
>>
>> Mark   - 1990 Westy
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Douglas and Annie Dodson-Mäuck