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Subject:Re: Opinions-Well, It's Mine Now
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:44:49 -0500

When a Vanagon finds a new home, another angel gets his wings.  Errr. wrong
story, but Congrats!
P.S. Watching old movies with the old lady. Sorry.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:22 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> Well. right or wrong, its mine now. Good news is it made it 50+ miles home
> without any issues. About 19 miles into the drive home, the temp gauge
> finally rose to just below the LED. It stayed there for about 30 seconds
> then it dropped all the way down to the bottom where it stayed the rest of
> the way home. I just took it out to the store and it didn't budge from the
> bottom. Deja vu-my last '84 did this very same thing, and it wasn't the
> resistor, the gauge, sending unit, etc. I never did figure out what it was.
> Tomorrow I start replacing vacuum lines, cleaning grounds, etc.Two
> questions: did weekenders come with a big ugly a** Dometic fridge that
> bolted to the floor behind the passenger seat? It looks like a big window
> unit air conditioner and it's gonna be gone, I hate it. Seller said it
> doesn't work anyway. Also, I know I can find this info easily enough, but
> I'm sure someone knows it off the top of their head: '85 Wolfsburg Edition
> Weekender whats the paint name/code? It's kind of a silvery brown (which
> believe it or not my wife likes!) TIA, Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
>