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Subject:Re: Opinions-Well, It's Mine Now
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:28:06 -0700

Congratulations!  ;)

That's Bronze Beige Metallic (LH8U) - I like that colour.  Sounds like you
need a new thermostat...

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 5:22 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
>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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