Jeff may often have "bathing" emergencies on the road and it sounds like he
is prepared!

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jake raises an interesting question. Jeff?
>
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
>
>
> On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 17:30 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
> > I just want to hear the reason why there was a bathtub drain plug on
> board
> > in the first place!  ;)
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Evan Mac Donald <evanm@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Ah, yes, the old "plug the vaccuum leak with whatever you have handy"
> > > trick.
> > > Old, trusted, and honorable.
> > >
> > >
> > > Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 10:15:56 AM
> > > Subject: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
> > >
> > > I have hit some sort of repair on the fly milestone - I'm not sure if
> that
> > > is good or bad :)
> > >
> > > I was having some major problems with Gertie today ont he way to work
> > > (seems
> > > to happen occasionally when it's real wet - I have my ideas).
> > >
> > > Anyhow, I was able to limp to work by doing a roadside patch up using a
> > > piece of wire, some electrical tape, and a bathtub drain stopper. I
> > > couldn't
> > > explain in words if I wanted to.
> > >
> > > I have arrived :)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > '85 GL (Gertie)
> > > '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> > > '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> > > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> >
> > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
> > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
> >
> > Crescent Beach, BC
> >
> > www.thebassspa.com
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>