Hurricane coming so I can't finish my roof this weekend.� Instead I'll be working on the Westy needing exhaust repair and the recently wrecked motorcycle.� I expect about the same degree of progress as you but at least my lack of advancement will be in a broader variety of tasks.

Stephen

--- On Thu, 8/25/11, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: The Comedy of Errors
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 3:33 PM

 I was just thinking of what has gone one recently with my vans, and it
is both funny and ironic.

Spent a good bit of money, time and effort to get 'ol Red running right
and cool inside the a coule of days later, a fire in the wiring and the
wiring harness in the engine bay put the van under a tree until further
notice.

Decided to get ye ole Blue 88 going since 'ol Red was down. Brake lites
wouldn't turn off. Being it had sat for years, I figured brake light
switches. Instrument pod removed, master cylinder exposed and drained,
new genuine VW switches in hand - pulled the connectors from the old
switch and checked with the new switch - they don't match. The pin
locations are different. So now chasing connector parts.

While waiting, decided to work on SA grille installation. Buckets laid
out, Bosch Euro reflectors laid out, new SA wiring harness laid out,
Recommended Hella 100/80W H4 bulbs laid out. Bulb doesn't fit the Hella
reflector, SA wiring harness connector doesn't fit the pins of the Hella
bulb.

Yarrrrrgh, what next!!

I shouldn't ask.

John

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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com