I am Happy Dancing as we speak.....er....write?
 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:11:15 -0600
> From: msouth@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: It's ALIVE...(my Bostig conversion)
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Now, keep in mind, my dash ("dash region"?) also looks like this picture
> posted in an earlier thread:
> 
> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SW-fdOP_6nE/TvzHXjifK9I/AAAAAAAAACg/6OBli2UqA-U/s800/year-end-2011%252520049.JPG
> 
> and I have the shifter out waiting for the plasic ball top-and-bottom to
> come.
> 
> And I did an auto -> manual tranny swap at the same time, and haven't bled
> the clutch yet.
> 
> So it's not going to be actually driving anywhere any time soon, in other
> words.
> 
> BUT IT STARTED!  First try.  If you start counting tries from the one after
> my father-in-law noticed that I had left the fuel injection harness
> unplugged when I was doing some re-routing or something.
> 
> WOOOHOOO!
> 
> I have much to do on it still, but I am so, so, so happy.  Just wanted to
> share.
> 
> If anyone has questions about a complete amateur's perspective on doing one
> of these conversions, I am fully qualified to answer :).    As long as
> you're only asking about the period up to first start--I haven't gotten to
> the point of being sure the themostat is opening and that I've bled the
> coolant circuit correctly (which is a prerequisite to actually driving it).
> 
> 
> Days like this are what the happy dance was invented for.
> 
> mike