Don't know about Oregon, but I just took mine down to the Bug Haus in
Richmond to get all the rust killed before painting . . . Sad to leave her,
sad to watch them poke holes in her, even though they were poking out
cancer . . .

Marc

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Timmy Evens <monkey_lips@yahoo.com> wrote:

> been thinking for awhile about having my beast repainted. anyone have
> words of advise and/or name of a recommended spot to get work done in
> central oregon?
>
> tim
>
> ps thinking bed liner along bottom foot and then baby blue or kermit green
> rest of the way up allll the way over the westy top (currently white)
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: oil temps- was Air scoops
>
>
> At  4/13/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Stevens wrote:
>
>
> >Since I installed the Scan Gauge along with the first Subie conversion, I
> had
> >no prior info about the temp of the intake air (Syncro, snorkel up L
> >"D" Pillar)
> >but since those installs (first: 2.2; 2nd: 3.0) I know now that the
> >intake air temp
> >at the sensor just above the throttle body, is a few degrees above
> >the environmental
> >ambient, which I'm SURE is quite a bit cooler all the time, than the
> >air inside
> >the engine bay. Although that (snorkel) has no bearing on engine coolant
> and
> >oil temps, as far as I "know", it likely does have a bearing on
> >engine performance
> >due to the cooler intake air, and that in turn, may have a bearing on a
> cooler
> >block?...i.e., coolant and oil temps.
> >
> >Shortly after buying this van ('02), I put a SETRAB oil cooler w/fan, in
> the R
> >"D" pillar base, and noticed a 15 degree oil temp drop.
> >
> >Bob
>
>
> Oil temp is a good number to have.
>
>
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
>