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Subject:Re: ORRsOlH20Boxer ~ BOTRA
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:06:49 -0600

It is in a WeekEnder from Moab that had a BlownEng'

On 10 Sep , 2013, at 7:51 AM, ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET wrote:

>
> Dean, you 'ol son of a gun.  Why doesn't it surprise me that you had
> your old waterboxer from your Subaru conversion (rhetorical
> question).  Running well after sitting 4 years?  Not a big surprise
> either.  You impressed me as a guy who takes care of things before
> they break.
>
>
> BTW, did you switch back?  In another Westy?  What's it running in?
>
> Dave B.
>
>
> On 09/10/13, OlRivrRat<OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> Almost 4Years ago ~ 2nd or 3rd week of Sep'09 ~ I took my 90Westy &
> It's Orig'H2OBoxer for their last short run together ~ After
> 136,656Miles it was time for them to PartCompany so that the 90Westy
> could become VDubaru.
>
> That OlH2OBoxer was a strong runner having been raised in Canada ( BC
> I think ) & spending much of the rest of its YoungerYears in the USPNW
> ~ so @ 1st I planned to keep it around just incase someone sometime
> down the road might want to put it back into the VanFromWhenceItCame.
> Recently, though, when a call went out from a couple of diff' members
> of the VanagonCommunity looking for a used H2Oboxer I decided I wasn't
> really being kind to my OlH2OBoxer by keeping it tucked away in a
> DarKCorner ~
>
> So after almost 4Years of sitting around doing nothing except
> collecting dust ~ here it is Alive&Well ~ No Smoke & No Leaks & No
> StrangesNoises ~ BackOnTheRoadAgain
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ71GaoVaYs&feature=youtu.be
>
> ORR ~ DeanB