

| Subject: | Re: Broken down! |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:31:50 -0700 |
dear on her way " Dark out, but checking hoses now. Need more minds, as I am not a mechanic! Called the rescue squad, but no one is home. :D" as i am not a mechanic - YET - Got me a Vanagon That I did Got me a Hippie Machine Named it Sid Bought me a Bentley That I Did Loads of Pictures - few words too Read it to Sid Got me some wrenches That I did Metric n Allen Each fits Sid Rolled on the ground That I did Readin' n Wrenchin' Mech-anic-enizing Sid Camped on the other days That I did The rest were wonderful days Mech-anic-enizing Sid Did i mention I am not a Mechanic That I did Wonderful days wrenchin' Mech-anic-enizing Sid On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@gmail.com> wrote: > That was it!!!! It was bone dry under the engine and radiator, but > when I crawled under to take a look at the connection over the spare > tire, I saw that it was dripping! Got it pushed on, tightened up, > filled up, burped, and am back on my way!!!! Thank you again > Mark!!!!!' You are awesome!!! > > Julianna > 1990 VW Vanagon Westfalia with Tiico conversion. (The Rastafalia) > 1988 VW Vanagon. (James) > > On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:05 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > > You might check the 2 main radiator hoses up front by the spare tire on > the passenger side. If one of those works loose you might not notice the > dripping. > > > > Mark > > > > Julianna Thoennes wrote: > > > >> > >> First off, I am in a 1990 Vanagon, but it has a Tiico conversion. 2.0 > >> 92 Golf. > >> > >> I saw the temp light go off, and pulled over. Opened the inner tank, > >> and found no water! There were no billows of steam, no water dumping > >> on the ground. Thankfully had water, and poured in 2 gallons!!! Let > >> the engine cool of course, and it was warmish water. Normally when I > >> put this much water in, I have a leak somewhere! No foamy oil either > >> btw. Walked to the nearest farm house, filled my gallon jugs, and > >> filled the overflow tank too. Let it run a bit, and topped it off > >> inside. Drove about ten miles, and pulled over to the McDonalds in > >> Willow, CA to fill my bottles, and the temp light went off just as I > >> pulled in to the parking lot. Empty inside tank again!!! No dumped > >> water, or steam! No foam in the oil. Dark out, but checking hoses > >> now. Need more minds, as I am not a mechanic! Called the rescue > >> squad, but no one is home. :D > >> My cell number is 541-231-4383. Thanks!!!!!! > >> > >> Julianna > >> 1990 VW Vanagon Westfalia with Tiico conversion. (The Rastafalia) > >> 1988 VW Vanagon. (James) > >> > -- roger whittaker 604.414.6266 ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tvthatworks.com http://www.tvpowellriver.com Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LastonLastof#g/u http://vimeo.com/42309497 http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2010/11/29/multimedia/video/doc4c62e5f80d228504902172.txt
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