The Vanagon Spirit  giveth, the Vanagon Spirit taketh away - Long Live
the Vanagon Spirit!!

The Red Brick lives! The distributor problem was solved with a
replacement distributor. The engine was test run. But the next time out
- the engine would not start. As circumstance would have it - the coil
had failed. After some jockeying around - a replacement coil did the
trick. starts and runs fine. Only second coil failure in my Volkswagens
in a lifetime of owning them.

Volksiebus is dead. My '88 Dover Blue Transporter blew a major oil seal
somewhere. I was working on the Red Brick this afternoon, had to run to
the store, started Volksiebus, began to back out the drive and there was
a HUGE puddle and oil trailing out following me down the driveway. I
pulled back up and shut down. It's had a leaky pulley seal for a while -
and I think it just let go. Got Christmas duties tomorrow - so won't get
back to it until Thursday to check it out.

Some Christmas Eve, huh!

Actually Christmas begins for my family at 6 PM. Looking forward to it.

Merry Christmas, Volks!!

John