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Subject:Re: Looking for reliable and reasonable repair place in New England
From:Richard Golen
Date:Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:14:45 +0100

Eric,

I live near Cape Cod. I'd prefer something w/in 75 miles or so, but don't mind traveling to someone who knows what they are doing and is not going to charge an arm and a leg and a left testicle...

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> On Mar 24, 2014, at 20:59, "Eric Caron" <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard and list,
> 
>        Just wanted to ask people to keep this thread on the list as I'm watching with interest.
> 
>        My report on my local shop is still outstanding but other then being very slow I'm hoping the work quality and price turn out to be good. 
> 
>        My van is still at his shop so results are unknown.
> 
> Richard New England is a big place.  Where are you located?  I expect the closer to you the shop is the better.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> My 87 Westy has what apparently is the last engine built by Boston Bob. Over the past few months it appears that it has either a bad head (or two) or bad head gaskets on the combustion chamber part of the head. The symptoms are that after a stretch of highway driving, the coolant overflow tank (the one behind the license plate) fills out and spits out coolant from the top vent hole.
>> 
>> In days gone by, I would have done the work myself....but I'm getting a bit told to crawl about under the van these days. So I am looking for a shop that knows what they are doing to fix the problem.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Ric
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad

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