Well, I could have given a class in removal of the coolant reservoir
bottled on Saturday here in in Wilmington Delaware. Not too far from Philly
and a bit further from Baltimore.

So yes, wrenching groups have always been a fancy of mine, but in the last
number of years it seems that my locations have not been conducive to "tech
days"​. Not sure why.....
Oh and if you have a MK1 VW that goes the same as I wrench on my Scirocco
too.

hit me up people! 19803, a couple of hours here and there. Next on the
vanagon agenda is the gear lever bushing R/R. The 82 scirocco needs an
alternator pulley realigment that may require an alternator swap.

T.

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm in NC and vanagon is currently in MD, so I'd be up for this (weekends
> only).
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Doh... Idaho and/or Arizona? Darn. Any others in central Virginia
> > interested in this?
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> Let's start with the obvious question: Stan, where are you located? If
> >> we knew that, somebody in the area might be able to give you some
> >> realistic feedback about how it might/could work in your area.
> >>
> >> I would start with the following:
> >> 1) A workshop on replacing ALL of your fuel lines;
> >> 2) A workshop on cleaning/fixing ALL of your ground connections;
> >> 3) A workshop on how to properly burp your cooling system.
> >>
> >> Other ideas?
> >> Marc Perdue, in central VA
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Jon VonOhlsen <jondvo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> I would be interested in participating, both as instructing & learning;
> >>> (we are always learning..). However, geographic separation being what
> it
> >>> is, may be difficult to do...
> >>> Jon
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/16/2014 11:32 AM, Stan Shapiro wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I am a newbie Westy owner, with minimal mechanical skills.   I have
> been
> >>>> impressed with the knowledge and expertise on this site.   I wonder if
> >>>> there
> >>>> is any way to pass some of this knowledge along to the newbies.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> How about some weekend courses/training that involve some class room
> and
> >>>> lots of hands on.    Maybe a cooperative effort from the members of
> this
> >>>> board, where each person could teach one aspect of vanagon repair or
> >>>> maintenance?      I would think a class size of 10 might be
> workable.   I
> >>>> would be ok with a fee.    As an attendee, I would gladly pay $100,
> which
> >>>> could go to the expenses of the instructors or space rental.    Start
> out
> >>>> with beginner classes.   Work up to more advanced classes.     All
> that is
> >>>> needed is volunteers to teach, a space to have a small classroom, a
> garage
> >>>> to go thru some repairs, agree on some topics, and someone to
> coordinate
> >>>> all
> >>>> of this.    If each attendee drove a van, one person might end up
> with a
> >>>> tune up, one person might end up with a new aux battery system, etc.
> >>>> Then there has to be some agreement on a location.    I would
> volunteer to
> >>>> help coordinate to help get this rolling.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Your thoughts??
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Stan/90 Westy/Idaho  (currently in 65 degree weather in Arizona)
>