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Subject:Re: Rare "not my fault" van break down..
From:Greg Childs
Date:Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:05:59 -0700
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>My accelerator cable broke in the engine compartment. Vice grips saved the day by clamping the two broken end together.<br></div>
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Subject: Re: Rare "not my fault" van break down..<br>
From: OlRivrRat &lt;<a href="mailto:OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET">OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Sun, August 19, 2018 9:41 pm<br>
To: <a href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM">vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</a><br>
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On 19 Aug , 2018, at 7:58 PM, Don Hanson wrote:<br>
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&gt; Most of my Vanagon problems have been my own fault... At first, I'd just<br>
&gt; blow it, like not properly bleeding the coolant. Then I would often ignore<br>
&gt; things I knew were due, cause I use my van for fun, and staying home<br>
&gt; working on it isn't that fun for me.<br>
&gt;  Today on the way home from biking it quit coming in to the town of Wasco,<br>
&gt; Oregon...downshfted from ,5th then got back on the gas and.....buhhhh!<br>
&gt; Nothing!  I nursed it into the shade on mainstreet and thought...no gas!<br>
&gt; The bartender lady from the tavern was on her usual bench outside of the<br>
&gt; bar, no customers... I asked if the gas place(at the feed co-op) and she<br>
&gt; said no, but she'd call the Mayor, who'd come down with her card and get me<br>
&gt; some gas... I thanked her and said I had an idea<br>
&gt; ..Dug into my spares, swapped out the fuel pump and the filter and all was<br>
&gt; good again...the fuel pump was almost new, changed from the OEM one, ,"just<br>
&gt; in case"<br>
&gt; ..the OEM one is back in service.  The bartender gave me a thumbs up as I<br>
&gt; waved my thanks...<br>
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        Seriously ~ Are We talking 2018 here ~ What a great story ~<br>
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                                                        ORR ~ DeanB<br>

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