I drove a Bounder mo-ho the final 20 miles to the tip of Baja with vice
grips instead of the steering wheel, which came off in my hands while
driving.
  There was a factory recall waiting in the US when we went home, 3 months
later.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 3:06 PM Greg Childs <Greg@gregorychilds.com> wrote:

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