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Subject:Re: Seeing David, Dennis and others recently, was: Any Guesses
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:04:58 -0700

Oh man Eric, I’d love to have been there.

We need vids  of Dennis in tube :-)

Alistair 
> On Jul 11, 2021, at 5:59 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff and David, and others,
> 
>        I just had the pleasure and good fortune to camp with David in southern VT.  I told him he was a rock star in my opinion.
> 
> I also hope to see more posts in the future.
> 
>        We had about 88 busses and great weather.
> 
> However, I don’t think Dennis Haynes plans on tubing that river ever again!
> 
> I on the other hand tubed it twice and played ukulele in the tube part of the way down the river on the second run.
> 
> Best river flow in many years.
> 
>        So many busses to check out. Some looking like new, others looking like they must have been in the field just a few moments ago, or might just stay in the camp ground permanently  
> 
> Yet all started and made their way home.  And none except one I know of broke down on the way to the event.
> 
> Ask,  Dennis about the one van!  Chuckle.
> 
> And Dennis , thanks for driving people and tubes down to the covered bridge tubing start place and for the amazing Raffle donations!
> 
> Again several folks on this list  were a big help in making the West River Westies event a fun and successful event.
> Mark July 8, 9, 10 on your calendar for 2022 and plan a trip to Vermont.
> 
> eRic 
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> Eric 
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>> On Jul 8, 2021, at 1:33 AM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Nice to see you post David :)
>> Jeff
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Jul 7, 2021, at 5:30 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> If the fuel gauge also reads low then it's undoubtedly the instrument panel
>>> voltage regulator.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 4:32 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>              David
>>>> 
>>>>      Thanks for that,, Reminded Me of 1 symptom I had planned to mention
>>>> 
>>>> but had forgotten > Gauge Indicates Low, Rad Fan Comes On when needle is
>>>> 
>>>> @ about 1/4 from bottom & RadFan Switch is fairly new ~
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 7 Jul , 2021, at 12:11 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Another Oddity > Coolant Level Warning Light Flashes Constantly with
>>>> Key On
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Even with Connector Jumped & Relay 43 Removed ~ Any ideas on that ~
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Either gauge input voltage out of spec or more likely leaky timing
>>>>> capacitor inside the gauge.  10 uF 16V.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yrs,
>>>>> d
>>>> 
>>>>

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