Will do.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:44 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:

> Be sure to mark it as a "Good shop" in VanAlert!  That would help all of
> us out.  At least when we are in Alabama.
>
> Dave B.
> the Boston one
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 1:43 am
> Subject: [VANAGON] Subie engine on-off-on-off-on-off at speed
>
> I'm old and crippled up and could not get under my van. Nobody in this big
> city - biggest in Alabama - wanted  to even put it on a rack just to look,
> much less work on it. It would run, just had to keep speed low on an
> interstate and you know how hazardous that can be with everybody going 90
> mph with their hair on fire. Found a shop specialized in these old vans but
> they were over 100 miles away. Really didn't want to go that far. T
> discovered a specialty shop whose work was mostly on exotic foreign cars -
> Jaguar XKE, Maserati, Bentley, Rolls Royce and the like. They agreed to
> take my van in. Had to have the fuel tank resealed as well. 3 hours later
> it was a done deal. And the problem with the on-off of the engine? Awire to
> the VSS was rubbed through and broke the circuit. Spliced it  together and
> the engine ran great. I want to give a shoutout for HESCO Automotive in
> Birmingham, Alabama.
>