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Subject:Re: (Fwd) Outrageous oil change prices
From:Austin
Date:Mon, 12 May 1997 21:53:40 -0700

At 01:13 PM 5/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-05-12 03:24:26 EDT, austins@ix.netcom.com (Austin)
>writes:
>
>> >>>Having said all this, I dunno how hard it is on a VW bus.
>>  >>You need to remove the engine.
>>  >
>>  >I can't believe you said that without a  :-)  
>>  >
>>  >Jim Davis
>>  
>>  
>>  Yeah - no kidding - I spent all weekend pulling the engine, turned 'er
>over
>>  so all the oil would pour out, got to thinking 'is it Friday?'.... so OK,
>>  next time I do it the easy way and roll the whole bus over, right???
>
>Yeah, I custom made a Vanagon turner in my garage.
>
>Jim Davis
>87 GL Syncro
>88 GL Wolfsburg
>
I *really* like this one - I imagine, Jim, that to appease the SO you told
her it was a really a time saving barbecue;  roast a whole cow at one time
rather than just a lousy rack of ribs....cook ahead for a whole month!!!(&
occasionally spear up the Vannygon fer the oil change).  HEY - how 'bout
mounting the whole thing on a turntable to make unscrewing the oil filter
easier ? !!

Vern  (er, Austin)