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Subject:'81 vanagon speedo gear broke
From:Gary Shea
Date:Thu, 28 May 1998 18:53:47 -0600

Does anyone sell the "main" speedo gear for my van, all by itself?
They have a habit of cracking.  There're speedo repair places in
town that will fix it, they call it "rebuilding the speedo" and
they charge $65 to replace that gear.  That's all they do.  It
causes smoke to come out of my ears and nose...   arggh!

I asked the guy if he'd just sell me the part, and he said "No,
then I'd be out of business, right?" and I couldn't help but
think of Adam Smith and large caliber weaponry.  I had it fixed,
came with a 90-day warranty, and it broke again around 100 days
or so later.  Go figger.

        Gary

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Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea

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