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Subject:Re: Fw: Need help. Stuck in Yosemite
From:Austin
Date:Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:06:15 -0700

At 11:00 PM 6/16/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Budd Premack
>> From: Budd Premack <bpremack@wavetech.net>
>> To: Sorin Bejenaru <CaliforniaCampers@COMPUSERVE.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Need help. Stuck in Yosemite
>> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:59 PM
>>
>> Sorin,
>>
>> You can call Kyle Wade at Volks Motorsports (408) 429-9424 in Santa Cruz
>in
>> the morning.  He will know someone nearby.
>>
>> There are one-size-fits-all fan belts available at almost any FLAPS.  You
>> cut them to length and clip them together.  They will last long enough to
>> get to a permanent repair.
>>
>> You might also try some nylon rope as an emergency fan belt.
>>
>> Of course, you could easily hitch back down into the Valley in the
>morning,
>> buy the proper belt in Oakdale or Modesto, and hitch back to your Van.
>If
>> you do this, bring the old belt with you (if you still have it) to verify
>> the correct size.  The new belt should go on with an adjustable wrench.
>>
>
>> Budd Premack

Also there's a Chevron gas station up the road @ Groveland - local call
from where you are; & be _careful_ when westbound on 120 at Priest Grade -
only take Old Priest Grade (left @ the 'Y' instead of right) if your brakes
are 100% and you're lightly loaded.

Austin

(marshmallow hunting season is open at the pond off Ferretti Road)