Just to make Kristin feel better, what's the dumbest repair thing you've
ever done?  Checking you gas tank with a lighter doesn't count, 'cause
we know you wouldn't be here to talk about it.  I have two good ones
from my younger days.  On a dark and rainy night (no excuse!) I poured
water into the oil filler of my girlfriend's overheated car.  We made it
about another mile down the road.  Can anybody top that?  With another
girlfriend (you know what happened to the first one) on yet another
overheated car, I poured ice-cold water into the nearly empty radiator
of her (aluminum head) Datsun 610.  Within minutes that same water was
coming out of the tailpipe.  Oops.  I'm on my third girlfriend now.

Barry Armitage

<<>Hey, someone's gotta be the token newbie, and it may as well be
someone who
>doesn't know crap about cars, much less Vanagons...right!!?? Any tips
would be
>appreciated.

<<Hey, we all had to start at some time in our lives.  Don't let the
experienced folks fool you.  They make mistakes and are still learning
too.  >>>>