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Subject:Re: Clock repair and another defect
From:Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Date:Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:19:26 -0500

I must be the only one with a virgin set of dash guages.  JB weld?  Didn't
realize Earl Scheib had diversified.  Wonder if the $10 worth of free
sanding offer is good with the odo rollbacks as well?  Sounds like they
should've used it on the JB hack job.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel  90GL  AR  122k

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> From: James Cohen <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Clock repair and another defect
> Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 1:00 AM
>
> Yeah, right.  They TOLD you it was new, but it sounds to me like someone
> was monkeying around with the odometer....like in turning it back. I'm
sure
> it didn't come from the factory like that.
>
> James
>
>
> >
> >But the most interesting result of the job was the discovery I made when
I
> >removed the instrument panel.  Only two of the four screws holding the
> >speedometer to the case were functioning.  It was obvious that the case
had
> >been beat up, and glued back together.  And I know this area of the
vehicle
> >has never been worked on.  I bought it new, and it only has 31000 miles.
> >