Ken - I always cringe when I read such a note.  Of course, I figured out
the way to deal with such a unique business as The Bus Depot  was to
make phone contact with them FIRST, then FAX them my order and then
phone check with them about what they might not be able to supply, a day
or so later.

I would LOVE to have been a "fly on the wall", though, when you were
telling the reputable mechanic at Motor Technology Inc., Racine, WI
about how you were going to order the parts he was going to use to
repair your Vanagon!  Might I suggest that you probably should have left
that mechanic alone to use his own judgement in repairing your van?

Do you have access to a fax machine?

I am curious, though!  What was the difference in the price for the
crankshaft from The Bus Depot and from Custom Crankshaft Repair?

BOB - WA4RRN
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