Bob,
Glad you are passionate about this but....Please temper your language. This
isn't the cuss -like-a-sailor list.
Thanks,
Virgin-ears

>Gregor - GLAD as SHIT to find an honest dude on the List who admits to
>what a sorry-assed job it is to try to get the G-d &%$#@!! thermostat
>housing off an '85 as IT REALLY IS!!!  I really ENJOYED ME '74 VAN when
>I went to attack me EX-Wife's '85GL's leaking thermostat housing!!!
>
>What delighted me MORE was, once I got the sorry piece-of-shit off me
>'85, finding the hair-line crack in it's body, taking it to the VW
>Dealer and having the "technician" tell me that they could NOT heli-arc
>the crack, but they could REPLACE it for $245???  TOLD 'em to KISS MY
>ROSY RED ASS-HOLE, took it to me local Bubba and had him heli-arc it for
>$12, reinstalled it and the sucker's been holding it's PISS for EIGHT
>years, NOW!!!
>
>BOB