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Subject:Re: driping thermostat on an 85 Westie
From:Jason Yasment
Date:Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:10:25 -0500

what about us sailors and ex-sailors?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: driping thermostat on an 85 Westie

>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
>