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Subject:Re: Replaced Diesel Engine with Honda Civic
From:Austin
Date:Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:29:18 -0700

At 11:17 PM 8/19/99 PDT, you wrote:
>Hello fellow list people,
>
>    My diesel in the new camper that I bought broke.  In search for another
>engine I found another Vanagon that had been converted to a Honda Civic car
>engine.
>    I go to do my first test drive and the camper goes BACKWARDS in all the
>gears but R.  And goes forward in R.  What did I do wrong?
>   Is there anyting I can do without pulling the motor out again?  Do I just
>get some big mirrors and put red light where the headlight is and some big
>lights on the back and drive it this way?
>
>Javier "Friday" Saenz
>

Wow - I think Javier should get some kinda award for pulling one of the
best FridayFunnies ever...can't believe how many otherwise knowledgeable
(?) VanaGuys (& gals) you sucked in with this one..."Friday" indeed!!!

Austin

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