Itinerary I (NE+Chicago) 05/28 >Done!

Post by **Amskeptic** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:21 am

Serving I-90 corridor from western NY to Boston w/range north or south.
Visits are same price as last year. . . $380.00/day

(done)05/26 Bill McGiver
(done)05/28 Hippie
(done)05/30 BobD
(done)06/01 chitwnvw
(done)06/02 BobD II
(done)06/03 Eric
(done)06/04 Mr Blotto
(done)06/07 vwlover77
(done)06/10 Ry-dog
(done)06/12 iwantmybustorun

This itinerary is complete.
I am going to try to hit the Litchfield Connecticut show on June 17th before I head back to Noo Yawk.
Colin

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:00 pm

Have you decided if you can do a Des Moines loop from Chicago early June then?

Rob

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:56 pm

Amskeptic wrote: Chicago May 30 through June 3rd.

Looks like I won't be able to benefit from your expertise this year.

Too much other "stuff" cluttering up my time during that period. Maybe there will be an opportunity on the way back, or if there's a next year...

Post by **Amskeptic** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:59 pm

chitwnvw wrote:
Amskeptic wrote: Chicago May 30 through June 3rd.
Looks like I won't be able to benefit from your expertise this year. Too much other "stuff" cluttering up my time during that period. Maybe there will be an opportunity on the way back, or if there's a next year...

Don't even. . . . talk like that, Resident Troublemaker. We have a plan to crash-course you into the advanced Itinerant Air-Cooled Assistance Program.
Colin

vwlover77 · Post by **vwlover77** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:34 pm

PM sent....

Post by **Amskeptic** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:24 pm

Hippie wrote:Have you decided if you can do a Des Moines loop from Chicago early June then?

Rob

Des Moines, Des Moines, can we do Des Moines before June 1, and I will push Ohio etc up a bit?
Colin

Hippie · Post by **Hippie** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:45 pm

That'll work for me.

Rob

ry-dog · Post by **ry-dog** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:41 am

Colin –
I am wayyy behind the times . . .. just now, 5/16/07, I realized you have your own forum board.
I haven’t been on samba that often but more so recently now that I am putting the bus back on the road for the season – I assumed you were not posting there at all and I noticed a post from you on the samba, then noticed the link to your website.
Anyway, I notice you mentioned a NE loop in early June and specifically mentioned Lemon-town (Leominster, MA). Assuming you were calling me out unless there is another avid ACVW Bus owner in Leominster that I don’t know about.
I am good to go if its not too late to sign up!!
Let me know.
I’ll have the engine + tranny dropped and ready to go with some good tasks:
1. Throw out bearing/clutch (tranny whines when in neutral, but when foot is slightly pressed on clutch pedal, the noise goes away completely; I also pop out of 4th sometimes, but I think that’s a whole separate issue – I am currently chasing down an old offer to pull a ’71 tranny and may have that on site). Would love to replace all the bushings on my shifter rod while the engine + tranny are out.
2. Other engine stuff I know I could do, but would gladly hire a second hand for the day to keep me straight to make sure I don’t mess up too bad. I want to replace air intake manifold – I’ve got another manifold with cleaned out heat riser tubes ready to swap out), plus other miscellaneous stuff.
Ryan
Aka Ry-dog

Post by **Amskeptic** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:11 am

ry-dog wrote: I am wayyy behind the times . . .. just now, 5/16/07, I realized you have your own forum board.

I will have my announcement secretary summarily shot at dawn.

ry-dog wrote:
you mentioned a NE loop in early June and specifically mentioned Lemon-town (Leominster, MA). Assuming you were calling me out unless there is another avid ACVW Bus owner in Leominster that I don’t know about.

Well, we have dth9269 in West Townsend. . . but we can fit you in right around June 10-11th??

ry-dog wrote:
I want to replace intake manifold – I’ve got another manifold with cleaned out heat riser tubes ready to swap out), plus other miscellaneous stuff.

We're old hands at that. And straightening mangled engine tin-through-the-mail, as I remember. Did you get the doghouse flap lever sorted out?
Colin

ry-dog · Post by **ry-dog** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:30 am

No need to shoot anybody!! - I know you are kidding.

June 10-11 sounds great to me. 10th is a Sunday; 11th a Monday - just let me know which date looks best when you know - I just have to let work know if I need to take Monday the 11th off or not.

I did obtain the correct air flap connecting rod for the doghouse fan shroud, so thats ready to be installed when the engine is out.

Looking forward to another visit - I will order up my clutch parts now so that we'll have them on hand by the 10th.

Ryan

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:19 am

Hey this forum isn't for your personal business, please take this to the *amba type 2 forum!

appetite · Post by **appetite** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:35 am

And NJ....?

Post by **Amskeptic** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:00 pm

appetite wrote:And NJ....?

You are on the list. Don't know 'xactly where, but soonish.
Colin

appetite · Post by **appetite** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:15 am

I can do the 22nd.

Appetite

Post by **Amskeptic** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:12 pm

appetite wrote:I can do the 22nd.

Appetite

I will pencil it in. I think it is a go.