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by Kubelwagen » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:26 am
So there I am.
Blazing my way up the highway 26 hill by the zoo in my Vanagon. Doing 60-65 and carving my way through traffic like a hot knife. Then it happens. The power cuts out and I look at the dash and the oil light is staring out at me like the Eye of Sauron. I frantically stomp the clutch and kill the engine while looking for a hole in traffic to the shoulder. Lanes begin to sprout from nowhere as the oil light grows to the size of a grapefruit. With a start I realize I'm safe in my bed, clutching my pillow and it is two in the morning.
Camry drivers don't have dreams like this.
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by Amskeptic » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:24 am
Kubelwagen wrote:So there I am.
Blazing my way up the highway 26 hill by the zoo in my Vanagon. Doing 60-65 and carving my way through traffic like a hot knife. Then it happens. The power cuts out and I look at the dash and the oil light is staring out at me like the Eye of Sauron. I frantically stomp the clutch and kill the engine while looking for a hole in traffic to the shoulder. Lanes begin to sprout from nowhere as the oil light grows to the size of a grapefruit. With a start I realize I'm safe in my bed, clutching my pillow and it is two in the morning.
Camry drivers don't have dreams like this.
![geek :geek:](./images/smilies/icon_geek.gif)
That was me.
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(p.s. you passed the test)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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tristessa
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by tristessa » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:02 pm
.. don't scare us like that. :-/
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Bleyseng
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by Bleyseng » Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:21 pm
Thank god you mistook the gen light for the oil light in your 71. You just threw a fan belt and you have no spare nor tools.
How long can you go on the battery and keep stopping so you don't cook the engine? BTDT
Geoff
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70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
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Runamuck Bus
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by Runamuck Bus » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:14 pm
I'm just glad that 'lucky lab' is no longer the top topic, thanks, sweet dreams.
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by Amskeptic » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:35 pm
Bleyseng wrote:Thank god you mistook the gen light for the oil light in your 71. You just threw a fan belt and you have no spare nor tools.
How long can you go on the battery and keep stopping so you don't cook the engine? BTDT
BTDT . . . ?
Buy The Damn Thing?
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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by Amskeptic » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:38 pm
Runamuck Bus wrote:I'm just glad that 'lucky lab' is no longer the top topic, thanks, sweet dreams.
How is that bus of yours?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Runamuck Bus
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by Runamuck Bus » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:06 pm
Thank you so much for asking. She is resting, quietly, under a heavy blanket of snow in the exact same spot that you left her 2 itinerant seasons ago. The 2012, 'this bus is going on the road!' visit was derailed by multiple (oh, 3 or 4) back fractures. Once again, I vow - 'the bus is going on the road this year!'.
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Bleyseng
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by Bleyseng » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:43 am
Amskeptic wrote:Bleyseng wrote:Thank god you mistook the gen light for the oil light in your 71. You just threw a fan belt and you have no spare nor tools.
How long can you go on the battery and keep stopping so you don't cook the engine? BTDT
BTDT . . . ?
Buy The Damn Thing?
BeenThereDoneThat with a 67 splitty in Southern Oregon in 1970. Made it to Small town where I was able to install a fan belt. I hate borrowing a friends car as this how things usually turn out for me. Nowadays it's my car or I rent. Lessons learned via the school of hard knocks.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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by Amskeptic » Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:44 pm
Bleyseng wrote:
Lessons learned via the school of hard knocks.
Oh yes, oh yesindeedy, the school with the exorbitant tuition.
Colin
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Bleyseng
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by Bleyseng » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:42 pm
and no government loans to cover that tuition, its pay as you go. I never did get my diploma either, how about you or you still attending?
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
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drober23
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by drober23 » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:03 am
NTSFAS (now there's some funny a## sh## for those who hate acronyms).
I was already sharing the story with a buddy at work, then got to the part where it was a dream. I enjoyed the mental imagery of your Vanagon carving its way through traffic at 60-65 mph. I suppose my bus would do that in its dreams too.
DJ
'75 Westfalia, '79 Deluxe
(plus more busses than sense)
In a time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
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Bleyseng
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by Bleyseng » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:32 am
yeah, that's nice imagery of a Vanagon because if it's a bus its weaving it's way thru traffic its got a worn out center pin and sloppy steering.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/