Haha, that series was filmed about 30 miles from me in Vancouver. I always laughed on how they had to change the license plates and stuff to look American, as no true blooded American would have stood for a Canuck production with a hero THAT good! Take care, Courtney
----- Original Message ----- From: "Potter, Tom E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Talking about tools and side of the road :-) > You are a regular McGuyver. :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Courtney Hook > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; vanagon > Subject: [vintagvw] Talking about tools and side of the road :-) > > So my daughter phones me on her way to work and explains that her car (a > very minty mint non-deluxe 70 bug) has decided to rev like hell, so she > pulled over and shut it off. I had just rebuilt the 28pict-1 in it as it > had a massive flat spot, and when you only have 1200CC's you need it > running well. (You just have to LOVE Berrymans carb cleaner, totally > evil stuff, banned in many states). > What had happened believe it or not, is the accelerator pump nozzle had > not been staked in enough by me, (I'm a big fan of not using > sledgehammers etc. on delicate parts) so it fell out and went down > inside to the bottom of the carb and jammed the linkage open! Instant > 3000 rpm !!! There I was on the side of the road with the top off the > carb (carb still sitting on manifold) fishing out the nozzle with > needlenoses then staking it FIRMLY into it's hole in the carb body. > Sheesh. > Got to admit though, it's running GREAT now! > I smuggled the Berrymans Carb Cleaner across the Canuck border home here > on Vancouver Island and man it's good. Stinks like hell due to all the > mega nasty chemicals in it, but the dip pail inside makes it very easy > to use. That carb was clean as a whistle in 1 hr. soaking, then blown > out with air. Moral of story; sometimes your Leatherman is the only tool > handy, and yes, I did it all with just the Leatherman and an old nail I > found on the side of the road as a punch. > Regards, > Courtney > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
