[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 41. --- ( A backwards glance )

[H.Hagar]

Who are the old GEEZERS here ?    the way I remember  Sandy Cameron is one
I am one  and who else ? does anyone know ?.

I will gladly trade places with one of you young whippersnappers ------- right NOW.

With experience comes knowledge add a big measure of information and time.
Eureka  before you know it ----- WISDOM

In the distant past we had a few clashes of personalities and the owner Dan Simoes
was worried it would get out of hand.  -- Seems like things worked out ok.

For the whippersnappers --- a piece of advice - do not hide your candle under a bushel.
so you are wrong ? so what ?   we will all learn. NO questions are too stupid if only
asked one time.

This forum just happen to be american , but help is universal so speak up .I for one
check every day , hoping a new and intriguing thing comes to the fore.

I have been here for a very short time --but did I learn a lot ??? --bet your sweet ass.
here is my first thread :  Will     1.5  liter pump work ok on 1.6 liter engine ?    Thanks
that was 29 Dec 2002.      the pump was leaking so bad I had to remove "OUT" banjo
top up with fuel and jump in and start. ------doing that in December ? in the dark wind
and rain blowing like crazy.Every stop ? ---yes but it worked.

I live in the sticks , and without help from this forum I would have been in serious
need of a set of wheels.   

Here was the rescue :  Within a few hours of asking , Gary Orlando sent me a PM
saying yes. ---- The 1982 1.6L NA is still using the 1.5L pump --- works like a dream.

There is a case where timing according to the book --- does not work as well as
"Hillbilly" timing.





Blast from the past :   someone said.



... it sure is a far piece man has come ... to be able to share experie=
nces with each other from far corners of the world. 

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I come to this forum specifically to hear what the "oldskool" hillbillys have to say. 
With their ingenious methods of using their understanding to "make do" 
That is the stuff I want to see ... methods by which I can use what is at hand 
to do for myself ... before paying someone else to .

I agree with the above sentiment.

So looking back what was the biggest worry ?    Doing something wrong on injection system
that would require expensive outside help --- at the time I was an IRS casualty --no cash on hand.
Using this forum everything turned out to be a piece of cake.  So there you go jump right in
and soon you will be driving with a grin from ear to ear. 

 PS:   Thank you Billy Gates  --  for windows.   and the spell checker.