[Vwdiesel] stranded

[Frank G. Pival]

Stranded stories two different times..same 1958 VW Bus double door 
converted to a weekender setup.
1970- I volunteered my rig to take all my sister's wedding gifts and 
half her wardrobe to her new brides home in Omak WA...from Seattle..over 
the Cascade mountain.s Young and dumb i reckoned..."If there's room , 
throw it on board.." At the top of Blewett Pass..I know why they call it 
that name..I never considered the weight factor with an air-cooled 40 
hp. Overheated the beleaguered beast and blew a rod and coasted down the 
other side of the mountain. Fortunately got towed from Wenatchee, 60 
miles to the farm in Omak at 2:30am where my NEW brother in law 
eventually rebuilt the engine in an old chicken coop turned workshop. 
That engine lasted two years.

2nd time 1972 in I was heading across to go to school at WSU Eastern 
Washington driving too fast on a hot day on a flat straight stretch... 
you guessed it..burned that engine up... got stuck in Othello for 12 
hours and dear old dad brought his dodge cornet over and towed me back 
to Seattle and that was the end of my school for that year and my short 
lived era of air-cooled bus ownership for the first time...Sold it and 
drove a Ford for the next ten years....

Now I drive VW diesels and thanks to folks on this fine forum I am a 
paranoid oil checker but still having fun with a 82 1.9 n/a Westy
(expertly rebuilt by Scott Foss)
I agree with the statement "Owning VW diesels.... beyond an addiction 
with no cure"
Frank
82 Westy 1.9n/a
96 Passat tdi
81 Caddy 1.6 n/a