Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:20:59 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: A sad day, Scott Foss has left this realm
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I nominate the phrase “Lubricate Everything” as Scott’s epitaph.
Jim
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> On Dec 26, 2023, at 12:15 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Yes,
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> I try to follow Scott’s advice.
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> One of the first things I did when I became the caretaker of my recent 84 was to clean and rube everything I could access and think of.
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> The slider door went from crunchy and stiff to smooth. Windows went from screech to quiet and gliding.
> If I had Scott’s list I’d follow it.
>
> Eric Caron
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>> On Dec 26, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> About 2 weeks ago out of nowhere I was trying to remember how many
>> different places Scott Turbovans said to lube your van... as I recall
>> he had a number.
>>
>> Rob
>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 2:20 AM Karl <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, it's the same for me, those words to 'lubricate everything' stick
>>> with me every time I work on one. I had a friend's 1984 Wolfsburg Westy
>>> in a couple years ago, several 'professional' shops couldn't figure out
>>> some basic electrical and cooling system issues, and had applied
>>> numerous bandaids and disconnected things to avoid dash lights, so she
>>> begged me to look it over. When I had finished that part of the job and
>>> while running it stationary to cycle the fan and ensure all the air was
>>> out of the cooling system, I thought of Scott because every single item
>>> on that van had never been lubed, it was horrible! Door latches tight,
>>> hinges tight, locks difficult, sliding door handle and rollers so
>>> incredibly tight that it took a huge effort to open, heater cables
>>> almost inoperable. So right there I said 'I'm doing the full Scott
>>> treatment on this van right now!'. The transformation amazed even me,
>>> but even moreso this gal friend who had owned the van over 20 years and
>>> claimed 'it was always like this'.
>>> Keep passing on his wisdom.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/25/2023 9:30 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:
>>>> This dude was a great guy, and even moreso for the Vanagon community. Always consistent in his advice and wisdom, yes a fountain of knowledge, and never shy to share his wisdom and experience. A STRONG bit of wisdom I always gleaned from his posts, was to "lubricate". Everything! Didn't matter: whether metal on metal for sliding parts, or for electrical communication and prevention of slow corrosion. Whenever you had access to something, his advise was to lubricate it. Prevents bad stuff and encourages good stuff--Scott knew what he was talking about. And I think about Scott everytime I lubricate something.  And believe it or not, I try to pass on his wisdom to Facebook groups and the like; his reasoning was solid. Miss him.
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