Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:24:11 -0700
Reply-To: ARKADY MIRVIS <HEATERMAN@NAC.NET>
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From: ARKADY MIRVIS <HEATERMAN@NAC.NET>
Subject: Re: Shoddy German Workmanship?
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German craftsmanship? It died in 1945!
After that it was total confusion, fear, massive infusion of foreign
blood and foreign workers. Want proof? Go to germany and listen to the
language - it isn't German anymore! Replaced by Engldeutsch ! Germany
became a nation of selfmasochists ready to apologize for what happened
and mostly of what never happened at all, and kiss the ass of any jerk.
The joung generation still pays billions to millions of "survivors" and
will never follow the examle of Adolf Hitler when he threw away
the Versailles Treaty shacles.
The workforce is demoralized, drinking in workplace is rampant, workers
speak all kind of languages....
The fathers - the bearers of traditions and soldiers, the grandfathers,
all lay in graves disgraced and hated by brainwashed sons and daughters.
You want to see typical representatives of new generation - look at face
of the Foreign Minister Joshka Fisher.
Punks are all over. While German carries his groceries in a small bag -
the Turks push carts. The guests shit and piss in the streets.The Kurds
fight their war with Turks on German soil!
What you want to see as German craftsmanship are the last remnants of
past great tradition.
My previous Vanagon (1984 - 15 years ago!) had a similar to yours
problem!
I am amazed that my highly respected mentor Hieronimus Joachim
Hagedornus Freicherr von Kreuznach und zu Puttlitz did not suffer a
broken heart yet! Ark
EMZ wrote:
> It is a common problem for the 4 corners of the speedo mount
> (where the 4 screws go) to break. I would not be suprized if
> there was some butcher mechanic in there trying some "plastic"
> welding with a torch. A better fix for this is body plastic.
>
> Eric 86-VW4x4
> vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z
> Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Mark Mages wrote:
>
> > I just pulled apart my instrument cluster today, and I
> > found an interesting surprise... part of the
> > instrument housing is melted.... one whole corner of
> > the speedo mounting box is melted right off.
> >
> > I looked around in there with my flashlight, and I
> > couldn't find any evidence of any sort of electrical
> > fire, all the wireing & other parts of the dash seemed
> > untouched - it looks almost like they melted it on
> > accident @ the factory, then bolted everything in.
> >
> > I haven't had any electrical problems with it, and
> > can;t see anything that might've burned...
> >
> > That brings up the question - the amount of damage
> > that was done to the housing, and the speedo was
> > untouched... that could mean a replaced speedo &
> > possibly incorrect mileage... any way to tell 100%?
> > all the record I have from the PO jive with the
> > current miles, but that leaves 1.5years and 15K and a
> > journey from michigan to Houston unaccounted for. It
> > never seemed an unreasonable amount of miles, so I
> > never thought about it.
> >
> > Anyways, I pulled the cluster apart & cleaned the
> > faces - WOW - taking 84K of dust & grime off makes a
> > lot of difference... I don't recommend doing this - it
> > isn't hard, but if you haven't done it before it can
> > be tricky.
> >
> > Oh, and I inadvertently fixed my intermittant speedo
> > problems... seems some mysterious red paint was coated
> > around where the speedo clips in, and was preventing
> > it from seating tight all the time.
> >
> > So the vanagon saga continues...
> >
> > ===
> > Mark
> >
> > 87 Westfalia Gl
> > 84 Scirocco 8v
> >
> > http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno
> >
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