Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:56:49 -0230
Reply-To: Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Subject: Re: Shoddy German Workmanship?
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I shall always remember your name. Unfortunately this missive will come to
mind every time I read anything else that you write from this day forward.
That quite an impact to make.
Bob Norman
'81 Westy
Gander, Newfoundland
Canada
ARKADY MIRVIS wrote:
> 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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