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oil drain plug what?
damn spell check did a switch on me :D
Josh Able
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <brianm@earendel.org>
Cc: <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: oil drain plug what?
> Read the post. He never said he touched a wrench. Just :
>
> Josh >>I barrow a socket and ratchet
>
> He just used a barrow to move the wrench to the right spot.
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> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
> www.menloparkrandd.com
> www.montgomeryweb.org
> Amsterdam NY
>
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>
>
>
> >From: Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org>
> >To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> >CC: mkii@nycap.rr.com, "" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: oil drain plug what?
> >Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 14:51:00 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >What Josh actually turned a wrench? nah couldnt be..
> >Brian ...
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
> >
> > > Good job Josh. Thats VW people for you
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Julie Macfarlane
> > > Menlo Park Research & Development
> > > Internet Application Developer
> > > www.menloparkrandd.com
> > > www.montgomeryweb.org
> > > Amsterdam NY
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
> > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > >Subject: oil drain plug what?
> > > >Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:33:57 -0400
> > > >
> > > >So anyways, this post doesnt have a Scirocco in it, in case that is a
> >live
> > > >or die issue for somebody. :D
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I drove over to CT today to pick up a donor Head, and wiring/etc for
my
> > > >2.0/18 16v swap into Caddy #2. To get to where I was going you have
to
> >go
> > > >from Albany NY, into Massachusetts, and then south into Connecticut..
I
> >get
> > > >down, meet Brian, get the engine in the back of Caddy #1, and head
> >home.
> > > >Gotta love 70 hp :D
> > > >
> > > >So Im right at the MA/NY border getting ready to get onto Interstate
90
> >to
> > > >head back to Albany, and I look over at this gas station, and what do
I
> > > >see?
> > > >A silver VR6 Corrado parked with the hood open. Well, pull a U-turn
and
> > > >head
> > > >over to see what's going on. I pull up, and its an older guy with his
> >early
> > > >20s son, the 1st thing I notice is the pool of oil under the car. The
> > > >father
> > > >gets out, and we start to talk. He said the oil light had just come
on
> > > >suddenly, so he got off the highway, pulled in and parked where he
now
> >sat,
> > > >and he had no clue what was wrong but he had called AAA. My 1st step
to
> > > >diagnosing the issue was to ask when the last time he had the car
> >serviced.
> > > >Oddly enough it had been into a VW repair facility just 2 days prior
> > > >getting
> > > >an oil change. As with anybody reading this, the bells in my head
went
> >off!
> > > >I crawled under the car, and what did my finger find? A nice open
hole
> >in
> > > >the back of the oil pan. Great I thought, I can pull the plug off
the
> > > >engine I had in the back of the Caddy, but of course that idea wasn't
> >very
> > > >sound, since it wasn't the right thread pattern..
> > > >
> > > >So picture this, sitting on the border of NY, and MA and about 40+
> >miles
> > > >from the closest parts supply that I could think of. After using my
> >cell
> > > >to
> > > >see if anybody had a better idea, I went off on the great drain plug
> >search
> > > >of 2003. Amazingly as I was going past a closed (and very hick) Ford
> > > >dealership in W.Stockbridge, I noticed a bay open, and cruised in. A
> >tech
> > > >was working on his personal car and had no problems setting me up
with
> >the
> > > >right plug. I barrow a socket and ratchet and headed beck, got the
guy
> > > >patched up, got oil in it, and it purred like a VR. :D
> > > >
> > > >I think the highlight of it all was when I figured out that the plug
I
> >had
> > > >would not fit, the son (speaking for about the only time) asked if we
> >could
> > > >just tape the drain over.......
> > > >
> > > >Josh Able
> > > >www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
> > > >Secure online checkout
> > > >"S" airdams available
> > > >87 Scirocco 1.8t 20v
> > > >83 Caddy
> > > >82 Caddy
> > > >
> > > >
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