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jlrftype7
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 Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 5:05 pm Post subject: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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Okay, I fixed it in less than 5 minutes with my pocket Snap-On screwdriver, but still, it counts... 
Tonight at work I replaced my fragile /cracked Temp 2 sensor connector with the newer style that has the release wire on it, and a new rubber dust boot( mine was missing)
Apparently I didn’t open the holding tab of one of the connector pins as well as I should have, and one wire backed out of the new connector.
I had Crank But No Start condition when I tried to restart the Vanagon after stopping for an Ice Tea on the way home.
Pop the Rear Hatch open, take off my engine access cover and head to the last thing I touched.... 
A gentle pry of the retaining tab upward on the pin, and back into the connector it went. Close everything back up
Vroom,,,.... Back in the Saddle again 
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
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E1
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Location: Westfalia, Earth
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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That's TOTALLY what you get for listening to Ice-T instead of Hendrix and Zeppelin and stuff!!!
Congratulations... on the Breakdown! Way to Go! You finally did it!
Next one?: 2029! 
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Ahwahnee
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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I dunno, I thought he was a Gene Autry fan.
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| Vroom,,,.... Back in the Saddle again |
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E1
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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Good God Man, don't be silly! (  )
He's a deep dish guy, not some stinkin' pot roast guy!
Going with this (started every road trip since '79) [1879]:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9ie2J2690
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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. Nope, I spent 4 years of a high school on the East Coast and fell in love with Thin Crust Pizza .
Deep Dish is not my thing.
Growing up in Texas, we had only Chains for the most part like Pizza Inn and Pizza Hut, and a few others.
4 Yrs outside of Philly with local pizza places, and trips to New York City cemented my love of Pepperoni Thin Crust... 
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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IdahoDoug
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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Well done. It feels good when you use that instinct to just reach in, nod you head and think "yeah, I got this one". Hope they're all like that!
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E1
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Location: Westfalia, Earth
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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| jlrftype7 wrote: |
. Nope, I spent 4 years of a high school on the East Coast and fell in love with Thin Crust Pizza .
Deep Dish is not my thing.
Growing up in Texas, we had only Chains for the most part like Pizza Inn and Pizza Hut, and a few others.
4 Yrs outside of Philly with local pizza places, and trips to New York City cemented my love of Pepperoni Thin Crust... |
Pizza pooper.
That preference must rile up the neighbors in the Windy.
Yep, western pizza just don't get it -- but the tacos are sublime.
But you missed the Big Q:
Gene Autry or Deep Purple?
Congrats on the fix. Always feels good. 👍🏼
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:25 am Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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Well done. Deep dish chain pizza. Just shoot Me outside.
Back in the saddle, Aerosmith
Acceptable
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:03 am Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Well done. Deep dish chain pizza. Just shoot Me outside.
Back in the saddle, Aerosmith
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Close enough... , and thank you
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:04 am Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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| jlrftype7 wrote: |
. Nope, I spent 4 years of a high school on the East Coast and fell in love with Thin Crust Pizza .
Deep Dish is not my thing.
Growing up in Texas, we had only Chains for the most part like Pizza Inn and Pizza Hut, and a few others.
4 Yrs outside of Philly with local pizza places, and trips to New York City cemented my love of Pepperoni Thin Crust... |
Pizza pooper.
That preference must rile up the neighbors in the Windy.
Yep, western pizza just don't get it -- but the tacos are sublime.
But you missed the Big Q:
Gene Autry or Deep Purple?
Congrats on the fix. Always feels good. 👍🏼 |
Sometimes I ask for Ketchup with my Hot Dogs just to watch natives squirm and gasp... 
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'68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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E1
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:10 am Post subject: Re: I got my first breakdown!,, |
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Jlr, you may wanna change your location line to "Proudly not from Chicago."
(thin crust for me, too)
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