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Subject:Re: Ecu fix addendum
From:Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Date:Wed, 1 Apr 2020 09:26:24 -0700

Stuart,

Guilty as charged.
For years I’ve been saying to myself that this year I’m putting in a new engine. My engine is old and tired, oil pressure when hot is right at the low limit. So I’ve been looking forward and not paying close attention to now :-)

Alistair 

> On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:02 PM, stuartmacm@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Yes it was, but you weren’t sensitive enough t see it.  I think these rigs have a kind of karma, they really don't want to let you down and try to tell you when they aren't feeling well. But they ae very subtle:   Best definition: (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe.]
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 8:49 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Ecu fix addendum
> 
> Between machine ops I swapped the original distributor back into van. Was a bit of cranking before it started. Then on it’s perfect , we’ll you know . You might not believe me, but the van starts better now, much faster start, almost instant.
> I wonder if this failure was making itself known before it said enough. I’ll be driving it tomorrow and I’m curious if I find any improvement.
> 
> Cheers
> Ab
>

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