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Subject:Re: Subie engine on-off-on-off-on-off at speed
From:John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Thu, 23 Feb 2023 02:01:13 -0600

Me too.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 1:02 AM Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Glad you found a real mechanic!  They’re getting to be rare in this day
> and age.
>
> Stephen
>
> Mobile
>
> > On Feb 23, 2023, at 1:43 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm old and crippled up and could not get under my van. Nobody in this
> big
> > city - biggest in Alabama - wanted  to even put it on a rack just to
> look,
> > much less work on it. It would run, just had to keep speed low on an
> > interstate and you know how hazardous that can be with everybody going 90
> > mph with their hair on fire. Found a shop specialized in these old vans
> but
> > they were over 100 miles away. Really didn't want to go that far. T
> > discovered a specialty shop whose work was mostly on exotic foreign cars
> -
> > Jaguar XKE, Maserati, Bentley, Rolls Royce and the like. They agreed to
> > take my van in. Had to have the fuel tank resealed as well. 3 hours later
> > it was a done deal. And the problem with the on-off of the engine? Awire
> to
> > the VSS was rubbed through and broke the circuit. Spliced it  together
> and
> > the engine ran great. I want to give a shoutout for HESCO Automotive in
> > Birmingham, Alabama.
>
>

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