[DeTomaso] Bill Taylor--what a guy!

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Wed Jun 30 09:54:11 EDT 2010


Mike,

Nice story and I too am a fan of Bill's generosity.  But in this case, 
it sounds like all you did was replace the alternator.  Did you find any 
other systemic cause of the failures?  If you did, you missed mentioning 
in the email.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 6/30/2010 01:09, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm sitting on a Southwest flight heading home after a whirlwind trip to LA
> today.   I was fortunate enough to spend the whole day with SOBill Taylor,
> which is lucky under any circumstances.   But especially lucky today.
>
> I keep my silver VW Scirocco in the long-term parking lot at LAX, and the
> last time I drove it a couple of months ago, the battery light was
> periodically flashing, indicating that the alternator wasn't always charging.   Nobody
> is better suited to troubleshooting electrical systems than SOBill, so I
> arranged to fly down there today to bring the car to him for a look-see.
> This car has a healthy appetite for alternators and I suspected that another
> one had taken a dump, but was curious to see if anything more could be found,
> i.e. a systemic problem that might explain the 6-8 remanufactured
> alternators this car has been through in the past 10 years or so.
>
> When I got to the car this morning, I found the battery stone dead.
> Admittedly I hadn't driven the car in two months but historically this hasn't
> been a problem.   I got a jumpstart and headed for Bill's house in Torrance.
> About ten minutes down the road, the instruments started going crazy.   I've
> seen ths show before and got to the side of the road just as it died.
>
> Bill pulled two batteries from other vehicles and brought them to me, but
> unfortunately neither would fit in the car, so instead we just hooked up
> jumper cables and he charged the battery for a few minutes.   I was then able to
> start it and drive partway to his house, when the car died again.   Repeat.
>
> Eventually we made it to his house; he had kindly called Kragens the day
> before and ordered a new alternator for me.   Before we went to fetch it, Miss
> Kitty whipped up a dynamite authentic Italian pasta lunch that was unique,
> and to die for!   Afterwards we got the new alternator installed, it tested
> perfectly, and I was good to go. We charged the battery for a couple of
> hours too.
>
> We had a pleasant afternoon visiting with Grant Stockwell, then I bid
> everyone farewell and zoomed back to LAX (battery light distinctly extinguished),
> and now here I am, heading for home.
>
> Bill--thanks again so much for all your help today.   You've got a million
> better things to do than be faffing about with my old Scirocco, but the fact
> that you set all that aside to help me out really means a lot to me!
>
> Mike
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