[T3] Thank you

[Rhiannon Maple <luna_ange@yahoo.com>]

You guys are golden gods. The mechanic is a good guy
and aside from his smart alec comments about type 3's
I'm sure he thinks that he's providing the easiest
solution. I called him this morning to see if I could
come down and have the wiring on the back of he gas
gauge checked to make sure that I did it right. Not
only did he find the problem but told me about how I
could not make the same mistake in the future and
tested my generator. We established that it is putting
out no power at all. It's the "I can't give you
possible ideas of a start point for the problem" that
gets me. I don't think that he's trying to milk me for
money, just being realistic as to the idea that it
could take him hours to find the problem. My old
mechanic would give me a series of possibilities and
then go from there. He would also tell me that I could
do the repair myself and how to start if I wasn't
sure. 
To respond to Steven:
Yes I would like to keep the car. It has been my dream
car for years and I was ecstatic when I found a 71
after my 72 got smushed beyond repair. You're right in
that I doubt my abilities with this car. Part of that
is the fuel injection system. I went from a 70
automatic beetle stock engine to a 72 f/i squareback.
If I can figure out what I'm looking at and correlate
that with the manual then I can work on it. I did most
of my basic work on my beetle myself. I got the front
brakes repaired on my other squareback but I'm a
little lost on the rears. I have the Bentley, Haynes,
and the How to keep your VW Alive manuals and
reference them in turn. Well not so much the Haynes,
but it makes a good prop up book. My mechanic from
southern California makes $60 an hour in labor, but in
San Jose the cost of living is higher and so is the
cost to operate a shop. 
I am absolutely willing to learn and do alot of the
work myself, at times it would help to have what I'm
looking at pointed out to me. Which is what the guy
did today with the back of the gas gauge, telling me
what kind of wire should be pluged in where and for
the most part why. 
Rhiannon

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