labtech1 wrote:
Instead of a sleeping bag and food, you should have packed and extra
starter, tools and a cell phone


Have you ever changed the starter on a VW bug?
In 15F weather?
In a foot of snow?

If so you are a hell of alot tougher then me.

My friends hooked a rope to their 4 wheel drive and I popped the clutch
in 2nd. Kind of interesting in a foot of snow.. Once I got the engine
running
we boogied back to Lexington.

Hint a Porshe 914 starter will fit a VW bug and you don't have to drop
the engine. VW bug starters were "missing the rear end and had to
be installed with the engine out. Major bummer.

So I would have needed to pull the engine, removed the dead starte,
drive out the
bushing in the transaxil, install the new starter, make sure it was
spaced correctly
and then reinstalled the engine.

I know I am just a lame slacker.

Terry