Excellant report, Tom. Right in line with my idea that 200,000 original motor miles are possable without failure when maintnance is adequate or better.
At 06:54 AM 02/17/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Tim, > >My 84 Westy registers 189,000 miles on the original engine. I put 65,000 >miles on it myself in the last four years. Van is in pristine condition, >a "Southern California Desert Car," and it has had immaculate TLC >through three owners, a mature female school teacher, a Lufthansa >mechanic and, I, a mature 1950s shade tree-mechanic, all three devoted >to PM. > >Tom Hanlon >84 Westfalia >Palm Springs, CA > >Doktor Tim wrote: >> >> At 12:19 AM 02/17/2000 -0800, you wrote: >> > Who has the most miles on there Vanagon? Greg 86 Westy 286,000 >> >> I would like to know who has the most miles on a Wasserboxer with no >> coolant seal failure. I have one client over 150k miles with no evidence of >> weepage as yet. >> >> T.P. Stephens aka Doktor Tim >> San Juan Island, WA > > T.P. Stephens aka Doktor Tim San Juan Island, WA |
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