VANAGON archives -- February 2001, week 2 (#36)

Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:58:19 -0500 Reply-To: Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM> Subject: Advice needed in Westy purchase Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi gang,

I'm once more on the trail of a rust-free Westy with an automatic tranny. It's an 86 with 190,000 km (118,000 Miles) on it. There are no service records and the current owner has had it for a year. She had the crank seals redone. Why would these go and is it a harbinger of something ominous?? It's 2.5 hours away from me so I'm going to have to get a mechanic on Karl Bloss's list to check it out for me. Assuming the worst and that this engine has never been touched am I loking at a rebuild around this mileage??

TIA for your wisdom,

Doug Alcock '84 Westy Toronto, Canada

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