Date:         Sun, 18 Mar 2001 09:42:51 -0800
Reply-To:     dawn <dmoroughan@ATOMIC.NET>
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From:         dawn <dmoroughan@ATOMIC.NET>
Subject:      2.1 long block
Comments: To: jlawson@vnet.net, Reggie peterson
          <reginald.peterson@worldnet.att.net>,
          "Peterson, Reginald K." <Petersre@timken.com>,
          NPBUSGUY@aol.com, Tammy Booth <gbooth@triad.rr.com>,
          wv vanagon dude <jander14@wvu.edu>,
          WOGNACIOUS@aol.com, VWGHIA47@aol.com, John Glass
          <jglass4763@atomic.net>, Joel Walker <jwalker@uronramp.net>,
          Darrell Boehler <midwesty@midwest.net>
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Hello  all,
    I need to see  if  any of  you  has  a  rebuildable 2.1 liter engine
short or  long block.Or  if any of you knows  where or a friend that has  a
rebuildable long or short block 2.1 engine. As  some of you know  by the
post list
mine had a ticking noise in it for some time .I was  thinking and a notable
vanagon shop thought the same,was  a  ticking lifter.In short it was  sorta
kinda  a ticking lifter.Really  all  in  all  it was  a  spun bearing on  #1
and  the  rod had enough play in it the it slapped the   intake lifter boss
on  #1 #3. So  on  Tuesday morning of  last  week it had hit it enough times
to break the lifter boss on #1  off into the oil  sump causing the valve not
to work  on #1 intake.The  next thing  we  think that happened  is that  the
piston did not receive any fuel  to cool  the  piston down it seized causing
the  crank  shaft  rod  to explode the  piston in the cylinder giving me
blue smoke.So  there is  nothing left  that i can really use except for the
heads and  the  fuel injection system.
I need help I cannot  afford a rebuilt engine to put back into my  beautiful
vanagon anywhere from 1525.00-2100.00+500.00-800.00 core where as me and a
vanagon-driver-mechanic can rebuild one for 500.00-800.00.
thank you for  reading this
and  thank you in advance for your  time.
Darrel Combs
88 blown the  hard way (not running)