Date:         Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:56:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: List vendors plz note ($$$)
Comments: To: lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET
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see boston bob... in the vendors section...


>From: lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
>Reply-To: lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: List vendors plz note ($$$)
>Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:44:07 -0400
>
>I am trying to spend $$$ on my van, but I am not getting much help.  I want
>to put in a new 1.9L long block plus new alternator, injectors, etc.  I
>don't have the strength, tools, and skill to do this on my own.  When I
>mention waterboxer here in Macon, GA, people run the other way, or in the
>case of one shop that didn't, the owner said he did his last WBX long block
>10 years ago and he wanted to get the engine and other parts from places I
>never heard of.
>
>Right now I am running on Bars Leak and who knows how much life is in the
>engine even with new heads, which I hear is still best done with engine out
>of van.  I figure I could maybe make it 50 or 70 miles going to a shop
>outside of Macon to get the job done right or maybe there is a "traveling
>mechanic" out there who could do the job in my driveway.
>
>Except for the head problems, van is in fine shape and still wants to go
>faster than is prudent even here in the wilds of Georgia.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>John Lauterbach
>Macon, GA
>'84 7-passenger with 1.9L WBX and auto transmission

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