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Date:         Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:24:45 -0700
Reply-To:     "Douglas L. Urner" <dlu@PATROSA.CANISHE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Douglas L. Urner" <dlu@PATROSA.CANISHE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fix Engine or Get New One?
Comments: To: Duane Fahey <dfahey@VISUALAUTOMATION.COM>
In-Reply-To:  Message from Duane Fahey <dfahey@VISUALAUTOMATION.COM> of "Thu,
              10 Jul 2003 10:49:23 EDT." <3F0D7CF3.40509@visualautomation.com>

>So, with about 200,000 miles on the engine, what should I do? Should I >fix the engine that I have, or put something new or rebuilt in?

Rebuild it, or convert it. At 200K miles, your engine has earned a rest. If you were to put new heads on it, you'd still have a (most likely) worn out bottom end. You got really good life out of the engine.

>The body is rusting now, no holes yet, but coming soon, I think.

This is where it gets hard. We have an '83 with a pretty questionable body and interior -- though it drove really nicely. When the engine failed, it didn't seem worth it to us to invest the money in repairing it since we just didn't feel that good about the car. The money that it would cost us to repair the body and interior would buy us a much nicer car and then some -- so we decided to go looking for a "new" Vanagon.

>I've been looking for a 2nd vehicle anyway, so I'm wondering if I should >just look for a Eurovan Camper...

I had a '93 Eurovan, it was too hard to work on. I'm much happier with my '84 Vanagon (though there are a couple of months every summer when A/C seems like it wouldn't be a bad thing).

Doug -- Douglas L. Urner <dlu@canishe.com> Port Orchard, WA +1 360 769 5565


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