Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 12:47:05 EST
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From: "John C..." <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: vibrating TIICO engine (Kudos Ed Rogers)
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Hi All,
Just a note...and kudos to Ed Rogers!
Ed Rogers did my buddy's 84, and it developed a strange noise,
that couldn't be diagnosed.
And I might add that it didn't help that my buddy drove it
straight through from Mexico to Utah in the heat of summer,
at 85 mph.
This on an almost new engine.
Ed couldn't get tico to send another engine on warranty,
so he bought one out of his own pocket,
and installed it in my buddy's bus.
And didn't charge him a nickel!
Not bad at all.
JC...
In a message dated 11/8/03 10:34:27 AM Mountain Standard Time,
mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
Hi TIICONAUTS,
I don't pretend to have any answers here but do have my own experience with
this conversion. I bought my current ride with 2400 miles on the 2000 Jetta,
fresh-out-of-the-box engine in it. Ed Rogers of Vee Dub Service in Ogden, UT
did the installation. In business 30 years and he has done his own
conversion into a Syncro van. He has now done 8 or 9.
The ONLY problem with mine was that it still had the interior
rumble/resonance when the tach got to about 3K, then would stop when it got
to about 4200 rpm. The fix was the snorkel in the left D pillar. That
symptom is entirely gone.
I have NO broken exhaust parts, no vibration problems but DO have what I
call a bearing noise that gets amplified by the crummy TIICO bracket that
acts like a drum. When I put a stethoscope (long handle socket wrench) on
the bracket, it is louder than putting it on any other part on the engine or
components attached to the bracket. I believe putting on the brackets I have
for the PS, alternator and AC would eliminate this, but have not done it so
I don't really know.
Just my $0.02
Bob Stevens
'87 Syncro Westy
http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cromwell" <tortugasmarinas@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: vibrating TIICO engine
> Among a bunch of more serious problems I had with my TIICO
> before giving up at 17k was the one where I had to have the CAT welded
> seven different times where it broke off, that was corrected by
> having a trio of "L" brackets welded on it. We ended up removing
> the AC compressor and re-bending the bracket Matthew correctly
> refers to as "junk". It helped a little. This engine is seriously flawed.
> I do remember a thread a year or so ago in which a lot of advice
> was given which should now be in the archives. Basically the advice is
> what
> Matthew said, go to the corresponding VW Golf brackets.
> Dave Cromwell
> '82 Westy 1.9 diesel "la ballena azul"
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