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Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:52:40 -0600
Reply-To:     Anthony Bailey <abailey@CLAS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Anthony Bailey <abailey@CLAS.NET>
Subject:      engine help needed
Comments: cc: vanagon@yahoogroups.com, FullMoon Bus Club <fullmoon@hville.net>,
          Vanagon-EngConv <Vanagon-EngConv@yahoogroups.com>,
          subaruvanagon <subaruvanagon@yahoogroups.com>,
          turbovans <turbovans@yahoogroups.com>
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Hello all, Here's the latest update on my replacement engine saga.... My mechanic got the 1.9L engine installed and low and behold -- its locked up tighter than a drum so to speak! So now I'm still without an good engine after going through all of this hassle and most of our savings accounts.

So if anyone has got a good 2.1L engine available, I'm still needing one. I really need to get this van back on the road as inexpensively as possible. I had thought that buying this engine would save me a bunch of money, however as it is now it's done nothing but cost me a lot of money that we couldn't afford to waste and I'm not any further ahead than when I started. I've checked around with the salvage yards and no one has any Vanagons, let alone 2.1L engines out of an '86 or newer.

The reason I'm also posting this to the Subaru & engine conversion lists in case one of you might have a good 2.1L engine for sale. My apologies if you get this request more than once. Thanks, Anthony Bailey

At 8:42 PM -0600 12/1/03, Anthony Bailey wrote: >Hello All, thanks for your info and words of wisdom with this >problem. In case you don't remember I bought a 2.1L from an ebay >seller and he sent me a 1.9L and refuses to take responsibility for >the mistake. He said if I'd pay shipping for the 1.9L back to him, >he'd look around and see if he had a 2.1L and then I'd have to pay >for shipping the motor back to me. > >I've talked with a local attorney. He says since the guy I bought >the engine from is so far away that it would cost more than what I >paid for the engine to contest this and that I would be better off >to just sell the engine and get the correct one. > >So if anyone needs a 1.9L, which according to the seller - runs good, no >leaks and was rebuilt within the last few years, contact me (573) >238-2143. I'd like to have $700 for it. If no one needs this then I >guess I'll have my mechanic move the parts off of my 2.1L and >install the 1.9L into my '87 Vanagon. >Thanks, Anthony Bailey > >Oh and btw the seller that I bought this from is... >Paul Perko >ebay alias munkybutt92 <munkybutt92@yahoo.com> and et_hehe also >1214 8th st se >Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 >(612) 331-2378 > >Hope no one else has to have any dealings with him. -- ----- Sent from Anthony Bailey • KC0HZP (mailto:abailey@clas.net) on an Apple Power Macintosh G3 AIO in Marble Hill, Missouri


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