Hey Bro... Sorry to hear of your troubles. I'm scrapin' the barrel myself for funds these days...but here's the deal.... I plunked down a buck for a Pennsylvania Powerball ticket tonight...170+ million in the pot. If I win...a brand spankin' new engine Fedx-ed to ya and installed...all on me! Hang in there... Kevin
--- Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote: > Volks, > > Some days you rule the road and some days the road > rules you. > > It pains me to say that today was the latter. > > Looks like my engine is trashed. > > A while back, after the failure of the third set of > 2.2L pistons I > reverted to stock 2.1L pistons. > > Unfortunately, because of a questionable head, the > result was low > compression in the number one cylinder. > > Then two days ago a significant amount of lifter > noise started. > > Today ..... it sounds like she is going to tear > herself apart at the > seems. > > No power ... can't keep it running and need granny > low to get over a > speed bump. > > I need to find a really cheap engine and get it > installed for next to > nothing ..... or I'm sad to say, > the Roadhaus Roadtrip may be over. > > Regrettably there just isn't enough cash left in the > bucket to fund a > proper new engine purchase and install. > > Fortunately I made it to a friend's place in Oregon > (Susan Dolvin's > Westfalia Acres). > > Will hang out here for a couple of days and try to > figure out the next > move. > > All suggestions and creative solutions welcome. > > > Larry Chase > Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com > Web: > <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/RoadHaus/Application%20Data/Micro > soft/Signatures/WWW.RoadHaus.com> WWW.RoadHaus.com > Cell: 408.202.1217 > What: North American Road Trip > How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro > Today: .. Syncro de Mayo or Bust! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > >
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