In a message dated 10/01/2005 12:07:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: I agree that the W7DTC is a bit longer, but I have been running them for years on my Vanagons as well as any Vanagon I have worked on. So while they are longer, I do not think they are too long to the point that the piston will hit them.
Another weird story ! I have been using the W7DTC in my '87 Westy for well over five years, maybe longer, I'm not about to do a search on that trivia, and all of my customers vans with 1.9 & 2.1 engines have them. I have never seen one single problem with these plugs. Well, not true, I just remembered the story of a customer who installed them himself and over tightened them, breaking the bond between the porcelain and the metal base and could not find the bad engine running problem until changing the plugs. The engines run better and the plugs last longer than any others I have tried. So where is the problem with them being too long ? Maybe the engines you have on Long Island are different then the ones I see up here in Ontario. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005 '87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel Trains Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_ (http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_ (http://www.ccvwc.ca/) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) or http://frankcondelli.com |
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