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Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:35:57 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of JB
              Weld
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In a message dated 19/01/2005 12:34:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

If you search the archives for JB Weld in posts by Tim Smith and Doug Houg, you will find detailed descriptions of how to fix pitted heads with JB Weld and reports of people having WBX engines that are still going strong after as much as 8 years, and / or 30k, 50k and 60k miles since the application of the product.

Sam, thank you for bring that up ! It was Tim who researched this gasket leaking problem and found this solution. I have been doing it for years with no failures. It's gotta be done right though and the heads have to be determined as reusable. That may be a difficult decision to make for some. As a side note I do hear from Tim from time to time and he still has a fleet of Vanagons and is still fed up with the Vanagon List !

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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