After I fixed my odometer it works sometimes and not others, and recently began racking up numbers at the left end so that now it reads 751,145. Stephen --- Chris Geiser <geiserfam@SPRINTPCS.COM> wrote: > Probably lots of vanagons would have mileage records > if the odometers ever > worked... > > Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Chris S. > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:36 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat > that? > > Yep, that is a record for original head gaskets. I > sold my '85 Westy with > original head gaskets and 189,000 miles on the clock > to a gentleman in > Michigan. For all I know that engine is still going > strong. > > Chris S. > '84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/hershey/ > '01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg > > 1-888-VW-PARTS <- Recommended Expert Vanagon Part > Source > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Scott Daniel - Shazam > <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:45:33 PM > Subject: Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat > that? > > > That's a real record to me. Most miles I ever heard > of, especially with > original head gaskets. > Ought to be in a museum or something. I'm mildly > skeptical the head > gaskets are original... > But it's possible. > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of > JordanVw@AOL.COM > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:41 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat > that? > > i have a '90 carat parts van here that has over 450k > on its original > engine > with the original head gaskets. the van is a > complete POS, but thats > got to > be > some kind of a record. i got it from the original > owner.. it was hit > (cosmetic damage) was never fixed and he kept > driving it for years > after > that, > finally stopped driving it because the original > manual tranny started > to > whine.. > > despite that, i still think waterboxer motors are > junk. > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
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