Date:         Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:40:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
Comments: To: geiserfam@SPRINTPCS.COM
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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.
>
>
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