Date:         Sun, 18 May 2008 13:19:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Breather tower test?
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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That's not Clairol Neil, its L'Oreal!   :)

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yes. It doth add up.
>
> I figured around 2K for my conversion. Ha ha ha ha.......
>
> Well by the time you add up a new HO2S relay and sensor, (~ $200),
> belts, pulley, gaskets, hoses, coolant pump, exhaust parts, mounts
> etc. etc., it really adds up.
>
> But......
>
> Much like the woman in the old Clairol commercials, my "new" engine (
> ~ 96K km's) probably says to itself:
>
>  "I'm worth it".
>
> A *new* engine? Well, IMHO, new parts are in order unless there's a
> comparable well thought out substitute. Again IMHO, with the exception
> of some parts I've basically designed (cuz they don't exist AFAIK) I
> prefer to do it right at the beginning. It will "pay" for itself in
> the long run.
>
> (says the now "expert" engine conversion specialist! --- LOL! Not!)
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> >>
> >> Certainly seems that you brand new Boston Bob engine would be very
> worthy
> >> of
> >> new oil tower/breather valve - didn't one guy say they were 90 bucks ?
> >>
> >> That's not that much more of an investment considering what I imagine
> his
> >> new engines cost.
> >
> > I'm reminded of what Senator Everett Dirksen once said, which went
> > something like, "A billion here, a billion there ... pretty soon turns
> > into real money".
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>



--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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