I would have to say there are quite a few 22 year old vehicles, including vanagons that are dead stock. I deal with them constantly actually. in about 2003 or so I had a customer just ask for a 'rebuilt engine' for his 84 Westy. So I figured I'd try a vw dealer-supplied rebuilt 1.9.........and that worked out perfectly. I thought it rather interesting that the vw dealer parts department said they couldn't supply 2.1's........... just 1.9's .......and perhaps that's how 1.9's got into 86 and later vanagons. They bolt in either way completely.....all parts swap either way to put either engine where the other one was. the only real difference I can think of on the whole long block is the extra oil pressure switch on the 2.1 .
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:26 PM Subject: Re: 87 passenger from southwest
> Hi Tim, > > Same reason mine does. Because it's 20 years old and the original engine > wore out. Instead of a 2.1 it got replaced with a 1.9 that was readily > available at the time. > > Really, how many 22 year old vehicles out there running are still 100% > stock? > > > Happy Trails, > > Greg Potts > 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" > 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop > www.busesofthecorn.com > www.pottsfamily.ca > > Aristotle Sagan wrote: >> So why does it have a 1.9 engine in it? >> >> tim in san jose >> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM, sam mccarthy <sfcompost@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >>> OK try this link, >>> Sam M >>> http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1052378336.html |
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