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Date:         Sun, 9 Oct 2011 08:27:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lost Power 85 Vanagon
Comments: To: Don <dkspence@telus.net>
In-Reply-To:  <726760D7-E80F-4D27-A621-CDAD31229E38@telus.net>
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What a pain, what a pain to go all the way back down to that camshaft.

Jim

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Don <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:

> You may have replaced the cam a tooth or two off thus upsetting the valve > timing. Had the same thing happen when a timing belt slipped on my Mazda > 626. Sudden loss of power. In your case, if the power loss was immediate > after replacing the cam bearings and remounting the cam, i'd look at cam > timing. > > On 8-Oct-11, at 6:34 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 07:38:41 -0500 >> From: jon durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET> >> Subject: Lost Power 85 Vanagon >> >> I had to replace the cam bearings on my 85 Vanagon. The engine lost >> power. When it's cold in winter, I have to race the engine just to get >> it going in first gear. >> >> Thoughts? >> -- >> “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is >> everything. What we think, we become.” Buddha >> >


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