very interesting. thanks for posting this. the Boston Bob stories are scary . ..how 'off' somethings that are supposed to be right can be. On 4/20/2012 10:21 AM, neil n wrote: > Hi all. > > Am looking at a Westy with a "factory remanufactured engine" (2.1 > WBX). It may be a VW of Canada reman. Engine has about 34,000 KM's. > > It seems VW have sold that aspect of their business to Cummins: > > http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0006B&L=vanagon&P=R4071 > > Does anyone have an approximate time line of when this happened? > > It was interesting to get some insight via the archives. Here's a post > from the esteemed Bob Donalds (may he RIP): > > http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0410A&L=vanagon&P=R3349&m=188659 > > In my mind I wouldn't assume that Cummins did the job right on the WBX > (maybe the diesels?) but maybe they stood a much better chance? > > Thanks > > Neil. > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.