Date:         Tue, 29 May 2012 10:37:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bostig Engine Installation 85 Vanagon
Comments: To: Jon Durham <jon_durham@knology.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4FC3C408.70407@knology.net>
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I will try to contact listmember Dre Yengyel who lives in Madison. He
is in Bahrain right now (military service); I don't know when he is
coming home. He apprenticed at Bostig and has done his own
installation(s). I will let you know what I find out, if anything.

Jim

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jon Durham <jon_durham@knology.net> wrote:
> I've decided to have someone install a Bostig in my 85 Vanagon. If I
> understood Jim Akiba at the MA shop, they no longer install the engine.
> A firm in Seattle does. I can't do it myself.
>
> I live in northern Alabama. I will transport the bus to and from an
> installer, so Seattle is a bit far away.
>
> I feel uneasy finding a 3rd party to install the engine because if
> something goes wrong, I'm afraid folks will be pointing figures at each
> other. So I'd like to find an entity who will assume total
> responsibility installing the engine, and if necessary, coordinate with
> the Boston shop if problems arise. Would I be asking too much?
>
> My other option is to get my mechanic in Huntsville AL to install it.
> How difficult is it to install this engine?
>
> Meanwhile, have a great Memorial Day.
>
>
>
> --
> “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the
> way its animals are treated” --Gandhi