Date:         Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:51:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Portland, OR engine rebuilder
Comments: To: "Andrew R." <a.richar@gmail.com>
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Not Portland, but Miles at No Name Garage in Eugene is great!  I have
been taking my Vanagon's to him for years!  Recently saw one of his
current rebuilds on the workbench!  You can see the attention to
detail. Squeaky clean!  He has good prices, and doesn't use cheep
parts.  He just tells you like it is, and I appreciate his honesty.
No Name Garage is located on W 7th behind the Over Time Grill.  (541) 344-2251

Julianna

On Aug 11, 2013, at 6:31 PM, "Andrew R." <a.richar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A friend did a subaru swap and said he'd give me his 2.1 with a bad head
> gasket for a case of beer.  Supposedly rebuilt about 70-90k by PO, but no
> paperwork.  Mine has 175k on the block w/ 50k on the heads.  Figured it
> could be a good winter project to rebuild the free motor, but leave the
> heavy lifting to a local pro.  Anyone have good experiences in Portland, OR
> getting their block rebuilt?  I was intending to tear off all the
> accessories, clean it up, and order heads from Go Westy and then hand it
> off to somebody to rebuild.  Was considering doing a leak-down on the motor
> before rebuilding.  Maybe swapping the heads will be enough.  My regular
> shop just gets motors from Go Westy when they have customers needing
> rebuilds.
>
> Aside from a shop recommendation, I wanted to get people's thoughts on how
> to go about this too.
>
> thanks,
> Andrew
> '87 GL