Ah, the Holy Grail for the Vanagon. Good luck in your endeavor! Steven 91 Westy On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > When my ’88 arrives there, I’ve promised myself an EE20 … the boy is > on-board, but Mom is not convinced. > > > On 05-Oct-2017, at 23:52, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > Pulled my dead engine out of the van today. Planning to tear it down bit > by > > bit until the leak reveals itself. Then will decide what to do. I'm > leaning > > toward a complete to overhaul with all new seals and gaskets right on out > > to the tail pipe, a complete ring job on all cylinders, and a valve > job. > > All this will be done subject to what a crankshaft runout test shows. If > > its to much, and it requires the case be split, the whole thing goes to > the > > scrap heap in favor of a Subaru Engine. > > > > John R > |
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