Date:         Sat, 10 Sep 1994 08:39:48 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (Harmon Seaver)
Subject:      Synchros

   I'm looking for a Synchro camper, and am wondering if all of them
are waterboxers, or are some aircooled? And what year did VW solve
the headgasket problem?
   BTW,  I had two Subarus with similar problems, they
had wet sleeves which had shims under them. Too thick a shim, the head
gasket leaked water out onto the ground. Too thin a shim, the gasket
would leak water into the cylinder and/or compression into the coolant.
Major bummer! I had to buy an expensive dial-indicator gauge just to
set those shims right.

Harmon Seaver 
hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu

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