On Thu, 2 Feb 1996, Joseph F. Fournier II wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, John Halverson wrote: > > > > But I may not. Today I looked at a '71. Here's the scoop: This is > > an engine from one bus in the body of another. The body has 57K > > miles. Don't know about the engine yet bet I'll find out. It's a VW > > repair shop that did the work and is selling it. Good tight steering, > > good brakes and clutch. The motor looked fairly clean, not a lot of > > oil around, but it needs a new rubber seal. I didn't see any sign > > Big red flag #1! Do the compression test. If it's missing the seal and > sitting at a garage, be suspicious. My2Cents 8) Joe Good point Joe!! These guys are a VW repair shop and they say they installed the engine. If so, why did they reuse a crappy seal that they say only costs 8 bucks. Hmmmm.........makes you wonder. Well, I've got a line on another '71. "10k on a rebuilt engine, CD player...." blah, blah, blah....(I don't own any CD's, but I guess I could borrow some) Price- $3,700.00. I guess I'll look at it, but man, it's a jungle out there......
John Halverson jhalv@hooked.net ---------------- '68 Westy (but you wouldn't know it unless all the bits were piled together on the floor) '70 Bus (No way...gone) "71 Bus (Thank god for good advice...) Re: Wannabus still lookin' (Was: '70 Bus - Is this a good deal???)
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