On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, John Halverson wrote: > 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. Exactly! BTW, back in my other life when I owned my '70 bus, I didn't do anything more than my own valve adjustment. Had an engine rebuilt by a VW shop and it lasted 20,000 miles. They did lots of VWs, but as I later realized, they cut corners. Not too many shops in the area, so even with 20,000 mile engines, they got some repeat business. They could always blame it on something else. They're still in business, btw, and there still is little competition in the area. > > 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. Sounds steep, but I wouldn't rule it out. A '71 in top shape is a great vehicle! Then again, I've seen very few '68-'71 buses advertised for over $2500. I have to believe that some of these were in top shape...and that $1200 is a lot for a CD player 8) joe.
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