Date:         Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:52:01 -0600
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mbates@s3.sonnet.com (Marlin Bates, IV)
Subject:      Re: DMV

At  9:01 PM 3/9/96 -0600, Ken Hooper wrote:
>>I have a '68 Bus which I want to use the engine and part for my '69 Westy.
>>I have a stack of papers for both (titles, bills of sales, etc) Problem -
>>
>>I can not register the '68 because it will not pass smog the DMV tells me I
>>can junk it but then I would have to surrender the title.  But what happens
>>if A) I want to put it back together or B) when I want to get rid of the
>>'remains'?  Also, the DMV tells me that I can not transfer title or
>>register the '69 because it has no engine.  I just want to little slips of
>>paper that have my name on them.
>
>Oh what joy it must be to live in Kalifornia. ;)

Hmm, this would be an understatement.  (yes, that drip WAS sarcasm, wipe it
up quick as it burns :-)

>
>I'm probably missing something, but why are you telling DMV about the 68 at
>all? Sure, it's some sort of Federal felony to replace a 69 engine with an
>identical 68 engine, but nobody *here* will tell. ;)

Well, quite frankly I am not.  I just have a similar situation in both.
The '69 needs to be title transfered at least but the DMV says I can not
register an 'incomplete vehicle' (it has no engine)

The '68 could be transfered and registered except it won't pass smog (it is
1.75% over on the C02 but okay elsewhere excpet it is missing a
Thermostatic Air Cleaner Tube)  Idle is 964 which seems a little high.

>
>If I remember right, you were posting the numbers a while back from a
>compression test that indicated excellent rings but you had symptoms of a
>sloppy valve guide. In the 68. Is that right, I'm a little hazy? This is
>why the 68 won't pass smog?

Yup.  This is the case.

>
>So switch the engines out, and when you do it, bolt a couple rebuilt heads
>on the 68 engine. If you're really broke, just do the one with the loose
>guide. We're talking about ~$150 for both of them. That should smog easily.
>You don't even have a charcoal canister in the 69, right? You'd have to
>smell like burning tires to fail smog in that, I would think.

No, I do not think I have the filter (just learning you see) Hmm, I can do
this.  I was going to tear the entire engine down to learn the ins and outs
and start fresh but need to do the damned paperwork first.  Ach du leiber!

>
>To get rid of the corpse of the 68, do what all other mass murderers do;
>cut it up and distribute the bits. ;) I have a 68 wish-list myself, let me
>know if you're going to part it out.

Hmm, I will keep this in mind.  Of course, a scrap metal hulk sitting in
front of my garage would probably not go over well with the landlord! :-)

Thanks and hope I can get closer to a solution

-Marlin
>
>--Ken
>  '71 Bus