Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 06:24:10 -0400
Reply-To: Bryan Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Bryan Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject: Re: Whining about head gaskets
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Ouch. I didn't think they were that expensive, I thought you could get them for $300 a piece. My apologies.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven X. Schwenk [SMTP:sxs@Schwenk-Law.com]
Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 12:06 AM
To: Bryan Feddish
Cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Whining about head gaskets
New heads would cost about another $1200, right? Isn't that reason enough? I
want to go in and have my gaskets replaced before they leak and before the
heads get so corroded that they have to be replaced. Is there anything wrong
with this approach?0
steve
Bryan Feddish wrote:
> I can't understand why anyone would just replace the gasket and not do the
> head too since there is no extra labor involved. Am I missing something
> here? I''m not trying to be real negative it just seems that the old head
> is probably pitted and would leak again soon.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Cooper [SMTP:JonathanCooper@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 7:06 PM
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Whining about head gaskets
>
> Okay the worst has finallly happenned. We bought a 1985 Westie 2 months
> ago. There were 82,000 miles and supposedly 4000 on a rebuild that included
> the heads. This was done by a reputable shop and seems though rather
> ambiguously described in the receipts.
> Last week the righ one started to leak sligtly. We took it to our mechanic
> (Toils Auto-NE Ohio) and he laid out the bad news. Now that I have whined,
> I
> am looking for advice. Since we are gtting at least the gaskets (don't even
> think about the heads) done, is there anything that we should have done "as
> long as you're in there"?
> Is there any ting I might try to get a couple of months time to save the
> money to have this done? Okay, I already I put in some Bars leak . We love
> this vehicle and want to do the right maintenance. I can't tell you how
> emotional it is to have it damaged
> Jonathan R. Cooper
> Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick
> 900 Skylight Office Tower
> 1660 West Second Street
> Cleveland, Ohio 44113
> 216-664-6900
> 216-664-6901
> Cooper@MBQ.com
> JonathanCooper@worldnet.att.net
>
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