I'm not sure what the service bulletin is referring to exactly, but I'd
guess that it's the elimination of the head/cylinder shim and replacement of
the paper gasket between the cylinder and the case.  It has nothing to do
with the method of delivering gas to the combustion chamber.

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Tom Young                  tomyoung1@home.com
Lafayette, CA 94549    '81 Vanagon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Christensen" <lkchris@USWEST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Case and pistons shot?

> re:  The cases/cranks used in the air-cooled Vanagons are all the same
> whether carburated or FI.
>
> Does the following from
> http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb/servicemmy1.cfm conflict
> with this, or is it something else?
>
> VWC REMANUFACTURED 2.0L AIR-COOLED ENGINE-ENGINES, P/N 071 100 031AX,
> 039 100 03
> B/C/DX, HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO IMPROVE HEAT TRANSFER AND INCREASE
> DURABILITY-THES E
> CHANGES EFFECT ENGINE CODES GD, GE, AND CV-ALL 1975-83 VW VANAGON/TYPE
> II MODE LS TLH