2 daily driver 1984's here, one with 159,000 + and the other with 217,000 +.
AFAIK original bottom ends and tranny's (4 spd manual) in both.

John Flaherty

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Small <EricJSmall@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:29 PM
Subject: Poll: How many miles on yours?

>Volks,  I'm curious....  How many miles on your vans -specifically how many
>miles on the existing engine (no rebuilds to exceed head
reseal/replacement).
>
>
>I've got 185K miles on my van with the original block.  I'm on my third set
>of heads and am now resealing the current heads after a cylinder o-ring
>(whatchamacallit) failed (thankfully a machine shop found the heads to be
>straight and crack free).  I had the tranny rebuilt at 125K miles.
>
>I've been told by a few knowledgeable folks that 200K is about all I can
>expect from the bottom end of the engine (rods, bearings, etc.)
>
>What do you think... How  many miles on yours?
>
>Eric Small
>South Portland, Maine
>'86GL Weekender
>