The moral of this story is clear.  If you break down tow it home or to a
mechanic you know and trust.  NEVER let anyone else touch these engines,
you can depend on the fact that anyone you find will have never seen one
before!

So Ron, how long has it been since you changed your coolant hoses? ;-)

The Bus Depot wrote:
>
> At that point, I decided that I should just cut my losses and tow the van
> home in pieces.  It was clear that the more those monkeys worked on my van,
> the more they would damage it.  Their intentions were good and they really
> did want to fix what they had damaged, but they clearly did not know how.
> So I had the van towed 200 miles home with the engine in pieces on the
> floor.
>
> What remains now is to determine exactly how much severe damage the shop did
> to my engine while trying to replace a $10 hose.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   http://www.busdepot.com
>   (215) 234-VWVW

--
Stuart MacMillan
Seattle

'84 Vanagon Westfalia
'65 MGB (Driven since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring)

Assisting on Restoration:
'72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
'64 MGB (Son's)

Parts cars:
'68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT