<html><DIV>merry xmas everyone!</DIV>
<DIV>for those who have been following my engine progress, i have turn up successful on my first rebuilt instal in my 90 gl.&nbsp; thanks again to jason yasment who froze with me while pulling the old and implanting the new.&nbsp; boston bobs beautiful piece of machinery will bring me many miles of love!&nbsp; the only initial start up problems were distributor timing way off but quickly remedied.&nbsp; the other problem was a bad oil pressure sensor wire connection causing the buzzing about 2500 rpm.&nbsp; i replaced the wire and have enjoyed 25 buzz free miles.&nbsp; i have since left to spend the holidays in brazil, what a shame!, and made arrangements to have a mechanic double check my work and makes sure everything is set properly like throttle switch etc...&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>here in brazil kombis are everywhere.&nbsp; i counted 87 from the airport to my girlfriends parents house about a ten minute drive!&nbsp; for those unaware, they are still made here with the old style kombi body but they are liquid cooled, some are still aircooled.&nbsp; colors are mostly white and they are used primarily as work vans.&nbsp; not a noticeable bus following here like in america.&nbsp; in fact, my girlfriend says the busses are not desirable cars for people to own, only the poor and blue collar workers used as delivery vans.&nbsp; her family finds it amusing that i am so impressed with these vans here and i am always wacthing them.&nbsp; i would love to drive one here and check out the engine.&nbsp; does anyone know the main differences in the way these are manufactured? oh yeah, prices on them new here are about 7,000+ Reals which amounts to about $3500 american.&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>again thanks for all the group support with my engine install!&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>happy holidays everyone and feliz natal!</DIV>
<DIV>jason</DIV>
<DIV>90 gl</DIV>
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