First motor I ever rebuilt was in my 1970 Porsche 914.

Being a dork, and only 18, I accidentally left out a crankshaft bearing
dowel pin. 30k later, I was running 105 mph on US 264 between Wilson and
Greenville, NC, and about 10 minutes into my little jaunt, all hell
broke loose in the motor, and the oil light came on.

The bearing floated out of its saddle and the ensuing debris created
bending and breaking mayhem in the crankcase. A real mess of many
things.

I feel your pain. It smelled bad. I leaked oil everywhere. JB Weld
wouldn't fix it. A new motor was the answer. Tomorrow is another day.
Tonight, let it be Michelob.

Pax--

G. Matthew Bulley
Mount Olive, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Brian T.
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Yum, yum...(what a motor says when eating a rod)

Hi,

I am rather dejected and need some moral support &
direction.  Number 3 rod turned into a snack for the
crank and was burped out the top of the case last
night on my way home.  With this lovely new "see
through" feature things don't seem to run so well
(minimizing, I'm in denial).

I have one shop close enough to tow to and they only
deal in VOA motors... I don't have the
time/tools/experience to do anything else but this
option.  Is all lost, am I going to lose all my sanity
and then some?

Any words of wisdom or consolation in my now WAY
overpriced Westy would be great.

Running with scissors,
Brian

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