

| Subject: | Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia |
| From: | Chris & Kelly DeVoto |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:51:02 -0400 |
I have a huge favor to ask, and I'm going on blind faith on some of this. I'm going up to Wisconsin in a couple of weeks to pick up the afore mentioned '82 Westfalia. The engine in it now is a diesel, was rebuilt about a year ago and was originally out of a Rabbit. That's all I know about the engine. Here's the kicker, the starter went out a couple of months ago and the thing hasn't moved. My friend who currently owns it is the farthest thing from mechanically inclined and knows nothing about it mechanically. Now that I've rattled on here's the question, how many different diesel engines would fit the West and a Rabbit? I don't want to go up there armed with 53 different starters, unless I have to, and I don't want to wait to get up there to buy the starter because I don't know how hard it will be to get. Anyway any help at all is appreciated, I'm a pretty decent mechanic but this will be my first VW experience. Thanks to everyone. Chris and Kelly DeVoto gratefulded@netzero.net devoto@worldnet.att.net "What a long strange trip it's been..."...rh
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