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Precision Motor
Darrl
132 N.E. Grand
Portland, Oregon  97232
United States of America
(503) 232-7669

John - 87 Syncro

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damon Campbell" <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:05 PM
Subject: Help... need portland, OR shop recommendation

> So on my drive up from california to portland, OR, the (guess what) cooling system started giving me problems.  It looks like the stuff is dissappearing, and i'm reasonably sure it is out the tailpipe, so we all know what that means...
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> Currently, i'm debating on simply rebuilding the engine or swapping it out.  There are two things going into this decision:
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> 1) i'm going to be in alaska for 2 1/2 weeks where the van is just going to be sitting in OR (potentially getting serviced?)
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> 2) i can keep after the cooling system and most likely get back to CA without any real major problems (but it will be a nervous drive and will probably mess with the short road trip my girlfriend and i were planning for the 1st of the year)
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> Given that info, does anyone know of some shops in the greater portland area that can either rebuild a WBX or (more preferably) swap a 1.9 with a turbo diesel?  I need to check prices and people to see if i can take care of it now, giving myself an x-mas present, or if i should just limp back to CA and try to go through a shop i comfortable with back there.  Finally, while i like the TD option, which engine swaps are known to be CA emissions legal (don't want the Tiico hassle)?
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> Thanks for any input, hopefully after this the van should be good to go for a long while...
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> -Damon
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> '84 Westy
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