Greetings,

I am new to the list, sort of.  I joined this list in May
of 1994 when it was new and the only VW transporter list
on the internet.  At that time, I owned a 1973 Westfalia and
1966 standard microbus (with a weekender conversion, sort of).
When the lists split sometime around July 1996, I left for
type2/vintagebus.

I still own the 1966 microbus and it is now mostly restored,
the new bumpers I have for it still need to be painted and
installed.  I also have a 1959 panel van with a 36hp engine
that I enjoy driving.

However, I recently bought a 1984 vanagon westfalia wolfsburg
from another list member who lives here in Tucson so, now,
I have a good reason to re-subscribe to the vanagon list!

The 1.9 liter waterboxer in this vehicle was blowing smoke and
leaking coolant into the oil so I pulled the engine and tore
it down far enough to discover that the main reason for the
smoke/leakage is that the lower-rear cylinder head stud for
the #1 cylinder broke about 1/3 of the way down the stud (!).
Having rebuilt a couple air cooled VW engines in the past,
I am surprised at the similarities between those engines
and this one.

The first question I have for the list is:  Where can I buy
cylinder head studs for the 1.9 wbx engine?

Thanks,

  -Dyer Lytle in Tucson