Dennis,

As of Sunday, Joe in NH had a 2.1L for sale that souned like a good engine and a fair price. I do not have his e-mail address with me, but he responded to my request last week when I was looking for an engine that I no longer need.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Date: Monday, December 1, 2003 8:13 pm
Subject: Re: engine help needed

> So your mechanic installed an engine that does not turn! Is it
> possiblethat there is a problem with the installation such as
> flywheel shimming
> or a clutch/transmission problem? Engine rotation and leak down test
> should have been performed before installation.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Anthony Bailey
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:53 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: engine help needed
>
> Hello all, Here's the latest update on my replacement engine saga....
> My mechanic got the 1.9L engine installed and low and behold -- its
> locked up tighter than a drum so to speak! So now I'm still without
> an good engine after going through all of this hassle and most of our
> savings accounts.
>
> So if anyone has got a good 2.1L engine available, I'm still needing
> one. I really need to get this van back on the road as inexpensively
> as possible. I had thought that buying this engine would save me a
> bunch of money, however as it is now it's done nothing but cost me a
> lot of money that we couldn't afford to waste and I'm not any further
> ahead than when I started. I've checked around with the salvage yards
> and no one has any Vanagons, let alone 2.1L engines out of an '86 or
> newer.
>
> The reason I'm also posting this to the Subaru & engine conversion
> lists in case one of you might have a good 2.1L engine for sale. My
> apologies if you get this request more than once.
> Thanks, Anthony Bailey
>
>
> At 8:42 PM -0600 12/1/03, Anthony Bailey wrote:
> >Hello All, thanks for your info and words of wisdom with this
> >problem. In case you don't remember I bought a 2.1L from an ebay
> >seller and he sent me a 1.9L and refuses to take responsibility for
> >the mistake. He said if I'd pay shipping for the 1.9L back to him,
> >he'd look around and see if he had a 2.1L and then I'd have to pay
> >for shipping the motor back to me.
> >
> >I've talked with a local attorney. He says since the guy I bought
> >the engine from is so far away that it would cost more than what I
> >paid for the engine to contest this and that I would be better off
> >to just sell the engine and get the correct one.
> >
> >So if anyone needs a 1.9L, which according to the seller - runs good,
> no
> >leaks and was rebuilt within the last few years, contact me (573)
> >238-2143. I'd like to have $700 for it.  If no one needs this
> then I
> >guess I'll have my mechanic move the parts off of my 2.1L and
> >install the 1.9L into my '87 Vanagon.
> >Thanks, Anthony Bailey
> >
> >Oh and btw the seller that I bought this from is...
> >Paul Perko
> >ebay alias munkybutt92 <munkybutt92@yahoo.com> and et_hehe also
> >1214 8th st se
> >Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
> >(612) 331-2378
> >
> >Hope no one else has to have any dealings with him.
> --
> -----
> Sent from Anthony Bailey . KC0HZP (abailey@clas.net)
> on an Apple Power Macintosh G3 AIO in Marble Hill, Missouri
>