Well George, I advise you to get a GEX engine and be done with it. I am sure
Bob doesn't need the bad publicity and you don't need the uncertainty of a
possible bad engine. Get a bad engine from the gitgo and forswear all doubt
about what you got.

I gotta tell you, if I were buying a rebuilt, I would go with AVP only
because it's 75 miles from me and I would get to know Mike Miller better as
he lives down the street from them. Otherwise, I would roll the dice with
Mr. McDonald as his work is recognized as superior in 99.94% of all rebuild
cases.

tim in san jose

>From: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: THX0001@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Boston Bob Engine / Leakers?
>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:53:39 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/28/04 3:14:55 PM, tolga@MAC.COM writes:
>
><< Well after 15K on mine my biggest complaint is still that it leaks a
>good
>deal of oil from the main seal behind the pulley, it has from the get go.
>  I talked to Bob about it numerous times and while he has fiddled around
>with it a bit he really didn't step up to the plate to resolve the
>problem.  He told me that these engines aren't made to modern tolerances
>so an oil leak is unavoidable. >>
>
>I hate to read this because I was considering one of his rebuilds and you
>are
>the second person I know of with an oil leak in one of his engines.  The
>other one is in my friend's van and its the rear main seal which has leaked
>from
>the start.  I guess Boston would supply a new seal, but there was no
>mention of
>labor.  Also, if the crank is bitched a new seal puts you right back to
>square one after much expense.  Maybe this is a good reason not to buy an
>airmail
>rebuild.
>
>Except for English engines, oil leaks became a thing of the past about 40
>years ago, so the age of the design specs has notjing to do with the
>problem.
>Could it be that the cranks are reground and he expects the stock sized
>seals to
>accommodate the reduced OD?  Or, are there no seals made to accommodate the
>reduced OD?  I wanna know.
>
>George

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