all I'm not that well off as far as money goes at this point in life, but I'm willing
to help make a donation to help Larry and his van. let me know the details
and I run this threw my wife. ( since shes grip money these days ) hehe ;)
AND i'm a stay at home daddy for 2 kids that drive me nuts.

at the most i can give 10.00 sorry if this isnt alot but we are tight right now

Larry don't worry we won't let you become a mushroom in or-gone. :) things will come
good.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: The corruptor <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sent: May 5, 2004 9:48 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Roadhaus - Need an Engine

My post is public, because I think that everybody should post here so we can
follow each other solution and ideas.

I do hope that this community will be a real one now and will get together
for real, I can easily imagine a donation by each list member, can you
imagine a few dollar each, the price of a coffee and donut, am sure am not
the only one that wish you can continue that great adventure of yours ... I
hope to see some gentlemen's gestures here.  Reading your post this morning
did break my heart.... I had that feeling, since you where popping smoke in
front of me in FL...

Did you contact Marcus in Ontario? He as one, am sure many other do!!!
I will search all day and post on some local list.

Don't worry about changing the engine, I miss Oregon, I will fly there next
week if you have an engine and have no other cheap solution....

Damn, it's a sad day... but we need sad days to appreciate the good one. The
sun will rise again... Good thing your not stuck in the woods

Now the tech question:
-Is the cylinder gone (broken)
-Take compression, come back to us
-can you localise the main noise, is it from the right side.
-can you remove the right valve cover and check if the valve are slack????

If you have a jam lifter problem, the compression should be ok.

I can explain by p-mail all the procedure, I can also make you a web page
with pictures so you can do this easy check yourself. I wonder about some
dry lifter or low oil pressure, let me know Larry.

Love you bro
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