IIRC there's a guy in Reno that sells a lot of them. High end sorta guy
IIRC. Lemme poke around and see if I can come up with his name.  Might
well be within your 100 miles.

Jim

On Wednesday, Sep 8, 2004, at 17:12 America/Vancouver, Fuzzy :philippe
wrote:

> Hello everyone!!
>
> First of all, I'd like to apologize to all of you who posted in the
> last 2 weeks: I set up a
> vacation response for the first time without realizing that the
> vanagon list would not be able to
> process it accurately. I disabled the auto message, so it won't happen
> again.
>
> Now on to pressing matters: I'm broken down in Truckee, CA with my '87
> Vanagon (2.1L automatic).
> The engine is sounding pretty rough with a loud knock at every
> rotation of the engine and with
> quite a bit of loss of power. It all happened very quickly over a few
> miles. Just before that, I
> was in 2nd with the engine at close to 5,000 rpm. When I brought it
> back to Drive, the
> knock/rattle/whatever started happening. I stopped the van on the side
> of the road, checked the oil
> -- which was pretty low, added a quart to bring it back to a good
> level. The day was also pretty
> hot. Seems like the engine is not eating itself up yet as there is no
> metal particles in the oil as
> far as I can tell.
>
> Sooo, if anyone could recommend a good Vanagon mechanic ASAP close to
> Truckee, CA, that would be
> sweet. I've checked with Auto Doctor and Fast (Past?) & Present, as
> well as the 76 station close
> by, and that can all see me tomorrow morning. But I would love to know
> if there's anyone else close
> by (within my 100 AAA towing miles) that would do a better job. If you
> have any ideas, please call
> me 415-505-0786. Any help will be greatly appreciated and I'll
> certainly make it worth your while!
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> A bientot et avec amour,
>
> Fuzzy :philippe
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>
> "Create the world you dream with every choice you make!"
>
>
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sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it
can be calculated in advance, and it becomes part of the ceremony.
-Kafka