Your Mileage May Vary.

Mine does.

Mike

On 1/14/05 1:10 PM, "Tim Olmstead" <tim@CWO.COM> wrote:

> Very good thought Mike. If you replace body/interior parts on any vehicle
> you can get squeeks and groans. If you replace/repair an engine you should
> get a quieter and more powerful vehicle.
>
> Mike what is YMMV?
>
> Tim
>
>> My take on that is it's always cheaper, and better, to fix a good
>> body/interior van with new hardware rather than to do body and interior
>> work
>> on a good mechanical van, or any other vehicle for that matter.
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 1/14/05 3:19 AM, "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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>>> Thanks for all of those who helped me attempt to troubleshoot my 83
>>> diesel Vanagon no start issue.  As you may remember for the last post (a
>>> few months ago) I traced the problem to low compression in the engine.
>>> Therefore I had to replace the engine.  I looked around and you know it
>>> is difficult to find a known good diesel rabbit engine today.  There
>>> just aren't a lot of rabbits around like there were even 7 years ago.
>>> After checking here and there I thought of calling a friend of mine.  He
>>> bought my brother's old diesel rabbit and then a couple of years ago I
>>> had gone over the engine with a new head gasket, water pump, etc.  The
>>> car always ran excellent.  I bought the car for $500 and proceeded to
>>> swap the engine.
>>>
>>> Over the course of the past month and a half we have finally completed
>>> the work.  It was a project that got time only when we were between
>>> other things (that pay).  The van looked great when I bought it and the
>>> person I bought it from (they know who they are) really talked it up.  I
>>> was sold a van that "just wouldn't start".  What I ended up buying was a
>>> van that looked nice on the surface but was really in need of almost a
>>> complete mechanical restoration.  That's life.  Sometimes you're the
>>> windshield sometimes you're the bug.  Anyway it is finally up and
>>> running well now and after replacing almost every hydraulic unit on the
>>> vehicle, the brakes and clutch are working well (yippee!) and after
>>> rebuilding the shifter the 5 speed transmission is working well.  Now it
>>> is ready for the next owner.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for all the help.  You folks are a great resource and you
>>> are always there for me when I need you.
>>>
>>> Ken Wilford
>>> John 3:16
>>> www.vanagain.com
>>>
>>>
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