On Jan 29, 2007, at 6:13 AM, dylan friedman wrote:

> Frank,
> I have three in  the junk pile at my shop, all with #3 threw the roof.
> What gives?

The 2 ac engines i have thrown rods in were both # 3 "threw(pun?) the
roof" also. Didn't VW solve this inherent design flaw when they went
to wc?

Evidently not!

Tom B.-throwing a rod in my ac DC is why I got a vanagon in the 1st
place!
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> dylan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:44:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Threw a rod pictures
>
> In a message dated 28/01/2007 7:38:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> I  finally got a couple of pictures of the rod came out of my 2.1
> case on
> line.
> _http://new.photos.yahoo.com/vwbecida/albums/_
> (http://new.photos.yahoo.com/vwbecida/albums/)
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> Very interesting !   Usually it's number three rod !  I have a
> quite similar
> looking engine in  my storage of junk !
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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