Hey, Dennis is very knowledgeable about Vanagons, you want him to type also?  With all of the convoluted German engineering that he has to understand its a wonder he has enough spare brain cells left to walk and talk with never mind type. :-)

Mark in AK  -- a very satisfied owner of a hitch designed and built by Dennis

Totally tongue in cheek - No offense to Dennis expressed or implied.  no Vanagons were injured in the making of this email

----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:04 pm
Subject: Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Tolls? For whom the bell tolls. My tolls are paid by Smarttag. How
> about you? :D
>
>
> On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
> > The VW I4 engines are notorious for bad valve stem seals and worn
> > guides.
> > With the proper tolls, the seals are fairly easy to repalce wit the
> > head in
> > place. The guides can be chaecked at the same time if you are
> > careful. It is
>