I have a large stock of good used type 2 and vanagon engine externals parts
and tin work
intake exhasut and much in between
I just stripped an 80 vanagon engine with a mint harness and dist
81 cal exhaust and dist

WBx engine parts
dist $75
used coolant pies
intake and center sections
good used altenator $ 40
throttle bodys $50

Bob Donalds
Boston engine
508 358 6264

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Johnson" <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:26 PM
Subject: Name That Part - Bonus Round

> Welcome back to Name that Part.
>
> Ok, so after the big engine fire, I am left with a few things that,
> um, are kinda charred and I am not exactly sure what the heck they are.
>
> So, on a bracket bolted to the block at the middle bolt, about where
> the rear intake manifold pipes come across, is a solid tube or
> cylinder of metal, and a charred as all heck connector of some kind.
> Now, from the Bentley, this may be a theromtime switch.  If so, does
> it just have an electrical coonector, or something else, or what,
> actually?  It is fried.
>
> Also, related to that, just forward and slightly to the left
> (driver's) side of the distributor is a hole in the tin cover, and
> something that looks like it might have had a vacuum line, or maybe
> an electrical connector on it.  Any idea what this thing is?  Can't
> even get close to a guess using a Bentley.
>
> For tech sepcs - 1980 West Vanagon, Air Cooled 2.0L (of course),
> federal model.
>
> Thank in advance for any help, and thanks for all the timing tips.
> Hopefully I can just pull the distributor without pulling the drive
> gear, and then set the new one in and have it work like a charm.
>
> David
> - Slowly but surely trying to resurrect Blue Midget.