Yea! many are, at least around here... that is why i have a job :-)

Ben

pdooley wrote:

>Benny, was somebody actually driving that thing in that condition?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Benny boy
>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:57 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: The end of an era...
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>Since i started playing in Vanagon engine i was always able to save them...
>from a certain death.
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>For the first time yesterday and today, i can't! i can't save nothing on
>that engine, mostly because of rust, coolant corosion (inside and out) and a
>very old 200k miles engine. Even the core is worned out.
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>I can not save nothing! the only good part left were the following:
>New alternator, bypass coolant tube, the injector rails and a few small
>parts, those were replace lately.... here is the rest, good for the metal
>guy.
>http://www.benplace.com/maritime2007/odd_dead1.jpg
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>I will show you only one picture, this show the engine condition in general:
>http://www.benplace.com/maritime2007/odd_dead2.jpg
>(i hope you know what this is... an injector)
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>The intake tube were perforated, the plenium also, the throttle body was so
>loose and rusted that i had to trow away this one also. Heads... i won't
>talk about those, i don't even understand how that engine was still working.
>The exhaust was a nightmare. Even the side shield are in the garbage, not
>even good for the metal guy...
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>So, i quoted him a 5200$ invoice with a used good core, new heads, new
>pistons + an good use injection system... but without the Exhaust system, so
>with a new exhaust system, we were in the 6k$ +.
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>Hans is still with me in Montreal... (don't ask!) so the customer (almost
>crying) decided to go Subaru... he is quite lucky, we have a 2.5L almost
>ready. So for a few more K$, he will have somthing fast and reliable in the
>back for a long time...
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>When you get close to the 5-6K... look elsewhere than a rebuilt VW wasser
>engine!
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>Today, my fun was to open a Subi, a 2.2, just for fun, i had a look
>inside... this one has about 65K miles
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>That will be another post later tonight...
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>Benny
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