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Subject:Re: Anyone Ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
From:Chris S
Date:Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:13:26 -0500

Never heard of the guy, but keep in mind cheap COFAP pistons give
lower compression ratio, and therefore less power.

On 11/6/08, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
> Good Morning Everyone,
>
> Has anyone ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger
> (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
>
> He is located in Wayland NY.
>
> He is on the type 2 and A.I.R.S. sites, and is part of the rescue squad.
>
> He is 4 hours from me, seems very knowledgeable about the vanagon and
> am considering having him tear my engine down and rebuild it from
> scratch.
>
> - Machined to spec Crankshaft
> - New Pistons & Rings
> - Machining of the Heads, 3 Point Valve Job
> - New Complete Gasket Set for the entire Van
> - Plus everything else involved with a to Engine Spec Rebuild
> - Pull and Replace the engine included.
> (parts would only be German made, thought the pistons could be from
> Brazil possibly)
>
> Price $3k (which seems very very fair)
>
> His emails are:
> dslmax@frontiernet.net
> dwolf_at_bluefrog_dot_com
>
> Ebay ID:
> Dwolf (proved to have only positive responses on the both seller and
> buyer status)
>
> Samba
> Dwolf -  Also only had positive responses to people who purchased
> parts from him.
>
>
> Thanks for help.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rob
> NYC/Bloomingburg NY
> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
> 239,990 miles - automatic
> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com
>

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