Did the engine case have a DH code on it ?

you can't really tell visually which it is unless you see the case engine
number, right  below the oil tower thing.
I had an 85 that was a decent runner.
it was an automatic and the parts I had to convert it to manual trans
included a  DK trans and linkage.
That trans was noisy..
it finally failed, the supposed expert who put in another trans put in a DZ
from a diesel vanagon ,
then  I think my friend using the van drove it at 65 with that trans,
resulting in the ventilated case syndrome.
good ole # 3 ..
figured it was just a blown 1.9 ..
later I saw that it was an MV case.. ..a 2.1..
a decent 'rebuilt in Canada for VW of America' rebuilt too.  Wasn't too
happy about that engine getting wasted.

and to confuse things ...a 1.9 case can be assembled with a 2.1 crank in it,
making it a 2.1 really.

but really ...look at the case number, otherwise it could be either.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver

When I bought my otherwise immaculate 84 Westy in 1997 for the
princely sum of $1K, it had a fist sized hole in the top of the 1.9
case.  #2 rod bent 90 degrees and the piston was in a million pieces
throughout the case.  Camshaft was in 3 pieces too.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Mark Dearing <VWBrain@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/10/2011 11:59:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jrasite@EONI.COM writes:
>
> In my observation....
>
> I've never seen a 1.9 in the boneyard with a hole in the case. I've never
> seen a 2.1 without one.
>
> Draw your own conclusions.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> hey Jim I had a 1.9L with a hole thur the top that still ran, you could
> look into the case and watch the crank going around. drove it into the
> shop to fix it later mark d