all right ..
very on top of that stuff I see.
how many miles on it when she blew ?

not that common on 1.9's in my experience..
but you never know.
I've heard of thousands of cases of engines that blew and people  swore
there was no warning at all..
and people that crashed going straight down a clear road too....for 'no
reason.'

the cars and vanagons do amazingly well considering what they have to endure
actually.
almost ford tough.
that would be a dream of mine ..
build a car that has huge parts, can endure endless abuse ..
super easy to work on, manual everything.   That would be fun.
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver

Yes it was a DH.  In fact, the serial number matched what was in the
original owners & service booklets in the glove box.  I have very good
documentation on my Westy back to the original owner, whom I have
corresponded with in the past.  He was surprised when I wrote him a
letter about the vehicle several years ago.  He was still at his
original address in Hemet, CA :)
--
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 Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 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
> ***********************************
> 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