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Subject:Re: Lost Power 85 Vanagon
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sun, 9 Oct 2011 08:27:54 -0500

What a pain, what a pain to go all the way back down to that camshaft.

Jim

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Don <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:

> You may have replaced the cam a tooth or two off thus upsetting the valve
> timing. Had the same thing happen when a timing belt slipped on my Mazda
> 626.   Sudden loss of power. In your case, if the power loss was immediate
> after replacing the cam bearings and remounting the cam, i'd look at cam
> timing.
>
> On 8-Oct-11, at 6:34 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>  Date:    Sat, 8 Oct 2011 07:38:41 -0500
>> From:    jon durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET>
>> Subject: Lost Power 85 Vanagon
>>
>> I had to replace the cam bearings on my 85 Vanagon. The engine lost
>> power. When it's cold in winter, I have to race the engine just to get
>> it going in first gear.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> --
>> �All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is
>> everything. What we think, we become.� Buddha
>>
>