...and NO extra charge for the rat turds!

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 20:54, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>wrote:

> Sounds like a bonus to me!!!
>
> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
>
> On Jan 17, 2012 7:51 PM, "Jeff Schwaia" <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So... I bought an '85 Wolfy Weekender a couple of months ago for a winter
> project.  Kind of doing a mechanical resto and putting in a 1.6TD and 5
> speed.  Van had been sitting for about 5 years (and looked it), but is
> fairly clean and rust free.  PO told me his uncle was going to fix the
> engine (5 years ago) but never completed the job.
>
> Fast forward to last weekend... I pulled the dirty engine out and set it
> aside.  It's a 2.1 that he did a horrible job of trying to make fit in the
> '85.  Aside from the dizzy and wiring, he had all the 2.1 parts still on
> the
> engine that he tried to mate up to the 1.9 chassis.  Hoses were going to
> the
> wrong places, the O2 sensor was plugged into the A/C compressor wire, etc.,
> etc.  Pretty ugly.  Good thing he never got it to run!  None of that really
> mattered though, since it was all coming out for the conversion.
>
> Here's the funny bit... I started to pull the bits off the 2.1 longblock to
> see what kind of condition it was in.  After I pulled the intake manifold,
> I
> noticed that the intake ports were perfectly clean.  Hmmmm....  next I
> pulled the exhaust and found the exhaust ports to be pristine as well.
> Rebuilt heads?
>
> Water pump looked crusty, bad still had the faded "tested" sticker on the
> front.  Removed the WP and guess what, perfectly clean inside the case too.
> Still not convinced, I removed the crank pulley, flywheel and their seals.
> Yep... perfectly clean behind both seals and it was obvious the main
> bearings and seals were brand new.
>
> Looks like I have a brand new, 5 year old, rebuilt longblock.  After
> cleaning off the dirt and rat turds from the top of the case, I'm pretty
> sure it's an AVP rebuild due to the color of gray they use.  Makes sense,
> since AVP is just up the road from Sac.
>
> Since it's been sitting so long, I'll probably take off the heads and
> replace the seals, etc.
>
> Still... pretty nice surprise.
>
> Good example of a DPO.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>