very interesting.
thanks for posting this.
the Boston Bob stories are scary . ..how 'off' somethings that are
supposed to be right can be.

On 4/20/2012 10:21 AM, neil n wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Am looking at a Westy with a "factory remanufactured engine" (2.1
> WBX). It may be a VW of Canada reman. Engine has about 34,000 KM's.
>
> It seems VW have sold that aspect of their business to Cummins:
>
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0006B&L=vanagon&P=R4071
>
> Does anyone have an approximate time line of when this happened?
>
> It was interesting to get some insight via the archives. Here's a post
> from the esteemed Bob Donalds (may he RIP):
>
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0410A&L=vanagon&P=R3349&m=188659
>
> In my mind I wouldn't assume that Cummins did the job right on the WBX
> (maybe the diesels?) but maybe they stood a much better chance?
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil.
>