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Subject:Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:27:01 -0700

Thanks for the update!  I was hoping Larry was running around with some sort of conversion.  I hope it's trouble free, he deserves it!  

Stuart

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From: mcneely4@cox.net [mailto:mcneely4@cox.net] 

Maggie Dew follows this list, I believe.  Maybe she will respond.  They live in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and use the same mechanic I do, Darrell Cook in Norman, Oklahoma.  The RoadHaus has a Subaru engine in it now.  mcneely

---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> I was following Larry's posts back then and his $3500 2.2 waterboxer blew up at 18,000 miles:  http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0310B&L=vanagon&P=R7057&m=230908  After multiple failures he went to 2.1 pistons with no better luck:  http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0405A&L=vanagon&P=R10386  I quit searching the archives after this post.  Anyone know how Larry is doing these days?
> 
> I'm done with the WBX, it isn't designed for continuous duty.