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Subject:Re: Tune Up Poll
From:David McNeely
Date:Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:28:04 -0800

Are you saying that you knew the odometer reading was off when you bought
it, or that you learned that after you bought it?  In most states, changing
the odometer reading without documentation on the title of actually
replacing the odometer is a crime.  At least that is what I was told in a
title office in Texas some years ago.

Sounds like you got a good vehicle.

Dave McNeely

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I had our 2.1L checked before we purchased the van in 2003 and again after
> the drive home, Berkeley, CA to Anchorage, AK, both tests averaged 165lbs
> per cyl.  The engine had obviously been rebuilt at some point but the
> seller had no history on it as he had purchased the van to flip and
> providing its history would have revealed the odometer readings had been
> rolled back.  It was then and still is a good van and a reasonable price
> when we bought it but I would have pushed for a lower amount had we known
> the truth.
>
> Mark in AK
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 4:53 PM, den jolliffe <sondancer77@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Lots of talk about parts and adjustments, but nobody has mentioned
> > compression testing...
> > Bentley says 140-145 on a 1.9 or 2.1 WBX...I've yet to see more than 130
> > on any WBX....is 140 realistic with dished pistons and pump gas...
> > This is not a flame proof suit question, just something for discussion
> > purposes...
> > D.
> >
>

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