Thanks David and Stuart. Yes, I think I let this fault go on for too
long. Wasn't keeping track of the miles.....

I have an ABA engine that I've rebuilt, wiring harness in various pre
install stages + diesel Vanagon parts. Plan is to do a swap but had
hoped I could get some more miles out of this WBX.

At one point I'd thought to rebuild a WBX and in fact had a spare core
plus parts but I knew that wasn't in the cards for me. What little I
know of engine building, the WBX is more involved in that regard. Then
again, we'll see how much I know once I turn the key on the ABA!

On 5/4/17, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil,
>
> I know you are looking for hope here, but there is none. The longer you keep
> driving, the more likely it is you won't have a core to rebuild. It's time
> to fix, replace, or convert this engine. It's past the time actually.  There
> are options ranging from cheap worn out engines sold by those doing
> conversions to a full rebuild like the Go Westy engines.
>
> I have a 1.9 I'll be selling soon for $500 with some life in it, but it's
> not worth shipping.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Neil N
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 5:30 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
>
> On 5/4/17, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As a last resort, I will check the head nuts to see if any are
>> obviously loose  ....

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