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Subject:Re: And so it begins - 88GL
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Fri, 6 Oct 2017 00:15:38 -0300

When my ’88 arrives there, I’ve promised myself an EE20 … the boy is on-board, but Mom is not convinced.

> On 05-Oct-2017, at 23:52, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Pulled my dead engine out of the van today. Planning to tear it down bit by
> bit until the leak reveals itself. Then will decide what to do. I'm leaning
> toward a complete to overhaul with all new seals and gaskets right on out
> to the tail pipe, a  complete  ring job on all cylinders, and a valve job.
> All this will be done subject to what a crankshaft runout test shows. If
> its to much, and it requires the case be split, the whole thing goes to the
> scrap heap in favor of a Subaru Engine.
> 
> John R