I have the progress of my rebuild posted on my web site along with a few
photos.  (http://v-dub.musa.com) One thing you may want to look at is the
photo of my No. 4 piston, it has a chunk burned off the side and did not
have a center ring left.  The ring was is a few hundred pieces.  The engine
blew smoke and fouled the No.4 plug, go figure.  All this with 22k on the
engine, it was a VW factory rebuild, cost around $4k.  This new engine is
being build by Walt's VW Service in Columbia, MO.  The clutch(new), fly
wheel, pressure plate(new), pulley(new), crank, rods and a few other parts
went to Gene Berg a few days ago to be fully balanced.  I'm betting this
engine will last longer.  I'll keep you posted on the progress, or check out
my site, it's updated frequently.  Or at least when anything of importance
happens.  There are a couple shots of my MSDS intake system here also.  I
refinished it to remove rough areas and seams in the aluminum, the vacuum
line has also been removed (only used for CA Vanagons).

Dave Filcoff            dave@v-dub.musa.com
Volkswagens!            http://v-dub.musa.com
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87 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Weekender (129k)
88 Fox GL 4 door (152k)
90 Associated RC10 Team Car, Aluminum
95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 FS
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St. Louis / Columbia, MO
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