Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:26:43 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Subject: Air-cooled Vanagon engine for sale
Addendum:
I removed the flywheel to mount the engine on my stand. If you want the
flywheel with the engine (I assume you do) I'll loosely re-assemble it to
the engine but not torque it down in case you want to change out the front
seal.
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Tom Young '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@attbi.com>
To: <type2@type2.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: Air-cooled Vanagon engine for sale
> Hi all:
>
> Since I have a rebuilt TypeIV sitting in my garage I'm selling the engine
> out of my recently acquired '82 Westfalia.
>
> I drove the van with this engine in it exactly twice: the first was a 30
> minute or so test drive on city streets and freeways, the second was the
15
> minute drive home. My impression of this engine was "strong." That's
> obviously a seat-of-the pants impression, but I've driven my '81 Vangon
over
> these same hills and dales and freeways and the car seemed to move out
every
> bit as strong as my '81. Both drives were during a period where we were
> experiencing record heat, but the "dipstick test" indicated no overheating
> of the engine.
>
> The engine has a new left-side head that couldn't have more than 100-200
> miles on it. The owner said that the head cost a little over $300, and
> that's about right.
>
> The engine has a sound coming from it that sure sounded like a lifter not
> pumping up, but, if that's the case, it didn't pump up during either
drive.
> In any case the noise sure doesn't sound like a rod knock or something of
> that sort.
>
> My wife, who followed my home after the purchase, reported a small puff of
> smoke coming from the tailpipe in situations when I was decelerating.
Since
> I didn't even notice it during the initial test drive we're not talking
the
> Exxon Valdez here.
>
> About an eighth of the top fin on #4 cylinder is broken.
>
> Now you know exactly as much as I do about this engine!
>
> I've done a "medium" job of cleaning the exterior of the engine, so you
> won't be presented with a complete pig of an oil-soaked engine.
>
> I'll palletize and box the engine for shipping. If the purchaser lives
near
> an Amtrak with freight capabilities and chooses to ship that way (fairly
> cheap, in my experience) I'll take the engine to the Oakland station.
>
> Asking price is $500, plus actual shipping cost charged by the carrier,
plus
> $10.
>
> I know that a picture *isn't* worth a thousand words when buying an engine
> over the internet, but I've posted 2 pictures of the engine at:
>
> http://home.attbi.com/~tomyoung1/Images/ForSale/right.jpg
> http://home.attbi.com/~tomyoung1/Images/ForSale/left.jpg
>
> Thanks!
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> Tom Young '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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>
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