Ooh wait until Lois knows your telling people you sleep on the couch, you
will be then! LOL! Just jokin'! Would be cool if you had a split double cab.
Tell Bob you need him to help you fix one up. LOL. Just joking.
Yes it is nice having a bus to sleep in. I will never camp on the ground
again. Well maybe I shouldn't say never. Did it once in Nacogdoches yep it
rained too.
Katrina & Dan Martin
71'bus "Homer"
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On Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 10:13AM, "singlecabboy" <
sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I hope to buy a real bus some day, I want to camp in
>it and everything but I'm not gonna get a camper , I
>just need it to have the middle bench seat , I figure
>that will work out great since I sleep on the couch
>every night anyway, Just kiddin.
>--- Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That's why I build my own. I know what I put in
>> them!
>>
>> Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> all i know is my guy was the best in the area, he
>> built 2 vw engines for
>> airplanes for cryin' outloud i think if he can build
>> a vw powered plane
>> engine he can build one for the ol' bucket. i have
>> never had a problem with
>> this engine, atleast the areas that he worked on.
>>
>> i agree sammie, research, research, research, then
>> cha-ching if you want it
>> done right. grabbing parts out of the yard and
>> building a motor is not the
>> way to go. mix matched cases, and lifters aren't
>> smart either.
>>
>>
>> >From: sammie smith
>> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [tcb] Re: Who was looking for a camper??
>> >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:06:40 -0700 (PDT)
>> >
>> >Have had 2 of them. Know their rep is bad; but ran
>> one for about 45,000
>> >miles till it started pumping oil really bad
>> through the rings Was still
>> >strong on the bottom end but pumped oil so bad it
>> was fouling the plugs
>> >bout every 300 miles. Still have the engine stored
>> and am going to tear it
>> >down one of these days and just see what it looks
>> like on the inside.
>> >Other one went in a vehicle that I sold. Put about
>> 3,000 miles on it and
>> >it was still running good. I think what they do is
>> build up an engine from
>> >reground stuff and used parts that barely pass
>> muster. Secret is: know
>> >your engine builder, there are a few good ones
>> around with strong
>> >reputations (and a lot of bad ones) that use the
>> correct parts and know
>> >what they are doing, and last of all, be prepared
>> to pay for it.
>> >
>> >Mark Sawyer wrote: Be nice. Hayden is new to the
>> >VW disease. Some people have had good luck with the
>> GEX engines.
>> >
>> >Brian Denning wrote: One Word:
>> >
>> >KABOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: Hayden West
>> > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >Subject: [tcb] Re: Who was looking for a camper??
>> > >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
>> > >
>> > >UhOH, I'm a newbie to all this, and my paperwork
>> on my remanufactured
>> > >engine is all GEX. What's the deal? Is there
>> stuff I should be watching
>> >out
>> > >for? I didn't put in the engine, the previous
>> owners did. It's a type I
>> > >1600cc dual port.
>> > >
>> > >Mark Sawyer wrote: Didn't know there was a "good"
>> > >GEX.
>> > >
>> > >Wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: I think 3k is considered
>> one of the good GEX's.
>> > >Or THE good GEX?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
>> > >Hayden
>> >
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