[T2] Air-cooled 2.0L Vanagon heads (rectangular port) for sale, SF Bay Area

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yeah we have to watch out for our own.

I have had to call AAA but I also demand a rollback and they have 
providded one.

Bob



On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Dennis Gentry wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 17:29:30 -0700
> From: Dennis Gentry <dennis.gentry at gmail.com>
> To: type2 at type2.com
> Subject: [T2] Air-cooled 2.0L Vanagon heads (rectangular port) for sale,
>     SF Bay Area
> 
> Hi,
>
> I hope it's still OK to post the occasional personal for sale item?  It
> comes with a little story.
>
> I had a tow truck driver destroy the engine in my 1980 Vanagon (2.0 L,
> rectangular port heads).  I already went ahead and put in a new engine.
>
> The heads had about 7,000 miles on them since their rebuild with
> cryogenically installed valve seats.  If anyone is interested, I'd like to
> get $100 for the pair.  The whole rest of the engine can come along for
> free, but I'm not sure how much else is salvageable.  (The crank, rods, and
> case are probably shot.)
>
> -- Story Follows --
>
> I was driving along I-80 outside of Fairfield, CA when I noticed smoke in
> the rearview mirror.  I pulled over and there was a trickle of oil coming
> from where the oil cooler meets the engine -- One of the two rubber seals
> had slipped a quarter inch, probably because the oil cooler wasn't clamped
> down as tight as it should have been, and when the trickle of oil hit the
> hot exhaust, it smoked, pretty impressively for the tiny trickle.
>
> Since I had AAA and didn't want to fix it by the side of the road (the oil
> cooler is visible, but it takes a bit of digging to get to where you can
> tighten it up) I called for a tow.  I left it with the parking brake set
> but out of gear.  I told the driver it was rear-wheel drive and asked for a
> dolly, but he didn't have one (or didn't want to take the time to use it)
> and just hooked up by the front wheels.
>
> Once it was all hooked up, we got in the truck and the driver pulled out
> onto the freeway.  At about 55 mph, there was a bit of a lurch/tug on the
> truck and you could hear wheels squealing.  I guessed right away what had
> happened, and the driver said "Uh oh, I was afraid of that."  It left an
> impressive pair of skid marks as the driver slowed back down and pulled
> onto the shoulder.  The driver had put it in second gear, so apparently
> VW's shift point of 38 mph is about 18 mph below where it will throw a
> rod.  I was never able to get AAA or the towing company to pitch in
> anything for the new engine.  They claimed that my engine was already shot
> and I was just looking for someone to pay for it.  Sigh.
>
> Anyway, if anyone is interested in the heads, drop me a note.
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
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