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posted by  walrus3 on  Sat May 3 08:22 CST 2008
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VPD does EXCELLENT work.
But you might be getting a lot more than you need, paying a lot more and waiting
a long time for it. John occasionally has a big backlog and when he does it is hard
to get any communication from him to find out when you might get it back together.
If it was mine I would find a 72-73 B20E or F and put it in there and then tear
down the engine that got the bad report and see what you have. But before you do
that I would measure the lift of all the valves (should be be about 3/8" or a bit more on all of them) and get a good compression check both dry and with about a spoonful of SAE 30 oil in each cylinder.
This report of "not enough vacuum to start" sounds (as Tom & Ray Magliozzi would say) BOGUS!!
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!






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