[T3] that's it

[topnotch at nycap.rr.com]

Sorry to hear about your situation, but its a common one where when somebody 
gets in a situation where they can no longer make money on the deal, or it costs them too much, they ditch.  Of course a Ford can indeed do strange things to people, I believe John J has a pill he takes for that;-) but your in the right part of the country to find help and this list or the Samba is your "angies list" for T3 vw repair shops that you can rely on.  Without seeing it, my best guess is you need a cam and lifters and the geometry set up properly, this means splitting the case but with a low mileage engine if you don't pop the pistons out of the Jugs when you remove them you may be able to get away with just the cam and lifter replacement.

I suspect, and again, I haven't seen it, but I suspect that either Lloyd didn't set up the valve train geometry right or didn't break in the cam with the proper method or proper oil.

Keith

---- Fiesta Cranberry <fiestacranberry at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am in San Francisco.  We never dropped the engine out.  Lloyd said he
> needed a place to work, and he couldn't do it at his house anymore.  So I
> rented another garage, so he could work on the engine in my garage, and we
> would store the body in the rented garage.  Cost me $200.  When I told him
> I had the garage, he just flaked on me and said he was "Out of VWs."  Ever
> since he bought that Ford truck, he's been acting weird.  He hasn't even
> fixed The Bucket (his Bus)!  I have no idea why.  He's kept The Baroness
> running for 15 years, and now he just leaves me at the alter. I feel like
> the totally unsuspecting wife who wakes up one day to find out her husband
> has left her...for another man.
> 
> So I still don't know for sure what's even wrong with The B..
> 
> Does anyone know anything about The BusLab in Berkeley or Lavere's?
> 
> And how much would it cost to take it to a shop and have the engine dropped
> and opened?
> 
> I have had such bad experiences with shops that I am very reluctant to use
> one.
> 
> Yes, I can do some of the simple things, like valves and oil changes,
> adjusting carbs, etc., but dropping the engine and splitting the case is
> way beyond my capabilities.   I'm on disability, and my back is really
> bad---I've already had one spinal surgery.
> 
> Lori & The Baroness, 1971 AT SB
> I
> -- 
> "I wrestled with reality for 36 years, and I'm happy to say I've finally
> won out over it."
>                                                   ---Elwood P. Dowd
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