[Vwdiesel] No start leakdown check

[Shawn Wright]

On 12 May 2005 at 22:02, Area31 Research Facility <stephensrw at stn.net> wrote:

> Nick,
> 
> That sure is a dart in the bum.  Sorry for the trouble you are having.

Definitely a bummer... I hope it works out for you.
 
> About the set of rings.  The jobbers in my area want about $110.00 for a set of
> rings after taxes.  I figure that is pretty stupid to the tune of at least
> $85.00.  All things in Canada seem to be priced outa sight like this. No wonder
> I do most of my hardware shopping at the local landfill site!

I paid $16 US at Halsey in Portland. Busdepot was about the same, as was 
AutohausAz.com - the latter offers free shipping over $50 (to the US) which can be 
handy if you have a friend just south of the border, and is often well priced on other 
stuff. Local CDN shops are around $60CDN for rings here. (bowwow.ca) 
Even the wreckers around here price stuff crazy - I bought a *brand new, original 
VW* coolant tank with cap for $22 US for my Westy - the wrecker wanted $30CDN 
for a used one!

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy