[Vwdiesel] 250k milestone

[Terry Briggs]

I'm impressed with it, makes you wonder why anyone would drive 
something that when it gets to 100k they want to unload it. I've got 
another 1.6na that I'm going to rebuild and then swap it out in the 
spring sometime. With what I drive for work, I should have 300k on it 
by then. I would like to find a 1.6 turbo, but those are like trying to 
find hens teeth around here. My plan is to completely rebuild the 
engine from top to bottom, new everything. I was wondering though, 
about the stock head, what do I need to look for as far as stress 
cracks and such, what determines if it's not wise to re use. I've 
rebuilt lots of air cooleds, and a few chevy 350's, but never a diesel. 
What do you look for.
On Dec 10, 2006, at 9:31 AM, mikitka wrote:

> It is really great that everyone is getting some serious mileage on 
> their
> diesels.  I just hope mine holds up as well. I got a long way to go 
> since I
> only have 20k on a complete rebuild and only a young 182k on the body.
> Nick
>
>
> At 01:25 PM 09/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>> Maybe 86 was a good speedo year, mine lasted to 486,000. Ran longer 
>> than
> the car.
>>
>>
>>  I can not believe your odometer never quit on you,
>> most likely never will at this point.
>
> Mine is over 500,000km, and still working, although I can't reset the 
> trip
> anymore, the button is stuck, but it still registers
>
> Sandy
>
>
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