Greetings

[Mr. Wolf]

Well, the name of the individual I bought my bird from is Art Brown.
Now, he denies any knowledge of the engines bad condition, but I
find that hard to believe. He said he changed the oil a few months
prior to my buying it but it hadn't been used much since then. I
heard what sounded like an exhaust rattle that was only there at
idle at purchase. I made note of it, and he agreed it was probably
the exhaust. It ran out fine, if smoking a little. I checked the oil
on the dipstick and it showed no sign of metal or carbon in it. The
only odd comment Art made was that I should probably change the oil
when I get it home, and the belts. When I took it to Cat, they
didn't know what it was either. At first they thought it sounded
like a fan hitting the shroud. Again, no big problem. It ran fine
out on the freeway for them too. At speed there wasn't much smoke
and no rattle could be heard. They spent about eight hours trying
to find out what the noise was and told me they couldn't find it. I
told them to go ahead and changeall the vital fluids then and just
check the valve lash...my best guess for the oil burning and smoke
under heavy accelleration. Well, as soon as they started draining
the oil everything started coming to light. There was metal in the
oil. There was even more in the filters. I had them drop the pan and
that's when they saw piston one was all tore up and what was heard
was piston slap.

So, that's the story. Tracked down a new(er) engine that was
reman'ed about five years ago and seems in pretty good shape. As
always though, it's hard to really tell without tearing apart the
entire engine! Keep your collective fingers crossed!

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wayne Willy
<badbillybiker@...> wrote:
>
> Josh
> Read your "deal" and getting a bad engine... It's a shame when
such human garbage
> with the morals lower than a snake knowingly takes advantage of
someone on a major prchase without haviing the balls to acknowledge
the situation and make good on it...
> A courtesy to maybe publish the name of the "screwer" so that
anyone able to read will not have any further dealings with social
scum of that calibre...
> Last nite I had a correct ending to what could have been a
sticky situation on my end but it all worked out as I was dealing
with a person of ethics...
> Badbilly
>
> mbulriss <mbulriss@...> wrote:
> Hey backatcha Josh!
>
> Welcome to the forum. Great to have another Texas based owner to
come
> to the Lone Star Birds rallies. Eric forgot to mention he is the
> rally master for the next one here in San Antonio on April 13-15.
> Watch for more information from him. Where are you located in
Texas?
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf"
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I joined, hmm about a month back, but have been busy moving into
> > the 'bird to get a chance to sit down and introduce myself. My
name's
> > Josh and I have a 78 Wanderlodge. I'm in Texas, and the paint is
> > pretty faded on her, but just about all the equipment is still
> > functional. The most painful thing for me thus far has been
finding
> > out that it was sold to me with a bad engine. The piston sleeve
on
> > number 1 is tore all to Hell. Luckily, I managed to track down a
> > remanufactured engine that was a few years old for dirt cheap
and it's
> > going in next week!
> >
> > Once I get her back, I'll open the floodgate of questions I
have
> > talk to everyone soon!
> >
> > Joshua
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[Eric Johnson]

Johsua,
You may not be able to bring your coach to the Blazing Star RV park in San
Antonio for the
Lone Star Birds rally, but they do have 1 or 2 bedroom cabins available. You
would be
welcome to join us at the rally to talk about Blue Birds if you are interested.
Rally date is
April 13 & 14 with departure on the 15th. There is no charge to attend the
rally other than
your cabin rental. Blazing Star RV park's reservation line is (877)387-5777.
Their website
is http://www.blazingstarrv.com. If you just want to stop by and chat for awhile,
that's OK too.
Send me an email if you're interested and I'll send you some rally information.
Regards, Eric in San Antonio
84FC35SBWL2

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf" wrote:
>
> I'm in San Antonio right now as well! Sad to say though, I'd be
> surprised if the bird was ready to go anywhere by the 15th, but I'd
> be more then willing to stop by! My mechanic has a lot on his plate!
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey backatcha Josh!
> >
> > Welcome to the forum. Great to have another Texas based owner to
> come
> > to the Lone Star Birds rallies. Eric forgot to mention he is the
> > rally master for the next one here in San Antonio on April 13-15.
> > Watch for more information from him. Where are you located in
> Texas?
> >
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I joined, hmm about a month back, but have been busy moving into
> > > the 'bird to get a chance to sit down and introduce myself. My
> name's
> > > Josh and I have a 78 Wanderlodge. I'm in Texas, and the paint is
> > > pretty faded on her, but just about all the equipment is still
> > > functional. The most painful thing for me thus far has been
> finding
> > > out that it was sold to me with a bad engine. The piston sleeve
> on
> > > number 1 is tore all to Hell. Luckily, I managed to track down a
> > > remanufactured engine that was a few years old for dirt cheap
> and it's
> > > going in next week!
> > >
> > > Once I get her back, I'll open the floodgate of questions I
> have
> > > talk to everyone soon!
> > >
> > > Joshua
> > >
> >
>