Greetings

[Mr. Wolf]

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

[ernieekberg@...>]

Glad to have you in the group, ask away~
Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston,Montana
"POO-DOO-EXPRESS"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mr. Wolf
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:47 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Greetings


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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[Gregory OConnor]

Josh, maybe forum members with your 3208 setup can offer some advice
on things to do while the block is out??????

I had a 3208 that lost oil pressure while on the road and it turned
out to be a common problem with the oil pick up tube cracking and
falling off in the pan. Birds dont bounce around as much as my truck
did but who knows the application of your replacement engine.
Good Luck
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa


--- 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
>

[Eric Johnson]

Hello Joshua,
Glad to have another FC owner on the forum. Sounds kinda odd that your 3208
engine
had a bad sleeve. Some folks have had sleeves installed in their block but a
stock 3208
doesn't have a sleeve. If yours is sleeved, it would seem you could put in a
new one and
save the existing engine. Just a thought.
Regards, Eric in San Antonio
84FC35SBWL2

--- 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
>

[mbulriss]

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
>

[Wayne Willy]

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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[mbulriss]

Just got back in from taking the Harley for a spin and saw this comment.

Sorry, but "point, shoot, aim" comes to mind. Not enough info yet for
such a terse response from a relatively anonymous post.

We have no knowledge of the transaction other than the new guy, Josh,
has a broken motor. He never said it was "knowingly" sold to him
with a bad engine. He said: "The most painful thing for me thus far
has been finding out that it was sold to me with a bad engine." End
of story so far. For all we know, he bought it from a widow or off a
consignment lot or from someone who didn't know the engine was bad and
it had sat in a barn for 10 years. We don't even know if it was
running when Josh bought it.

I think it might be appropriate to get a little more info on the deal
before we break out the nooses.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX


--- 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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>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Howard O. Truitt]

Joshua,
Glad to have you join us. I hate to hear about your engine. Just for future
reference you might want to check with the forum membership for sources on items
of need. You mentioned your paint, several of the members have had there buses
painted in Mexico and saved a lot of money. Again welcome.
Howard Truitt
Camilla, Ga.
86 PT40


----- Original Message -----
From: Mr. Wolf
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Greetings


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





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mr. Wolf]

Sorry for the long response time. I honestly meant wall not sleeve.
They said the wall was all gouged to hell. Cat said it could be
sleeved, but felt if I was going to spend the money to pull the
engine it might as well be replaced with a reman. because other
damage may have been suffered. Of course, this increased the
price...but surprisingly their quote was mostly labor. Now, $13k to
replace an engine is just too damned much! Eight grand of that was
labor!

Going in next week has turned into going in...well, now next week
but a lot longer then that has transpired The mechanic Carl just
seems to have too much work coming his way and as I'm staying at
their Resort I can wait...for now. Been doing a lot of de-modifying
and re-modifying of what the previous owner did. He pulled out a lot
and added more. I suppose I could clean the big beast up and take
some pictures....

Joshua


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Johnson"
wrote:
>
>
> Hello Joshua,
> Glad to have another FC owner on the forum. Sounds kinda odd that
your 3208 engine
> had a bad sleeve. Some folks have had sleeves installed in their
block but a stock 3208
> doesn't have a sleeve. If yours is sleeved, it would seem you
could put in a new one and
> save the existing engine. Just a thought.
> Regards, Eric in San Antonio
> 84FC35SBWL2
>
> --- 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
> >
>

[Mr. Wolf]

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
> >
>