Re: [MBZ] OT looked at a VW Dasher Diesel Wagon today

[kevin kraly]

I'm glad that you had such wonderful luck with your Quantum Diesel.  The 
longitudinal engine configuration sure is different than the Rabbits and 
Caddy PU's, and the guy said that the radiator is actually beside the engine 
rather than in front of it although I wasn't paying much attention to it 
until she blew off steam.  I thought that these engines needed valve 
adjustments every 15K miles just as Mercedes 61X Diesels do, but he said 
that he's never adjusted valve clearance on any of them that he's owned.  He 
doesn't take them apart much other than changing out engines when one loses 
power or gets blowed up.  The guy had a few engines since he's fooled around 
with Rabbits and the VW caddy trucks.

Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 266K miles, Ursula