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On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 22:29, Constantino Tobio wrote: > > > I was guessing a factory remanufacture, not factory-new- the crate has a > recycling-type symbol on it (pic on the bottom, with the VW logo painted > on the crate). Unless that logo is meant to imply that the old engine > is to be returned to VW in that box. > > The real test would be to find out if that engine was ever installed in > a car (if it was a rebuild)- one could look up the engine serial number > and see which VIN it's associated with, if applicable. > That would not have been a new engine. VW never shipped the dealers NEW engines, even for warranty replacement. For warranty work, we actually rebuilt the old one, no matter what was needed. They wouldn't put in a rebuilt engine in a new car. That engine has never been in a car. I can tell by some of the things I see in the crate. The tape over the generator holes, etc. Towards the later part of the '70's we couldn't even get the complete engines, only long blocks, valve cover to valve cover. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~