Hello there, Van-a-rinos! today i find myself overjoyed to once again
emerge from my usual lurking and humbly post here among your most esteemed
ranks to beg the attention of one who might provide.

i will be hitting the road from my winter post near Redding, CA in about a
week and my first stop is Oakland, where a friend has asked me to lend my
limited expertise to a '82 diesel with a blowed-up gearbox that was
recently gifted to a nonprofit, the sustainable living roadshow. since i
won't have time to open it and wait for parts, i am hoping to find a good,
swappable replacement that i can pick up somewhere between, say, the oregon
border and Santa Cruz.

SO, list, what have you got for me?

incidentally, i'll also be posting up my '83 TD/5sp tintop for sale in a
few days, but that's for another post...mostly(just planting seeds!)

thanks alot, list!
-Bob