Ken, You're absolutely correct here no doubt. But my job pretty much consists of about $1050 in engine core parts (including the water pump, assorted hardware. Much of my costs was buying tools for the job, fuel hoses, coolant hoses, tranny gaskets, engine mounts, etc. WHICH I would have incurred with the new block anyhow (except for those tool specific for the rebuild. Of course the oil pump would be already on..... Considering that #@!** three groove pulley held on by 150-some foot-lbs of torque, it may be worth the extra $1000, since I can't get that nut off to save me!!! Brian Cochran Carnation WA >From: KENWILFY@aol.com >To: rangerbrian@hotmail.com, vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com >Subject: Re: [VANAGON] (costs)happenings with home engine repair: The big >picture (par... >Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:36:54 EST > >I always encourage folks to get their engines rebuilt by Bob for this very >reason. I sat down when I was thinking about replacing the engine in my >'91 >Carat Vanagon and tallied up all the costs of the new parts that I would >going to need to do the job right. It came to close to $1500. Or I could >get a rebuilt engine from Bob with a warranty for around $2200 (with >shipping). So by doing it yourself you only really "save" $700 and you >have >to factor in how much time and running around you are going to do and your _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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