Phil, My background is similar to yours during my youth and I had the thing out in less than a day. I would encourage you to be careful about labelling all the hoses and wires with masking tape for the replacement. Good luck! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:29 AM Subject: Re: 84 westy engine replace advice wanted
> Phil: Is there a compromise? How about working WITH a "local pro", then taking the > engine to "one of the reputable ones (Bob's/AVP/etc) " m2cw Malcolm > > On 20 Mar 2002 at 6:14, Buffy and Philip Simmons wrote: > > Question for the group. Is this pull and replace of a rebuilt engine > > something I can pull off in a few weekends, or should I simply pony up > > the dough to a pro > > > > Thanks for the input > > > > Phil |
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