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Date:         Sun, 1 Aug 2004 21:09:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: diesel conversion
Comments: To: Skip Emmert <skip@SKIPEMMERT.COM>
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I've got some good engines at reasonable prices and no core required. http://www.engineceramics.com/vw/vwparts.htm I assisted in converting a 82 Air Cooled Westy over to a water cooled Subaru and it was a six month project and over 4K$ very quickly.

Stan Wilder www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Emmert" <skip@SKIPEMMERT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: diesel conversion

> Thanks for the suggestions that we scrap the van, but this 1980 has 80K > original miles and is in great shape other than the engine. I suspect > that we wouldn't get much for it, though, without an engine. With another > van costing $7000, I'll come out cheaper replacing the engine and I won't > have to find out that the 'new' van had an impending engine failure. Not > to mention that selling mine, buying a new one, and getting everything > registered would take maybe as long as fixing this one. Keeping this one > really appears to be the cheapest and most expedient path. Besides, now > I'm emotionally attached. :) > > So, back to the question at hand. Does anyone have a reliable source to > do a gas to diesel conversion in the Southwest that could start sooner > than three weeks? Any additional info from diesel owners would be > appreciated as well. > > Thanks, > Skip


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