Date:         Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:22:13 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Engine swap step by step.
In-Reply-To:  <000d01c546b4$61b9a0a0$fbf95e44@noner4688xfd1h>
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In 1991 I was given my '84 7 passenger with a blown engine (the price
was right).  I scrounged around and found another '84 (cheap) that had a
  running engine so I took the running engine from the "Parts" van and
put it in my freebie.  There was the major improvement, Stan ... the
engine I put in RAN.

I did this without benefit of a Bentley or the list or help from a
friend.  A solo job from start to finish.

I had no knowledge of WBXRs so I just got a handful of "String Tags" and
a box of zip-loc sandwich bags.  I tagged all the wires and put nuts and
bolts from each component in separate labeled bags.  That way if
something required "Special" fasteners they either went back to the
place they came from or were replaced with new of the same grade and type.

Long story short ... I'm still driving that '84 with its swapped in WBXR
engine.

Mike
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy


Stan Wilder wrote:
> I honesty thought that it was a typo.
> Why would anyone just want to pull one and plug in another WBXer unless they
> had some major improvement.
>
> Stan Wilder
> Engine Ceramics
> 214-352-4931
> www.engineceramics.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Engine swap step by step.
>
>
>
>>Hmm. I see what you're thinking Stan, but I'm not so sure he meant he
>
> wanted
>
>>to do a Subie conversion so much as he wanted to pull his VW engine and
>>replace it with another VW engine left over from somebody else's Subie
>>conversion.
>>
>>At any rate, Jim- if you wanted to do a Subie conversion, start with
>
> Stan's
>
>>info. If you wanted to swap stock engines, there's a blow-by-blow for each
>>stock engine in section '10' in the Bentley (labeled 'Engine-Assembly',
>>right in the front after the index and general info).
>>
>>I'm sure there are lots of tips, tricks and elaborations in the archives
>
> to
>
>>supplement the book:
>>
>>http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
>>
>>Good luck and keep us posted!
>>
>>Cya,
>>Robert
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:07 AM
>>Subject: Re: Engine swap step by step.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Try this site for help.
>>>http://www.cycoactive.com/Urabus/urabus_registry.html
>>>http://volksweb.relitech.com/convert.htm
>>>
>
> http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/soob_engine.html
>
>>>http://volksweb.relitech.com/subacrew.htm
>>>
>
> http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/soob_electrical.html
>
>>>You need to go over to Yahoo Groups and get with the Vanagon Subaru
>>>Conversion group there.
>>>I've only done one conversion and that was just the bolt together part.
>>>Someone else made up the wire loom and installed all the electrical.
>>>
>>>Stan Wilder
>>>Engine Ceramics
>>>214-352-4931
>>>www.engineceramics.com
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Jim Henry" <jhenry@JCHGIS.COM>
>>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:24 AM
>>>Subject: Engine swap step by step.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Replacing exhaust manifold that was improperly replaced by former
>
> owner's
>
>>>>incompetent mechanic, has escalated to very difficult, if not
>
> impossible
>
>>>>project and may at the least mean removal and perhaps replacement of
>
> the
>
>>>>head. (I have suffered from every repair that they made, bus would have
>>>
>>>been
>>>
>>>>trouble free if they had never repaired it. Fortunately not in business
>>>
>>>any
>>>
>>>>more) I have a spare engine that I have never heard run but was
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> replaced
>
>>>>with a Subaru by its former owner, supposedly with less than 70K miles,
>>>
>>>half
>>>
>>>>that of my engine, so I am tempted to pull original and replace with
>>>
>>>spare,
>>>
>>>>hoping for the best.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have a web site or document with a step by step procedure
>>>>that
>>>>might keep me on the right track. I have a copy of the  Bentley manual,
>>>
>>>but
>>>
>>>>find it lacking in offering the correct sequence of action.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any help and advice.
>>>>
>>>>Jim Henry
>>>>
>>>>84 Westy
>>>>Durham, NC
>>>>
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