If you want to keep the stock motor, I strongly urge you to talk to The Bug Shop. Nobody in Western Canada has more experience with Vanagon motors and they are straight up guys. 604-589-2236 If you're thinking Subaru, Paul Guzyk is in town and showing off his latest conversion. 604-484-4543 Good luck On 10/18/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote: > > SO I got the engine out and flywheel off (needs a new flywheel), heads and > cylinders off. Unfortunately Dennis was right about the block - the rear > thrust bearing is moving in its seat, I can rotate it about 1/8" inch. > Nobody in Vancouver area can machine these blocks and there isn't an > oversize bearing available, so it looks like a new used block for me. I'm > leaning towards letting the machine shop do the parts swap - polish the > crank, mic everything, install new bearings, probably new cam and lifters. > I > could do this part myself and save $400 bucks but the chances of fouling > up > something are good as I have NO experience with these engines. It's weird, > this engine was rebuilt not that long ago from all appearances - no > cylinder > ridge and you can still see the crosshatch marks on the cylinder walls, > oil > galleries drilled and plugged. I know the heads were rebuilt this summer. > Yet all told I'm still looking at a grand, not including new exhaust and > heqter boxes, and I'm still left with a questionable motor. So now I'm > wondering what one of these engine conversions cost? >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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