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Date:         Mon, 01 Apr 1996 11:44:02 -0500
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From:         dworkin@ari.net (H Steven Dolan)
Subject:      Resubsciption and Req for Info on '78 to '73 Engine Swap

After disappearing for a year, I am re-subscribing. Sorry to be gone so long, but after I got back from my personal cross-country tour last spring things got a bit busy. I send this so Joel can revise revise the stats list and to explain why I am re-subscribing.

I no longer have the '78 bus. I drove it to Florida two weeks ago and used it to rear-end a pickup truck. Hard. No injuries, but totalled the bus. Because I had a fresh engine and fresh tires on it, I was unwilling to abandon the carcass, so I looked about a bit and found a genuine '79 Florida beach bus (fine on top, but completely rusted beneath). After performing a roadside engine/tire swap, I drove the engine (and attached rust bucket) back to Alexandria, VA. Got as far as Fredericksburg, VA before the rusty gas tank clogged the gas filter and I was afoot again. Had the '79 towed the rest of the way, but in the process of driving and towing it back formed a very negative relationship with this body, and am determined to get rid of it. I have now purchased a '73 Westy and intend to transplant my '78 FI engine into it. Has anyone out there ever retrofitted an FI engine into a non-FI body? As I see it the problem areas are:

Fuel System: swap gas tanks (after cleaning out the rust) mount electric fuel pump Electric: Strip rear wiring harness from '79 and '73 Install '79 rear wiring harness in '73

Body: chisel off and install air filter support bracket switch fuel tank cover plates (for decel valve anchor arm)

Questions: What have I forgotten? Where are the hidden pitfalls? Anyone done a complete rear harness replacement? Am I too old to do something this dumb?

Further Westy questions: How does the fridge work? Where can I get replacements for: pop-top canvas pop-top to roof seal drop table hinge?

WALSTIB, Steve


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