I am not sure what the big deal is with these engines. I rebuilt one with nothing but Muir. It was my first rebuild. I did find it heavy and cumbersome for one person to handle. I did the rebuild over a couple of weeks. I stopped when I came to a problem, and asked around about the problem. I remember that setting end play gave me much concern. I also had a machine shop rebuild the heads, and turn the cam. It may be difficult to rebuild these engines, but no one told me, so I didn't know. Dumb beginners luck, I guess. Bill At 06:58 AM 7/17/96 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > I am a newbie on this list, but have been a lurker on the other >VW list for some time. I have just bought a '78 Westy, that beautiful >green color, high mileage, but really good shape. > > When I was having it checked out by the local VW shop, I was told >that VW mechanics hate the '78's pancake engine. They told me that they >would install a completely new engine when this one fails, but that they >would NOT rebuild it. Is this the general opinion among VW folks? If so, >why?
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