Description of some of the work I did (rough idle question at the bottom):

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Well, I finished putting on my head this morning and got it all wrapped
up.  Overall, I would say I am very pleased with the way it all come
together.  Mostly it was easier then I had thought it would be and I am
happy I did it - until it starts leaking again next week :)

I wrote up some of what I did and posted it.  It not too complete, but it
does have information on the amount of time I spent -- something I would
have like to have known before I started.  If you are interested, you can
find this at:
http://www.math.utah.edu/~thornton/vanagon/my-heads.shtml

As for specifics, I had trouble following the directions for adjusting the
lifters.  I wasn't sure to turn the adjuting screws two full turns or one
half a turn like some in the archives suggested.  So, I took some liberty
and turned them about a half a turn after they started getting tight.
This made it between a half a turn to almost two turns for each adjusting
screw.  I hope I didn't screw it up by doing this.  Any ideas????

The engine started right up and I put the coolant in as everyone suggests.
I hadn't done this before (I'm lazy I guess) and I found this to be a
miserable job.  I slopped I ton of coolant on the ground and make a smoke
screen as the coolant spilled on the exhaust pipes, but I think I got it
done alright.  The temperature level was ok when I drove it around.

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Now for my problem:

It runs great, but the idle is quite rough.  Could this be because I
adjusted the lifters poorly?  This is the only part of the job that I was
not too confident in my work.  How can I tell if this is the problem?

Any other ideas?  I suppose I'll do an archives search for rough idle, but
can anyone think of something I could have disturbed when putting my heads
back on.

Thanks in advance.

Blake
84 Westy
SLC Utah