Phil,

My background is similar to yours during my youth and I had the thing out in
less than a day.  I would encourage you to be careful about labelling all
the hoses and wires with masking tape for the replacement.

Good luck!
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: 84 westy engine replace advice wanted

> Phil:  Is there a compromise?  How about working WITH a "local pro", then
taking the
> engine to "one of the reputable ones (Bob's/AVP/etc) "  m2cw   Malcolm
>
> On 20 Mar 2002 at 6:14, Buffy and Philip Simmons wrote:
> > Question for the group.  Is this pull and replace of a rebuilt engine
> > something I can pull off in a few weekends, or should I simply pony up
> > the dough to a pro
> >
> > Thanks for the input
> >
> > Phil