It just slipped past me! 10 years now on my diesel->gas conversion on
my '82 Westy. Did it way back in April/May '94, soon after i joined the
Vanagon mailing list.

216,000 miles on the van now, the swap was done when the van had around
95,000 miles on it, and the donor engine ('92 1800 digifant) had 20,000
miles.

So... that old I4 has been pushing the brick for around 121,000 miles
with hardly a hiccup. And its been doing it with the diesel tranny.

engine repairs that come to mind are:

cam shaft end seal
new exhaust manifold (old one was still usable)
exh man gasket
intake man gasket
valve cover gasket
crankshaft seal
distributor cap
spark plugs
oil pan gasket
fuel lines
injectors cleaned
homemade bushing in alternator
new brushes in alternator
thermostat (cooler one, old one still fine)
AFM cleaning and carbon track tweeking

hmm, thats all I can think off.

oh, and its been using a K&N filter, synthetic oil (mostly Mobil 1 and
Castrol Syntec), and the orange Prestone long life coolant.

its a good innings I think, for both having the van and staying on the
list :)

Alistair

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/