

| Subject: | Re: Engine swap step by step. |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:54:58 -0500 |
I honesty thought that it was a typo. Why would anyone just want to pull one and plug in another WBXer unless they had some major improvement. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Engine swap step by step. > Hmm. I see what you're thinking Stan, but I'm not so sure he meant he wanted > to do a Subie conversion so much as he wanted to pull his VW engine and > replace it with another VW engine left over from somebody else's Subie > conversion. > > At any rate, Jim- if you wanted to do a Subie conversion, start with Stan's > info. If you wanted to swap stock engines, there's a blow-by-blow for each > stock engine in section '10' in the Bentley (labeled 'Engine-Assembly', > right in the front after the index and general info). > > I'm sure there are lots of tips, tricks and elaborations in the archives to > supplement the book: > > http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html > > Good luck and keep us posted! > > Cya, > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: Engine swap step by step. > > > > Try this site for help. > > http://www.cycoactive.com/Urabus/urabus_registry.html > > http://volksweb.relitech.com/convert.htm > > http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/soob_engine.html > > http://volksweb.relitech.com/subacrew.htm > > http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/automotive/vanagon/soob_electrical.html > > You need to go over to Yahoo Groups and get with the Vanagon Subaru > > Conversion group there. > > I've only done one conversion and that was just the bolt together part. > > Someone else made up the wire loom and installed all the electrical. > > > > Stan Wilder > > Engine Ceramics > > 214-352-4931 > > www.engineceramics.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Henry" <jhenry@JCHGIS.COM> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:24 AM > > Subject: Engine swap step by step. > > > > > >> Replacing exhaust manifold that was improperly replaced by former owner's > >> incompetent mechanic, has escalated to very difficult, if not impossible > >> project and may at the least mean removal and perhaps replacement of the > >> head. (I have suffered from every repair that they made, bus would have > > been > >> trouble free if they had never repaired it. Fortunately not in business > > any > >> more) I have a spare engine that I have never heard run but was replaced > >> with a Subaru by its former owner, supposedly with less than 70K miles, > > half > >> that of my engine, so I am tempted to pull original and replace with > > spare, > >> hoping for the best. > >> > >> Does anyone have a web site or document with a step by step procedure > >> that > >> might keep me on the right track. I have a copy of the Bentley manual, > > but > >> find it lacking in offering the correct sequence of action. > >> > >> Thanks for any help and advice. > >> > >> Jim Henry > >> > >> 84 Westy > >> Durham, NC > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.1 - Release Date: 4/20/2005 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.1 - Release Date: 4/20/2005 > >> > >> > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.1 - Release Date: 4/20/2005 > >
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