Finally tracked down those VW Rebuilt engines up  here in the Great White
North.  With the help of Denis sending me the part  number, O25-100-031-EX,
Citiwest VW found that there are three in the Ajax  warehouse.  The part number is
in the ETKA 7 program.  Price is $3300  CND and yes they will accept any
condition core even with a hole in the  crankcase.  My bud at Citiwest told me that
a few years back VW as  accepting cores and paying for them.  They finally
found they were taking a  loss and stopped that after some enterprising soles
were going around to scrap  yards and collecting engines to turn in for profit.

Cheers,

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection
for  sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
_Vanagon  Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
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camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,  2007