In a message dated 02/05/2007 11:14:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

My  uncle's looking for a turn-key rebuilt 2.1 for his '89 Westy. His
mechanic
has quoted him $3500 CDN exchange (+labour) for one, which he  thought
was a VW reman. Are they still doing these at VW? I thought $3500  CDN
sounded pretty fair if it really a VW rebuild. Any thoughts or other  options
in
Canada? He drives it a lot (van has nearly 600k kms), so wants  something
that will last. I had good luck with my VW reman 2.1L, which ran  strong for
14 years and 220k kms (and no  leaks!).

Shawn, I have one of these engines sitting in my  garage.  There should still
be more in the VW system.  I have written  extensively about this engine in
the past so if you go search the archives since  January you will find what I
had to say.

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) )_ Frank Condelli &
Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)  - Vanagon/Vanagon
Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley_ Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)  _  BusFusion_
(http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,
2007