Droping (not removing, just lowering)a Subi or a Wasser in a vanagon take
about 15 minutes, you need to remove cat and muffler, 10-20 minutes, remove
the shield, 5 minute, now, it's open field, do your stuff and lift
everything back up. Very easy.

On top, Subi T-belt are quite something, they have "noob proof" mark, align
mark on belt with cam gear mark and crank gear mark and your done, to double
check,turn the engine until all arrows point UP. More easy than that...

Even on Honda car's it's more dificult, anyway, you should NOT worry about a
belt change, by the time you need one, you probably won't have your Westy
anymore.

John from Vanaru is right, 3 hours is about right.

Ben
http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/subi_engine2.jpg

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 22:11:52 -0500, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>Would appreciate any commentary regarding the timing belt issues on some
>of the Subaru engines currently being installed in the Vanagon. Once in
>the Vanagon, how difficult is it to change the/those belts. Can it be
>done with the Sube engine in place, or does the engine have to be
>dropped? How hard is it to do - in the van or out.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver