No, not a test, a serious question. I mostly only work on family
vehicles and not for money. People sometimes ask about diesel engine
upgrades and as you said the 1.9NA is the easiest way to go. I wanted to
know what you or some other pro might charge for such an upgrade. It is
getting very hard to find decent used 1.6NA stuff anymore.

Mark

Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> Mark, is this a 'test' ?
> I would think that you especially would be quite familiar with what engines
> and transmissions cost, and how much labor is involved.
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark Drillock
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:42 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
>
> So, how much do you estimate for a 1.9NA engine and the tranny change,
> parts and labor to a limping along 82 Diesel Vanagon?
>
> Mark
>
> Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>
>
>>Hi.
>>A 1.9NA would be the most gain for the price, and 'almost' isn't an engine
>>conversion- very minor issues, big gain for the cost and not much
>>difficulty.
>>
>>If this van has the stock 82 diesel 4 speed trans, the DZ -  Need to
>
> change
>
>>that too, if it's to be very good.