Richard,

IMHO a Boston Bob rebuild is Hands Down the "BEST BANG" for the Buck if you
have to stay with the wazzer platform.

I agree with the herd on staying away from GEX and would suggest AVP is
almost as bad.

I recently pulled a AVP rebuild that had a set of mysterious problems from
day one.

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Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:58:36 -0500
From:    Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...???

Good New Year's Eve Morning!

It appears that my 87 Westy (150K miles) has a compromised head gasket or a
cracked head. Fortunately it made the 850 mile trip to my son's house and
back this weekend, even though it was spitting lots of coolant out the back
for the last 300 miles...

With 150k miles, it doesn't seem to make sense to pull the engine and
replace the gaskets or heads. So the question is what is the best
replacement engine out there? I really don't want to spend big bucks on a
Tiico, TDI, or Bostig conversion, so that pretty much leaves a rebuilt
wasserboxer. Of course, all of the websites for the rebuilders state their's
is the best (and ok, I'm leaning toward a Boston Bob engine), what's the
consensus out there? What are your experiences - good and/or bad with AVP,
GEX, and Boston Bob.

I'm assuming that it's going to end up costing an extra $1500 or so for new
fuel lines, water pump, exhaust and labor to put it in.

Anyone interested in a "engine replacement"party??

Happy New Year!

Thanks.

Ric