Oh stop it! The Vanagon water pump is not all that bad a job. I've even
done them in campgrounds. You just have to know a few tricks and have some
good tools. Just looked it up in the Mitchell guide. With power steering
and AC, 3.1 hours. There is not too much difference between the 1.9 and
2.1. 2.1 slightly easier since the t-stat housing is not attached to it.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:52 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Water pump?

The 2.1 on is 'stupid hard' to do with the engine in the van.
Really nasty.
The 1.9 isn't fun either of course.
They sure were NOT thinking about repairing them with that design.
Good excuse to go to a subaru engine right there !
Scott
www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Geza Polony
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Water pump?

The poster does not mention what year van or model of engine. Apparently
the
water pump change is easier on the 2.1's than the 1.9's. For the 1.9's,
"all
day" sounds about right to me, depending on what sort of "relax and enjoy
favorite beverage" breaks you take.