How many hours?  And what is your time worth (be honest)?

I know that some people don't count their own time as part of the conversion
cost, but does add up.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Rob
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: body work vs. mechanical work

At  3/10/2008 02:55 PM, Kenneth Wilford wrote:
>Andrew,
>I have never heard of anyone doing a conversion for less than just
>replacing the waterboxer with a rebuilt one.

Here is what it cost to put a '91 Subaru 2.2 into my 1987 Vanagon
after the VW engine put a rod thru the case. This is from a post I
sent to the Subaruvanagon list after I was done.
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$2109.87 was the total spent (near as I can tell) including shipping and
taxes.

The header, mount, wiring guide, throttle kit, PS hose, Shiels thermo
housing, adapter/flywheel, was $1137.94

When you include a new radiator (my helper over torqued the bleed
bolt and cracked it), oil psi gauges, clutch & cat converter I spent
$500.42 at BusDepot.
These things were not necessarily part of the conversion, just things
that needed to be done.

$164.08 at the Subaru dealer (on-line). This was a new timing belt
and assorted seals & o-rings.

The donor ended up costing $185.

I have $122.23 in misc receipts from assorted FLAPS & hardware stores
including the hoses & hardware.

Rob
becida@comcast.net