Thanks Ben.  Good info.

I've done several conversions here at the shop, but never a Subie so it's
good to have an idea 'what it takes'.  Sounds like the harness is the
biggest time hog and it may be worthwhile to use one of the Subie harness
gurus to save some time.

Perhaps one of these days I'll do a Subie conversion, although, I can't see
where I would find the time...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Benny boy
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:15 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: body work vs. mechanical work

Hi Jeff. Good question!

I will tell you how much time it take me, so i guess you can multiply by 5
to 10 for any normal weekend mechanic.

-Engine removal/van prep (86 +) = 2-3 hours (well, ok, that is all i do
since 4 years).
http://www.benplace.com/fabian/fabian14.jpg

-Engine assembly (considering i am not changing the head gasket)= 1 easy
day.
http://www.benplace.com/subaru25/sub_ej25_2007a.jpg

-Harness = 2 days

-installation = 1 day (not even)

-Testing = .5 day.

So i would say that part time, i guy should take about a month. All weekend
+ a dew night per week.

I think that make sense.

Ben

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:38:57 -0700, VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>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
>
>
>