On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, cesar quiros <cesarquiros@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Funny, I am new to the Vanagon community, Got me a 82 WESTY AC(for cheap, complete ) will required a new engine. ..... So >anyways everyone I talk to (Mechanic wise ) tell me just get a new one or a later one, not worth the money to throw in a new >engine. And then I see threads like this one makes me feel much better about my decision to get her a new engine and up and >running again.

Obviously the price was right, so why not? Especially if body is rust
free or close to that.

I've put lot's of time/money into my '81, but it runs great and is
quite reliable. True my engine is not stock, but the air cooled is
just fine when built, maintained and used properly.

Some parts are NLA for the older Vanagons, but that's starting to be
true for the later models too. Besides. There are dedicated vendors
who are coming up with replacement parts or sources of NOS parts.

Neil.

-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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