Joe,

There's hope for you.  I just bought a rolled VW GTI - going to put the 1.8t
in my vanagon.  Virtually everything associated with the power train is in
great condition -- it runs great - just messed up top & sides.  So you could
take something like this and migrate the coolant system and controls along
with the engine swap.  A bit of mounting for the radiator & air conditioning
system and some longer hoses and you'd be good to go.

Or so I believe,

Werner

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:35:23 -0500, Joe Luther <jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US> wrote:

>Since my Vanagon is air cooled, am I toast on eventually converting it to a
>water cooled engine such as an ABA 2.0 or a TDI?  Not that I would want to
>do this but the body and interior are so nice I would hate to give up on it
>if the 2.0 AC parts supply becomes an issue.
>
>TIA
>
>Joe