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Subject:Re: quick and dirty head swap
From:Tom Carchrae
Date:Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:39 -0700

Thank you so much Alistair!  You say 'quick and dirty' - but that looks
pretty clean to me.

I am still looking with fear at my van and have not yet had the guts to
pull the heads off.  I'm going to order a gasket set sometime soon.  Aside
from JB weld, the gasket set ( http://www.busdepot.com/025198009b ) - is
there anything else good to have on hand?

Tom

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:43 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Marble-ous!
>
> I know.   < groan >
>
> I bet this job will hold up longer than you need.
>
> Nice to see the detail in the images!
>
> Neil.
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > I've just started on the chore of swapping in a couple of heads on my
> WBX to get, I hope, one more year out of my engine to give me time to get a
> Subie 2.5 up to scratch. Make no mistake, I'm not doing a proper job, just
> a "buy me some time job".
> >
> > Anyway, I've posted some pics of the start of this here:
> >
> >
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/vanagon-quick-and-dirty-head-reconditioning/
> >
> > alistair
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>