Hello all,

I flushed the cooling system on my 84 Westy the other day, dislodging the
piece of rust/crud that was plugging the leak in my head gaskets.  I now
have a constant drip from the left head gasket.  So faced with the high cost
for replacing the heads and 150K+ miles on the engine, I am considering
replacing the engine with a rebuilt one.  I am going to purchase the engine
from my local VW guru because he has the best warranty (1 year parts and
labor including removal of the engine) and a fair price.  My questions are
what should be new/rebuilt in the rebuilt engine and how many hours are
required for installation of the engine by a VW mechanic?  Also what else
should I replace while I am at it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Mike D.

'84 Westy
'97 Passat GLX VR6
'96 Canaondale F-700
'95 Cannondale R-600
Saunderstown, RI