The absolutely cheapest you will find a type 4 engine in operating
condition is in an 1975-1979 bus or earlier 411/412...buy the whole car for
$300-$600, take the motor and sell the rest. You won't necessarily get a
2.0 hydraulic, but an oil-puffing 1.7 would still move the van pretty well,
if lowest cost is your only concern. (If you bought a 411/412, snitch the
BN-4 heater as well).

More recommendable...without a core, a decent 2.0 hydraulic should run
about $1,200 used (no warrantee) and up to about $3,000 remanufactured.

The oil cooler is an add-on. Highly-recommended if you drive fast or haul
stuff in the heat. Use as an augmentation to the stock oil cooler, NEVER as
a replacement. Better used with an oil thermostat, and better placed at the
front of the Vanagon, (behind the grill), with copper plumbing to and from.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Jonathan Sykes (SWUS) [SMTP:Jonathan.Sykes@SMALLWORLD-US.COM]
Sent:   Wednesday, November 03, 1999 12:37 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Price of 81 Vanagon engine?  Plus Oil Cooler question

 << File: ATT00004.htm >> Howdy:

Saw this ad recently:

"1981 CAMPER Excellent cond. except motor (needs one). $1800."

Could anybody tell me a ballpark figure for a 81 air-cooled engine?

Also, a 83 Westy I looked at over the weekend had a oil cooler situated on
the outside of the bus (drivers side, near engine).  Anyone know if this
was
standard to early 80's Vanagons, or an additional oil cooler (Muir suggests
a similar operation)?

Thanks.

Jon