Well as I get deeper into this head gasket job, I'm hearing more voices telling
me to go for the full rebuild.

Having never done more than change the oil on my cars up to about 3 years ago,
I'm working my way up the DIY shade-tree mechanic ladder.  Thus I was hoping to
just do the head gaskets and let that be the lesson from this engine.

But now that the engine is on the floor and I have time (it's a spare engine
and the gaskets in Bev's engine aren't leaking _that_ bad :-), I keep hearing
it's just a bit more work and a few more $ to crack the case, do the bearings,
probably rings, etc.  Ron at the Bus Depot even offered the loaner VW tool kit
for wrist pins and he's "just around the corner" from me.

So where do I read up on rebuilds?  I have the Muir Idiot Guide, but skipped
the rebuild sections so far.  I hear about a Fisher book, I check on Amazon.com
and found the Wilson and Grissom book about aircooled VW rebuilding.  Any other
suggestions?

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 190K miles
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