Try these guys:

http://www.bright.net/~vwdiesel/

They seem to be diesel specialists.  I've had no
business with them, but I believe others have.
List?

Consider upgrading the diesel while you're
spending money.  Are there any emissions
consequences of putting a 1.9TD in his bus?

If you do decide to put a subaru engine in that
thing, you could sell off all your diesel
components to someone who can put a 1.8/2.0 in
their bus.

--- easoars <easoars@EMAIL.MSN.COM> wrote:
> A shipmate of mine just purchased a country
> home I think thats the name of the conversion.
> He picked it up in Lake tohoe and started to
> drive down home to Southern Cal. About 200
> miles into the trip the engine locked up. He
> had it towed to a garage and the mechenaic said
> that always happens to the diesel engine
> vanagons and offered to take it off his hands
> for $200.00. My buddy called me up and was at
> the point to do this but I convinced him that
> he would lose all the money he put into buying
> it. After 250 dollars of renting a trailer and
> truck from u haul he brought it home. The
> vanagon overall is staight with minor dents
> hiding underneath the bra and no rust. He is
> thinking about taking the diesel out of his
> rabbit that is running find but has about 150
> thousand miles on it. I told him before taking
> the engine out of the rabbit inspect the
> vanagons engine to see what the problem is. Is
> this something that happens quite often
> w/diesels. By the way the owner supposely
> replaced the head and renewed the oil. He
> confirmed that the oil was clean and the filter
> was new. Is there anyone out there that can
> help him locate a good bargain on an engine and
> get him back on track.  He was determined to
> get a Westy after he saw the one I just
> finished putting together.
> Andy
> 82 Westy
>

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