I agree as well about having problems getting somebody else to work on a
converted vehicle. In fact, this sentence/warning is on my website:

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A word of warning to potential "swappers": Once you convert the engine, be
prepared to do all the future
repair and maintenance work yourself. Many professional mechanics will not
work on a converted vehicle
unless they were the one who did the conversion.
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TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

>  It isn't easy to get garages/shops to look into a
> problem when you have a converted bus.