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 Posted: 05-14-2009 07:24 am
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smcmanus wrote:
I'd do the head gasket and fix the plug hole.  Take your head to a good machine shop and they will have the plug hole fixed in no time.  Watch those shims and keep everything in order.  The rear seal is not a bad job either.  You could do the clutch at the same time.

The used motor is probably in worse shape than yours.  I suspect that will lead to much sorrow.  The devil you know!


The seller in question is Lotusbits, but I do hear you, buying a used engine untested is a dodgy proposition. This coming from a man who just bought a used diesel engine for his Vanagon. I hope I'm lucky.

The time aspect is really what concerns me. I am planning a full rebuild, but I will not have time to do that this summer, so this will have to be on a repair basis. Even the rear seal may have to wait, if I can do the rest with the engine in place.

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Joachim