An uncle of mine who lived in Indiana drove one of the early VW bugs in the US.
One day when the car was about 12 years old, Uncle Harry was on his way to
Chicago when he threw a rod in the air cooled 4-banger. He called the nearest VW
dealer and had them tow him to the dealer where he waited while they replaced
his engine. Harry had an important appointment in Chicago and made it on time.
Total time to replace the engine and get the car back on the road was less than
1.5 hours. I think that was his third engine and the car had close to 1 million
miles on it when he finally retired it.
Geof in CA, 69tr6
ZoboHerald@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:52:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>RPVanLuchene@lbl.gov writes:
>
> >About how
> >long should I expect this to take for a first-timer? Or, just how much
> >beer should I buy? ha ha A friend of mine says he knows a guy who
> >claims he can drop a VW engine in 1 1/2 beers (no wire cutting).
>
> Assuming your friend's "guy" works mostly on old Beetles, dropping the engine
>is a much easier job than switching dashes in a TR6. A buddy and I got pretty
>fast at swapping VW motors back in high school, but that was many years ago....
>
> -Andy Mace
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