The Engine Rebuild

It was a lovely sunny day and we were heading back from the lakes and the camper was getting slower and slower and then.........bang. The engine overheated and one of the pistons seized in the barrel, the connecting rod kept going causing a right mess.







So, it was decided to throw even more money at the bus and try to guarantee some reliability (although this is impossible) by buying a brand new engine from VW Mexico. This came via VW Heritage in the UK and has been a very good strong engine though not without some push-rod tube issues causing a few teething troubles. The block as delivered was built up with pretty much ALL new ancillaries total engine build cost circa £3k!