The flip side of this story...

I've been diligently saving my pennies to have a TDI transplant on my 86
syncro since about January - I've saved up about $8 k!
(which is hard because my other hobby is a music studio and band!)

The mechanic originally spec'd out June/July as the months for the work
but now says he's so backed up it could be months. m - Back at the
beginning of May I offered a big down payment to get "in line"...
but alas... I will have wait an unknown amount of time patiently... my
syncro looks so sad in the driveway - she
blew a head stud last winter- on redone heads with about 12 k on them....

patiently waiting...
chris