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It probably won't come as a surprise to hear that I was the problem... Took no. 1+2 cylinder head off this afternoon, this time I measured the original deck height carefully : about 2.5 mm, so that works out at about 7 5 to 1, as expected. So now I hope that the problem I saw with the new...

I have a technical question about engine configuration, parts compatibility and compression ratio... I've bought a set of 87 mm barrels and pistons from VW heritage, along with some EMPI GTV2 heads (40 mm inlet 35.5 exhaust). My crankcase is a stock rebuild I think, crank stroke is 69 mm. Deck...

Thanks again guys. Decided to start with Ozziedog's fuel pump test, hoping / expecting it would fail. It didn't, the fuel pump was merrily blasting fuel to the end of the bottle. Doh! So decided to check the timing one more time, just for fun. While rotating the engine to no.1 firing position...

Thanks Ozziedog, might try that tomorrow if I'm feeling brave. I don't think there's a fuel tank blockage because 1) when I changed the flexible fuel hose from the tank outlet a few weeks ago, it had no problems in soaking me in the second or two while I got the new connection on :) and 2) when...

Thanks to Moseley, Bluesnailman, Coda and all for your replies and suggestions. Latest update to the ongoing saga... Decided to just buy a new standard 34 PICT carb equivalent from VW Heritage, since I trust them. That's arrived and fitted, together with a new fuel filter fitted immediately in...

Thanks @Ozziedog, @Moseley and @Bluesnailman Pretty sure the electric choke is coming off as normal, but maybe I'll double check that again just to be sure. Yes it's a standard distributor with vac advance, and I think what you suggest @Moseley is well worth checking. However, I re-set the...

I don't *think* I've got a servo... but maybe I'll double check that. There's a vac connection on the inlet manifold that's been blanked off, I was checking that today but nothing obviously amiss. Also spent quite some time staring at the carb, looks ok, at least, externally... Thanks a lot for...

I think it might be possible to get a 2- or 3-armed puller in there without removing the tinware, but not absolutely certain...

Hoping for some help from those wiser and with more experience of VW aircooled engines. I serviced my stock 71 bay about a month ago - oil change, re-set the valve clearances, new points, re-set the timing to about 7 degrees BTDC using John Muir method, new spark plugs, everything checked over...

I'd forgotten about these, they're still in my (heated) cellar. Apologies to jtdoherty, I didn't see your request! Any interest from anyone..?

Open to offers

Anyone..? ...anyone...? :)

Anyone..? ...anyone...? :)

I have a pair of original German-made Solex 32 PDSIT carburettors that came off a 1600 twinport, a 'pancake' type engine in a type 3 fastback if I remember correctly. I got them from a scrapyard about 25 years ago and they've been dry-stored since then but not used. I've still got most of the...

Still for sale, if anyone's interested. Not what I would have called 'wide fives'. These are 5-stud, 112 mm PCD with a circular hub hole. So I think they might be called 'narrow five'. They are the original steel wheels that would have been fitted at the factory to a 1971 type 2 VW. Please PM...

Sorry folks, now sold.

NOS, bought in about 1991 from a place called Limited Edition where I had a friend who worked there. These were believed to be some of the last available stock of German manufactured ones. They have served a couple of years on my beetle, and a couple more on my bay, but have mostly been stored...

I took these off my 1971 bay when I fitted a set of SSP alloys - they've been stored in my heated cellar ever since (I think about 4 years). Two of the tyres are really good: one is like new, with about 8 mm of tread right across the width, and another looks nearly new, about 7mm tread across...

Still for sale...

Still for sale I've had a chance to have a much closer look at these now. Two of the tyres are really good: one is like new, with about 8 mm of tread right across the width, and another looks nearly new, about 7mm tread across the width (measured with a proper tread depth gauge). Looking at the...