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<blockquote data-quote="Trikky2" data-source="post: 158958" data-attributes="member: 240"><p>Sorry to hear of your troubles. </p><p></p><p>Strangely, this kind of failure is not all that uncommon. These vehicles are old now and cracked cylinder heads and/or overtightening the sparkplugs in the past (easily done for those not used to working with soft alloy cyl heads) will lead to this problem.</p><p></p><p>Like all old vehicles, they may be valuable now but nearly all of them went through a banger stage where they were abused, neglected and bodged. I guess thats why some go for such a comprehensive restoration.</p><p></p><p>It seems a shame you have had to go through the whole recovery saga since cyl heads are easily obtainable in France and replacing the head is a quick job - about 3 hours (even for a mechanic not that familiar with early bays). Its wise to always carry a workshop manual like Haynes with you for this reason. Had you been in my area I even have a couple of brand new 1600 tp heads sitting in my stock of spares.</p><p></p><p>Theres also quite a few VW clubs and specialists in France. </p><p></p><p>It would have avoided the whole recovery thing. Hope you get it back soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trikky2, post: 158958, member: 240"] Sorry to hear of your troubles. Strangely, this kind of failure is not all that uncommon. These vehicles are old now and cracked cylinder heads and/or overtightening the sparkplugs in the past (easily done for those not used to working with soft alloy cyl heads) will lead to this problem. Like all old vehicles, they may be valuable now but nearly all of them went through a banger stage where they were abused, neglected and bodged. I guess thats why some go for such a comprehensive restoration. It seems a shame you have had to go through the whole recovery saga since cyl heads are easily obtainable in France and replacing the head is a quick job - about 3 hours (even for a mechanic not that familiar with early bays). Its wise to always carry a workshop manual like Haynes with you for this reason. Had you been in my area I even have a couple of brand new 1600 tp heads sitting in my stock of spares. Theres also quite a few VW clubs and specialists in France. It would have avoided the whole recovery thing. Hope you get it back soon. [/QUOTE]
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