Servo pipe options and engine install advice

[charlie34]

Hi everyone

First off, what pipe are you all using to run servo to manifold under the van. Heritage list one but it's out of stock.

Next up I'm getting ready to put my engine and box in. Any advice to make it easier? Would you fit gearbox then engine or mate the 2 together and put in as 1?

Cheers
Dan


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[rlepecha]

Put box and engine in my bus in the past week or so.

Gearbox went in first, then engine. Gearbox in first made it so much easier to get to the CV joints to torque them up.

To install the gearbox I cut a piece of 18mm thick plywood about the overall size of the gearbox and screwed two wooden blocks cut as V blocks too it. Then removed the castellated piece on my trolley jack and put a bolt through the plywood into the hole that the castellated insert was attached through. Then tightened it all up snug.

Gearbox could then be reinstalled on the stable base, without having to worry about it falling off the jack.

If you cut the ply in the correct shape, you could probably use a few other bits of wood to make a more stable base for jacking the engine up too.

Tip from me would be to make sure the gearbox is central before you install the engine, measure from the input shaft to the same point either side, if its not central before you put the engine in it will be very difficult to get the engine to mate with it.


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[Bluesnailman]

for the servo pipe - i just measured the internal diameter of the fittings and bought from eBay. i used two types - a thin wall flexible silicon one to get me from the manifold out of the engine bay where I put the one way air valve, then used a transitional reinforced black one to take me to the servo

 

[Webbaldo]

Servo pipe, just renewed, theres a company on ebay that sell 12.5mm ID Truck air brake hose which is vacuum hose more than enough for the job.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371809379042

Miles cheaper too than VW suppliers, only 5.50 a metre

Don't buy the generic silicone vacuum hose off the boy racer suppliers, itll just collapse under the vacuum, heard some horror stories from the Scooby crowd who replace everything with silicone. If you do make sure its the reinforced type. The water/oil hose isn't up to the job.

I just bought 2m for use from the solid pipe to the engine and a bit spare as it fits the breather tube as well.

You could run it the entire way but no idea how much you'd need.

I just fitted Gearbox and engine back as in well, fitted gb separate, first, mate held up whilst I attached the nose cone mount, then kept rear on axle stand whilst connecting shifter coupling/cv joints/engine. Fitted engine with 3 tonne jack with plywood under drain cover to protect engine. My mate balanced the engine whilst I aligned the two lower mount studs then fitted them and the engine bar mounts. Top two after fitting. Id bolt the engine bar on first. Don't worry about the accel cable, fuel lines, I found them easier to fit from underneath once the engine was in.

I'd fit the clutch cable first though.

Took about an hour (minus torquing the CV's up) and I'm a novice with VW engines.

 

[ozziedog]

I have a section of scaffold plank about nine inches by nine with some roofing batten on top and nailed down on both sides to form a sturdy `lip` that spreads the weight away from the bottom plate, it`s perfect for the engine and I would think it`s good for the box too. Do them separately just because of ease / weight with very basic tools, if you were in a tricked out garage with every conceivable thing on hand then that's different. When removing / installing engines and or boxes, please make sure you have the jack as central as possible for the weight and not visually and spend a little time getting this bit right. On the engine it is almost centre of the bottom plate but not quite plus it depends on what else is bolted on as in accessories etc. Try and make the last little run with the motor on the jack as smooth as poss because as you get under you have less ability to jump around the engine to counterbalance the weight.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Nice and slow and steady :mrgreen:

 

[charlie34]

Cheers everyone, top advice there. I've got plenty timber and ply kicking around to make something, so there's some good ideas there.

Next think is to build the engine brace to miss the turbo Thomas exhaust. I've just picked up another this morning, so I know have all 3 types. Hopefully I can come up with something to work.


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