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Following on from my hello thread yesterday (thanks for the comments and warm welcome) I said i would start a thread of the work i have been doing to get it on the road and reliable.
When i bought it the PO told me about the end float, and he wasn't wrong! so first job was to remove the engine and see what was going on. this is the first VW i have owned and never had a go at any major engine work before but just fancied trying to sort things myself as much as i could and have a friend that knows all things air cooled to help. Anyway cant be any more difficult than working out how to post pictures! (easy when you know)
The more the engine came apart the more the scrap pile grew, it seemed a shame as i think the engine had a lot of work done on it but one of the rocker cover gaskets had been put in badly (very) and this must of lead to it overheating badly. i had been given a spare case which i took to the engine shop and had align bored and whilst there i asked them to sort it for full flow. i was going to build a 1641 as this was my first go thought this would be best.
Here are some pictures I will post more of the build over a few days as it takes a while to do each time. quality of pics is not great and some have been taken on my phone, but gets my thread started.
This is the case after i got it back from align boring
Started to try and make the tinware look a bit better, just having a go in my garage so took forever and next time im going directly to shot blasters.
When i bought it the PO told me about the end float, and he wasn't wrong! so first job was to remove the engine and see what was going on. this is the first VW i have owned and never had a go at any major engine work before but just fancied trying to sort things myself as much as i could and have a friend that knows all things air cooled to help. Anyway cant be any more difficult than working out how to post pictures! (easy when you know)
The more the engine came apart the more the scrap pile grew, it seemed a shame as i think the engine had a lot of work done on it but one of the rocker cover gaskets had been put in badly (very) and this must of lead to it overheating badly. i had been given a spare case which i took to the engine shop and had align bored and whilst there i asked them to sort it for full flow. i was going to build a 1641 as this was my first go thought this would be best.
Here are some pictures I will post more of the build over a few days as it takes a while to do each time. quality of pics is not great and some have been taken on my phone, but gets my thread started.
This is the case after i got it back from align boring
Started to try and make the tinware look a bit better, just having a go in my garage so took forever and next time im going directly to shot blasters.