Does the engine oil definetely have to come out to take engine out? How do you pull the accellorator cable out from the fan housing once it is unbolted from carb?
Simon
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
when taking a motor out, you don't need to remove this tube as it comes out with the complete motor and tinware. You only need to remove the tube if you are taking the fanshoud off whilst in the car.
A motor is more efficiently removed complete, then stripped once removed.
Well my first time pulling motor went with out too many dramas 🙂 Took ages tho to pull engine from gearbox as my driveway is on a fairly big slope and the fact that I used ramps to raise Beetle didn't help. 🙄 Will strip down engine tommorow and put new rings in. Anything tips I should know before I attempt this?
Thanks alot everyone for all your help. 😀
Simon
Took the heads to a head machinist today and the news is not good. 🙁 Heads have several cracks and spark plug holes have been helicoiled. Looks like im up for some new or good used heads. Anyone got some good used 1600 DP heads that they are willing to sell? Will post in Buying and Selling.
Simon
Well got the engine back in and running tonight after my first top end rebuild. 🙂 After I worked out that a car needs fuel to start, it started straight up 😂. Feel so happy right now that I thought I might have an acceptance speech and thank the people that made this possible 😂 First up: Joel (Joel), thanks heaps man couldn't have done it without your vast knowledge. Thanks Steve (greedy53) for being so nice and trying to help and thanks Liam (liam66) for selling me some good heads. Thanks also to everyone else on AVD that offered me advice 😀
Just gotta fix a sticking throttle issue and *fingers crossed* I should be done. Hopefully don't have to drop the engine for another 10 years. 😂 Don't know how you guys do it so quick.
Thanks everyone!
Simon
Just out of curiosity, where are the cracks in the head from the photos shown?
I wouldn't worry too much about the helicoiled spark plugs as this just means that the thread was previously sheared while trying to install the spark plugs into an alloy head incorrectly. I am sure that there are lots of engines with helicoils to fix that problem.
Looking at the photos the head seems quite good. Not that I am an expert, I am just interested in what to look for in case I need to remove the head for any reason.
- Adam
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
The photo doesnt really show the cracks. In the first picture you can see cracks branching off from the spark plugs holes in both chambers. In the second picture it has cracks coming from spark plug holes and also on the left chamber u can see it is all cracked between the two valves.
Simon
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