Kombi Campers Cheat Sheets

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 4:26 pm

#148213

At the Aussie Kombi Campers website, you can now print out one-page tuning and troubleshooting information for your 1700/1800 or 2 litre Kombi; we call them "cheat-sheets".

Visit:
http://www.aussiekombicampers.com/cheat_sheets.shtml
to get one.

I'd be eternally grateful (well, OK, grateful for a few minutes..) if somebody would:
- critique the sheets that are there and/or
- prepare the information for the 1200 - 1600 engines...

Enjoy.

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

Menangler Custom Title Time!

1,991 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Mar 2004, 4:47 pm

#148224

Darn, I thought you were talking about cheet engineers reports so you can re register a camper that has been out of rego for a while.

I just went through all that, flaming do good bureaueucrats make it near impossible with out a $500.00 engineers report, sux especially when its been registered as a camper from new.

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grouch Commited Dubber

67 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 5:28 pm

#148247

Should the tappet clearance be 0.006" not 0.008"?

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 6:16 pm

#148269

grouch wrote:Should the tappet clearance be 0.006" not 0.008"?

Well spotted, grouch.

According to my Haynes manual, 1700 and 1800 engines after chassis number 213 2210 554 have sodium filled exhaust valves for which the clearance must be .008. The manual concludes "if you are in any doubt...set the valves to .008... there may be some tappet clatter but you will not burn the valves".

I haven't got room for that story, but thought it better to go with .008 than risk someone burning a valve.

Thanks for looking carefully...

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 6:48 pm

#148286

Dave Becker wrote:Darn, I thought you were talking about cheet engineers reports so you can re register a camper...

Now those I could sell, rather than give away. Did you get it through with all the seats counted?

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

franko Commited Dubber

67 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 6:50 pm

#148287

my gregorys says .008 for exhaust and .006 for inlet,for the 1800 that is.2l should be 006 for both.apparently 1700's had a bit of either depending on engine nos.HTH cheers

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Menangler Custom Title Time!

1,991 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Mar 2004, 7:29 pm

#148315

Yep I got it passed, there's more than one way to skin a bureaueucrat, and thats all I'm saying :thumb

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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 7:45 pm

#148330

franko wrote:my gregorys says .008 for exhaust and .006 for inlet,for the 1800 that is.2l should be 006 for both.apparently 1700's had a bit of either depending on engine nos.HTH cheers

Thanks guys....

I'll try to find a way to phrase it accurately, but with all the replacement heads/valves etc. out there it 's a little tricky.

Not something to lose sleep over, because if you ask 5 people to set eight clearances at .008 and another five to set eight clearances at .006, while lying on their back under a Kombi and manipulating a screwdriver, spanner and feeler gauge, you'd be hard-pressed to guess which group was which from the end results.

How about:

.006"
(.008" for sodium-filled valves)

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

Blue Bus Seriously Crusin Dubber

117 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 9:00 pm

#148375

hi there modulus just wondering if the stats for a 2lt fuelinjected motor are the same as the 2lt carb motor?:o:o:o

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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 9:16 pm

#148400

Hi Blue Bus,
The only thing 'carburetted', so to speak, on the 2 litre cheat sheet is the idle speed. For the FI engine, this should be 850-950 rpm (or 900-1000 for automatic g'box), slightly higher than for the carburetor engine.
Other than that, the data are the same.

hth

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2004, 10:24 pm

#148447

Any offers for collating the 1500/1600 information?

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

Paul Aslanides Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 10 Mar 2004, 10:53 pm

#149268

Thanks for the cheatsheet. You've done well. Cheers.

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Mar 2004, 6:49 am

#149307

hey
if you send me the format in a word document or something i could fill it in with the apprioate tech info!
cheers
rhys

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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 11 Mar 2004, 2:51 pm

#149536

Thanks, Rhys,
I'll knock up a word format doco tonight...

Regards,

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 11 Mar 2004, 8:00 pm

#149657

might take a day or two i have this weekend free!
cheers
rhys

it aint just cool its aircool'd