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Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#816284
im doing a top end rebuild and currently have plastic spring type tubes.

i am going to replace them but what with
stock
spring loaded alloy
or
screw up type

?????????
1970 bug /1500 stock as a rock.
1976 standard bug ready to be modified 😁😁😁😁😁

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#816293
If it is for the 1500 stock as a rock, then wouldn't stock be the way to go?
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#816295
Thinker wrote:im doing a top end rebuild and currently have plastic spring type tubes.

i am going to replace them but what with
stock
spring loaded alloy
or
screw up type

?????????
STOCK ONLY....

The genuine VW pushrod tubes are made especially so they can contract and expand with the engine..
while helping cool the extremely hot engine oil as it flows back thru the tubes...

all other types of push rod tubes are to be used in an emergency so You don't have to take the engine out to replace one...

I use permatex gasket cement on both sides of the pushrod seals to stop any leaks even if the seals crack...

cheers

LEE


- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#816334
i would like to keep stock but i dont want to keep dropping the motor out to fix oil leaks
1970 bug /1500 stock as a rock.
1976 standard bug ready to be modified 😁😁😁😁😁

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,787 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#816336
Stock tubes properly installed dont leak
Futue te ipsum!!!

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#816344
this is what i wanted to here🙂
1970 bug /1500 stock as a rock.
1976 standard bug ready to be modified 😁😁😁😁😁

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#816353
Now you're thinking.👍
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#816356
Thinker wrote:this is what i wanted to here🙂
and it will be again.... stock as a rock ...😂😎

cheers

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#816359
Yep stock, all others are poo. although I hear the these are great as they are suppose to seal as good as the stock, but...... but,I am a little skeptical.
Anyone can confirm these seal properly?

link.
http://cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=123

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#816372
vlad01 wrote:what about these 👍
http://www.vwparts.net/CSP109337111.html
Nice but $$$$$
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HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#816411
vlad01 wrote:what about these 👍
http://www.vwparts.net/CSP109337111.html
They'd be just the job, if you're after a very high impression ratio.😎
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#816413
whats wrong with you guys? looks good quality to me and the price is reasonable.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#816442
yeah gotta love the price of the stockers.
1970 bug /1500 stock as a rock.
1976 standard bug ready to be modified 😁😁😁😁😁

kieranweston Commited Dubber

62 posts · joined Sep 2010 ·

#817250
I just installed EMPI sprung aluminium tubes, seem fine to me, easy in/easy out. Guy at the shop recommended them as the best

fish26 Fahrvergnugen

903 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·

#818233
x 2 Jay Cee, i like to use them dry with clear seals on super clean surface, stock isn't stock if it aint german.
Have also used Empi with good results.

2 cents
bitten by the bug..........several times

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#818246
I've started using the Scat gold with 2 o-rings for a while with no probs. They are a bit cheaper (like 1/2 the price) than the JC's
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#818247
^ x2.....I've never had any issues with the scat tubes either.


dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#818321
waveman1500 wrote:Stock tubes, the original and the best. Use new tubes and seals and install them correctly and you should have no problems.
This is what i use, and 1200 tubes when high comp or short barrels.

Some of my customers ask to use the ones they supply, but they have that choice.

some heads have the lower studs and nuts behind the tubes so will need a tube that can be added afterward.
One of my own engines uses the Pauter tubes that use VW seals, and the other has home made tubes.

For the spring loaded tubes i always lube the seals that are between each side
to stop the o-ring being damaged
and also so that they keep tension on the end seals as the engine expands with heat.

Most of the sprung loaded tubes have less room inside han stockers.
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