heya all... need a little help with my new engine

i have just bought it and there are a couple of things that i am not sure about .... i am guessing its a type 4 that has had an upright fan housing put on.. am i right?..

ok... now the main concerns,,,, on the right hand side as u look a the engine is some sort of pipe work.. what the hell is it for?

on the other side where the oil sender normail is is some sort of pipe that is blocked of and above it is the oil sender this right? now last one on this bit... dipstick.. i know this sounds stupid but where the hell is it.. i looked all over for it and nothing... pic of all the above

now last one... engine number? where would i find it... its not in the normal place(type1) and i found a vw stamp and numbers on the right hand side of the sump... thses wouldnt be it would it? i guess they are just a part number for the sump any ideas?? also the oil cooler... it doesnt seem to ahve the upright style, now i have not taken the fan houseing off yet but there is no section that sticks out like noraml.. would it be a smaller one or are the pipes i asked about soemthing to do with it? sorry to be a bloody pain but i got a good price on teh engine(thanks gorn) and i have just had it shiped from perth to Qld.. last bit of the puzzle to get my car on the road... so i am jumping up and down a bit to get it done:P


thanks for any help...

steff..................

it doesnt look like a t4 but i could be wrong, it actually looks like a type 3 motor

Was a type 3 engine...

could well be barls.... i really have no bloody idea... its got great compression tho...

i knows it will all fit the baja just need to knows the few little bit.. i want my car on the road!!!!!!


steff

hey steff i got the same motor in the bug im driving they only need to have a few things changed to be type 1

The engine is not a type 4, maybe an early type 3.....................the engine number will be on the top of the case, under the fan housing in the middle........or it maybe a "new" factory case....... the pipe on the lower right is where the original type 3 dipstick went ( you need to buy a type 3 to type 1 dipstick adapter kit if fitting to a beetle).....................oil cooler can be mounted the same as a type one, either in the fan housing(older style) or external "dog house" to the fan housing (later style)............as for the pipe under the sender WTF !!!

May also be a 1916cc as it looks like it has machined down head studs (hard to tell in the photo)??

the size i am not totaly sure about...1776 was sugested by the person i bought it off but they bought it from someone else so they wer no totaly sure of what was done....

so magic i have an answer as to what it is..type 3 cool.. now in the morning i will look for engine numbers.,... as for the type3 to type 1 dipstick kit.. any ideas where i can get one??


thanks craig u are a champ :thumb

steff.........

ok only the funny pipe blocked off on the side off the oil sender to work out any ideas????????


also the dipstick converter wher would be best to get one??


cheers all

steff...............................

That tube under the pressure switch is most probably because the P.O tapped into an oil gallery for an external oil cooler or something and that is just a plug. (just a guess, duno if there is an oil gallery there on type 3's, maybe some1 else can confirm)

hope this helps

Your local VW guy may have the dipstick adapter. I got a Empi one from Leons Motors in salisbury.

Only $15.00. If your loacal guy can't help may be able to get one and have it sent up in the mail.

marc

From what I can tell, the type 3 cases are just type 1 cases with the engine number and dip stick hole in a different spot.

Very old thread. But curious. What a are the pros and cons of converting a type 3 case for use as a type 1?

If there is a thread on this point me too it - I am looking for it

The cases themselves should be much the same with some minor external differences.

I think generally type 3 cases can be readily converted to type 1: main thing is need to fit a dipstick tube into correct place (drill a hole), and blank-off large oil-hole at bottom of case. Not sure how easy it is to fit the oil pressure switch into the beetle's position (type 3 has it mounted on oil cooler).
Generally type 1 cases don't convert as easily to type 3. Need to provide the large oil-filling hole at bottom (plus its 2 studs) -- and IRS type 3's need mounting points for the large cross-mount bar at the rear - may not be possible to attach? Hope someone has more definite answer.

BUT after a certain year (around 1970 or 71 ??? not sure), such cases are "Universal" and should be more easily set up for either type 1 or 3.

"PITA" ?

Pain In The Arse

Thanks Joel, that's the sort of clarification I meant. Sort of thinking "more unviersal" in application vs. true Universal Case. (And I thought PITA was some sort of oriental bread. Woops). But is it possible to drill and tap the oil pressure switch into a type 3 case, in the type 1 position? Or does it all have to be dismantled. Ditto the dipstick tube...?

All the type 3 blocks I;ve seen have had the boss there for the sender its just not drilled out.

Unfortuntaly drilling it out means a full tear down to clean out the passages after.

Another alternative is to use the type 3 oil cooler and mount the sender in it.
Was an old showcar trick to tidy up the engine bay, just takes a 90 degree fitting and some trimming of the doghouse.

!!! I have a type 3 engine too but 1600cc. I converted it to upright in my baja from a variant.

Quote (from Joel): "...and need one of those cheesy oil pump cradle adapters."

Joel, could you explain please what the oil pump cradle adapter is, if possible? Do you just mean the large bar that makes up the rear engine mount, attaching to the case with the 3 bolts ?

[We have a 1976 beetle with an original engine, that has an AS 21 case. Don't know when these started, but must have been quite late in Aust., for type 1. All the other original S'bug & type 3 engines we've had from 1970 on have been AS 41, as far as known.]

It's just an adapter so you can fit the Type3 or Kombi cradle bar to a Beetle engine if it doesnt have the 3 mounting points.

They pick up the 4 oil pump bolts and the lower case bolt.
Supporting the engine and gearbox using only those is not a good idea long term.
One of the spare engines I had came with one.

Thanks Joel, have never seen one of those (perhaps just as well). Hope all that clarifies the interesting type 1 to 3 -- and type 3 to 1 question!