In the process of installing a 1600 into my beetle (and my

split), as i need to grind down the inner bell housing of the

gearbox i was wondering if any of you guys or girls know the

easiest way to do this without lifting it back in uncountable

times????

Any help would be great>>>>>>>Cheers Ross

go to super cheap and buy a die grinder. does short work of it. do not use a grinder as the magnesium in the gearbox can ignite and whoosh, youv'e lost your split or beetle. either that or just put it in and it will wear away the housing its'self over a couple of days. cheers, fish

Yes, I read where a fellow in the US.. just used His starter motor to cut it out... just did the bolts up a bit at a time..
the ring gear makes short work of it...
My Son used an angle grinder...

Lee --

just be carefull as the grinding stuff is verry fine and can ignite with a white flsh. try throwing some on a fire and see. whoosh it's gone.

thanx fellow dubbers... the idea of letting the flywheel do the work sits well with me>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers

Oh... would you suggest turning it over by hand or just starting the engine up???????

just kick it over with the starter. works a treat.

Thanx fish

Hey Ross, why don't you just use a 6v flywheel instead of messing around? Its not just clearing the bellhousing, the start gear is different because of teh different number of teeth on the flywheel

[Edited on 23-7-2004 by karmannghia60]