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kustomkool
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 02:02 AM |
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Instaling a type1 motor alone!
Today I put my motor in my beetle[thanks to skewy for helping me pick it up].I did it by myself who else has had to instal a type 1 motor by
themselves.I had to do it in a iner city alleyway with a shity trolleyjack with 1 jackstand.It took me 1 whole hour the hardest part was engaging the
driveshaft and flywheel without a moveable jack.Who else has had to do something like this?
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 05:25 AM |
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yep, i'll put my hand up. got up at 5.30 am dropped the motor out of the kombi, fixed up the rear nut on the flywheel and put it back in and
went for a surf at 6.30 am. getting better every time i take it out and put it in. just that bloody bolt over the top of the housing, have to think
of a better way to get that tight!!! cheers, fish
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 06:23 AM |
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I've put motors in and out of my VW's by myself heaps of times. The hardest thing I've found is getting a complete motor (with all
tinware, generator etc.) off the engine stand by myself.
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 07:16 AM |
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From driving into the garage, pull the motor out and sitting the motor on the bench, with a lot of practice ive got it down to 12mins.
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 07:25 AM |
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Wow,!! This is fast work guys,
So if its that simple my vw mechanic shouldnt be charging more than an hours labour doing mine,?? Yeah right !!!
Ill let ya know when I get the bill.
Ree
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 08:09 AM |
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With the old split screen kombis and early Bay kombis I used to sit an oil drum under the motor, took off the rear bumper & the piece where the
deck closed onto undid the bolts and pused the kombi forward worked on the motor wher ir was then all I had to do was push the kombi backwards.
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posted on July 19th, 2003 at 10:37 AM |
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yeah done it a couple of times now. I couldnt balance it on the el cheapo jack the last time (time before that I had it balanced on the spare on a
brake drum on the jack...precarious )
I removed the exhaust and manifold and distributor before lifting it in or out then assembeled all that in situ. made it much lighter and easier.
If it aint broke,
Make it go faster!! 
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posted on July 20th, 2003 at 07:37 AM |
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the first time I tried to put the engine back in my old 68 I just couldnt tget the engine to mesh on the gbox spline..
my dad took one look at it and 2 minutes later we were bolting it together
it gets easier everytime you do it though
in engine pull competitions in america they do it in 2-3 minutes with 2 guys
marcel
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posted on July 20th, 2003 at 02:10 PM |
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i too will put my hand up to doing it alone... for a while on a regular basis (grrrr). i so miss the simplicity of a 36hp. out, new clutch plate and
back in, in less time than it took to adjust the clutch afterwoods (darn double jam nut clutch adjustment). it was so much easier than a late motor
with extractors, twin carbs etc in an early engine bay.
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posted on July 20th, 2003 at 08:01 PM |
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One arm bandit
I`ve fitted side rear windows to a beetle with one arm after a motorbike accident.
Had a little help from one of my knees.
Everything 36HP !
Change over king and link spindles
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 02:02 AM |
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Lesson to be learnt from that -
I hope the blood didn't get on the interior of the beetle... lucky He still had two knees... But as someone said -
What dedication - there is a lesson to be learnt there - keep off Motor bikes if you are restoring a beetle... - because sooner or later You will
need 2 arms and 2 legs (or knees) :bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 02:09 AM |
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I do everything with My Beetle alone...
Except pick the engine itself up off the ground or off the jack... as I don't have the rear valance panel on any more, I just push the car away
from the engine....
My Best Friend when working on My Beetle is a pair of long nose Visegrips
(correct spelling) they are my other hand if these two can't reach... they are like the brother I never had....  
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 02:23 AM |
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 04:00 AM |
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Never had to do it to a stock beetle.
Got the kombi down to 30 minutes.
The buggy & the baja I used to have took less.
There is a certain advantage to be able to pick an engine up & put it on the box...
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 06:17 AM |
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"I'll never forget the 1st time"
'56 oval- couldn't adjust tappets- one of the rocker pedestals had split- eng had to come out- impoverished uni student- Pound Motors (VW
agents) wanted the equivalent of 6 months part time work to fix it.
I made a trolley out of a cheese box on 4 castors (I've still got it I think) & got the height set using thin slats of wood so the car just
rested its engine on it with the wheels on the ground. Disconnected everything & pulled the eng & then using only the VW jack & cross
stacked bricks, lifted it right up inthe air so I could roll the eng out out. Bought a 2nd hand head & reversed everything.
I must have been desperate!!
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 10:30 AM |
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Quote: | Originally
posted by VWFOOL
my motor is all ready to go in but i dont hav anyone to help me with it as yet.
may be facing doing it on my own tomorrow (sunday).
want to help me?
all that needs doing is fitting it up and plugging in the wires...
0416345109
u r welcome...
sam
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how far did you get? sorry I couldnt stay longer than I did..
If it aint broke,
Make it go faster!! 
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 02:24 PM |
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thanks jim
hey thanks alot for that yesterday u were a great help. plugged most up but accelerator cable is giving some problems so hav to continue this
afternoon wth that.
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 03:20 PM |
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Me annd Steve (Sick68VW) took out my 1300 and put in my 1500TP in under 4 hours which suprised me as it was my first time to do such a thing
BTW thanx Steve and thanx to Barry (blue74L) for coming past 
I think we should start a VW Hangout in Leichardt
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 05:12 PM |
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we done mine in my type 3 on saturday took us about an hour!!! fully put back together and running!
cheers
rhys
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posted on July 21st, 2003 at 06:04 PM |
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from wat ive seen those type 3 motors r great to work on and drop out, Volkswagen really learnt from the problems with the beetle wen designing that
thing...
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