While I am not going to bother with it for this first AH engine rebuild, there is a later fan shroud tin development that Murbella has that did not exist on the 1974 and earlier fan shrouds. In dealing with the differences introduced in 1975 with the L-Jetronic Fuel-Injected engines, the fan should was significantly…
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AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 4
Now one of the major changes I decided to implement on this rebuild, even though it is basically a stock-ish engine with basic dual carbs is the use of the VW Type 3 under cylinder cooling tins instead of the small Type 1 deflector tins. Given that the aftermarket top cylinder tins all seem to…
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 3
I decided that I would only do a bit of color to the top of the engine, and those tins below that often get extremely hot would remain black. I’m following the same process for these, with the exception that the top coat is just a oil and chemical resistant high-temp gloss black. I suspect…
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 2
A lot of the tins from the AH engine had likely never been removed from the car before, especially the cylinder and surround tins. At deconstruction, it was really apparent how much surface corrosion had eaten away at the original coatings, through surprisingly a lot of the rubber seals and grommets were actually quite decent….
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 1
For those who have no experience with air-cooled engines, the initial exposure to the workings of the engine, as well as all of the metal tin pieces wrapped around the engine components may seem baffling at first. But the importance of engine tins isn’t just a nice thing… it is a crucial design element to…