Today was about getting the heating connections separated, the fuel lines and other lines to the engine off, the rear tin out and ancillary pieces removed, and the engine out. Rear Tin As the a carb engine removal, the rear tins needs to come out to allow the engine to be pulled forward off…
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Murbella – Day 17 – FI Engine – The cause of the fuel leak?
I cannot be 100% certain yet but I think I may have found the area of the fuel leak that caused me to park Murbella last summer and has lead me to all this engine tear down work. When the fuel leaks happened I was never able to clearly see what was going on. All…
Murbella – Day 17 – FI Engine – Top End – Part 2
I continued disassembling hoses and wires from the top end today. The next step will be the removal of the rear tin and then, the slow removal of the engine from the car. Hoses and wires continue to come off easily with no major force needed so far. I finally got a good view of…
Do I undo previous owner changes on Murbella’s engine?
So the deeper I get into Murbella the more I realize that in fact previous owners made changes that are difficult for me to reconcile with wanting to make her has much of a stock survivor as possible. Now sure, I made some minor cosmetic changes such as going to black plastic on her convertible…
Murbella – Day 16 – FI Engine – Part 1 – Top End
I started the long awaited engine removal process today. This is the first time I have removed most of these parts on Murbella, and on the whole, the preparation for removing an original 75-79 Fuel Injected (FI) engine from a Beetle has a quite a lot more prep work than the pre-75 carb engines. Some…
Murbella – Day 16 – Suspension off to soda blasting!
So all of the rear suspension parts are as ready as they will be for blasting. After doing some research and talking to my son I decided to tape off most of the surfaces for where the outer wheel bearing and the inner grease seal sit on both arms. From the pic above, you can…
So. What to powder coat? That is the question.
So as I’ve written, I’ve been back and forth on what vendor to have blast what parts, not to mention what to powder coat and what not to powder coat. I’ve decided that I’ll likely powder coat more parts than originally planned. So. Tentatively this is what’s going to happen: Ceramic Powder Coating I will…
Murbella – Day 15 – Taping off blasting parts
I haven’t been feeling all that well so I haven’t been working on the projects. I did take a few minutes yesterday to start taping off the areas of the trailing arms and stub axles that I do not want blasted. I’m thinking that the inside bearing surfaces should remain as-is in the arms and…
Media blasting and Powder Coating Plans
So I decided for the first round of suspension and drivetrain parts I’m going to try out Soda Clean of Ohio located just north of Cowtown. I’ll probably throw in a set of thermostat flaps to have blasted so I can return them to Murbella upon top-end rebuild. I do need to get an FI…
Murbella – Day 14 – More arts cleaning and sanding
I took an hour break from working to go clean some more parts and try to get some sanding done before dusk hits. I try not to make too much noise with power tools before 10am or really after 6pm as a courtesy to my neighbors. Spring Plate Covers I continued sanding up and roughing…