Now I know tons of Beetle owners rip out their stock emissions systems (on 73 and later cars) as well as ripping out various up front fuel evaporation components. Now in 2018, I decide to run a new tube from the front evap chamber to the charcoal canister, and while I failed with my choice…
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Murbella – Day 35 – Trans area and engine bay inspection!
Other than dirt and some of that undercoating, now that the transaxle is out I’m impressed with the condition of the body and chassis. Above Transaxle Area Still sad this original accordion heat pipe cracked open. It has one of those compression clamps so is going to be a pain in the ass to remove….
Murbella – Day 35 – And a transaxle shall be dropped!
I am so glad I soaked that clutch cable flynut in penetrating oil. For something that was a major pain in the ass before, it came right off today. It is incredibly easy to remove a Type 1 transaxle once all the starter wires are disconnected, as well as the clutch cable and the nosecone…
Murbella – Day 35 – It needs align bored.
So I set about torquing the case halves together to get some bore measurements. While overall things look round, even if I figure my measurements are just slightly off (due to user error), there is some variations in 1, 2, and 3 main and I didn’t even bother to look at 4. I see no…
Murbella – Day 34 – The throttle shaft seals
So I pulled the throttle shafts off of the other throttle bodies I have and sure enough, the seals are just as bad and I would not want to reuse them. The VW part number is 022 133 089 A and of course, that’s not something available anymore. Hell, given how many Beetles were sold…
Murbella – Engine – Day 1 – Too much play.
Yeah. I am pretty sure the case can’t be built as-is without being machined. So much for having a week off to build the long block. Best case scenario… needs align bored. Worst case scenario… case is warped internally and is trash. And if that’s the situation, Murbella is no longer numbers matching.
Murbella – AJ Engine – Day 1
I started the bearing work today, making sure that the oil passages conform to the bearings oil holes, as well as doing a small mod to the thrust bear cam saddle to allow for the tang of a double-thrust bearing to fit. The Silverline set of double thrust cam bearings basically duplicates 2 identical thrust…
Murbella – Day 34 – Heat tin comparisons
So I threw some aftermarket heater tins in my cart since they were on sale. I knew from general appearance that the 75-79 FI tins differ substantially since the heat exchangers of these years are totally different from the 74 and earlier variety. I figured at best, I may be able to use these to…
Murbella – Day 34 – All the important bits are here!
So all the remaining key long block parts arrived today. I can start putting some order to chaos in terms of the parts bins, make sure everything is easily accessible as needed, etc. So I’ve gone with the 4140 Forged Counterweighted Crankshaft VW Journal crank for the rebuild. If I lived in southern…
Murbella – Day 33 – External oil plumbing
It will be many weeks until I have the engine in a semi-mockup state to be able to determine final options on the external oil filtering. I would really like to implement the bold on option since it will make a huge difference in the general longevity of this engine. However, my choice to return…