Since it has been a little less than year since she last drove, I didn’t expect to find fresh oil in the bellhousing and I did not. However, there’s quite a bit of gunk at the bottom and I fully expect to find the main seal leaking once I get the flywheel off the engine….
Category: Project – 2020 Murbella
Murbella – Day 18 – Hello there Mr. AJ engine!
With the muffler out, there was still not enough space to not risk damaging some things. I had no intention of touching the distributor, but I had to sacrifice my perfect timing to be able to turn the canister inwards. It kept smashing into the the tin rubber seal, which I soon learned was dry…
Murbella – Day 18 – The muffler was safely removed!
So I left the penetrating oil on for about 2 hours and decided to go back out and try again. It was not easy, but I was able to get all 4 bolts out, with only 1 breaking but falling out without causing any issues. I’m going to wait until getting the rest of the…
Murbella – Day 18 – Parts and Parts Decision-Making
Now I’ve been purchasing parts during various vendor sales for over 2 years knowing this major project would have to happen one day. There are plusses and minuses to doing this, especially based on 1) your own knowledge of certain things and 2) unexpected this that occur when you actually start the project. I reset…
Murbella – Day 18 – FI Engine – And then I discovered something!
So there’s a basic series of steps that Type 1 Beetles require to remove the engine. It is all very simple usually. You typically ensure all of the wiring connections of off the engine. Then the fuel line connections are off. Then the rear tin has to come out to allow for some space to…
Murbella – Day 18 – FI Engine – Preparation for dropping!
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…
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…