Engine – Day 8 So I tore down the crank and flywheel yet again and cleaned up the surfaces and pins and reinstalled it all, doing my best to put as much force onto the crank to drive it down as much as possible. I then torqued the gland nut as much as possible outside…
Category: Project – 2020 Murbella
Murbella – Day 44 – Block-Offs and Camshaft Redone
Engine – Day 8 Ran out this morning and picked up some additional nylok nuts and some jam nuts. The original plan was to use the jam nuts on to create the lowest profile for the fuel pump block off plate. I coated the gasket in Gascacinch and installed the block off. However, I ended…
Murbella – Day 43 – In which something is not right!
Engine – Day 7 So as I’ve mentioned in other posts, I was going to try to do the method of initial end play determination up front like shown in the Bug Me Video Volume 3 crank assembly guide. I figured it would be good to just add this in now, and then have that…
Murbella – Day 43 – Final engine items arrive!
So the final engine items arrived from CB Performance. Their fuel pump block off plate is much nicer looking than the crappy EMPI one and a bit thinner as well. I’d still like to get some shorter studs and then top it off with 2 lower-profile jam nuts to not add too much to the…
Murbella – Day 42 – Cam gear and bearing installation
Engine – Day 6 With the case clean, I could start some other installations. I always wondered how many of these universal cases actually end up being used for Type 3s given there are so few Type 3s around anymore. I mean, I get why it is best to make this universal, but it is…
Murbella – Day 42 – New case prep and cleaning!
So today was all about prepping the new case and making sure some of the basic tolerances are there as well as some of the problems I found yesterday get fixed. The as I do with all prior builds, I need to mod the case just slightly to allow for the use of double-thrust cam…
Murbella – Day 41 – New case arrived!
Engine – Day 5 Initial Case Inspection The new case arrived today and it is a VW Brazil Universal Case. I wasn’t quite sure what it would be as not all vendors really clearly indicate what the source of their basic stock cases are. I’ll say this. There is not a whole lot of clean…
Murbella – Day 40 – Awesome Powdercoat stuff!
So a new set of replacement thermostat flaps and and FI thermostat arrived from Awesome Powdercoat up in Vanlue, OH arrived and man it is nice. Now VW stopped producing replacement thermostats decades ago, and the Mexican Beetles ended up using a much different, through still roughly compatible thermostat. I wanted to reinstall what was…
Murbella – Day 39 – Unhappy Fan Shroud
So I can’t say my first 2 paint passes came out very well on the fan shroud. Hell. A couple of other pieces either. I ran out of the first can of the satin black so I went to one of the new cans I bought the other day and it was with this can…
Murbella – Day 39 – Crankshaft and rod cleaning.
Engine – Day 4 Crankshaft The crankshaft had the last of the cosmoline removed, as well as the oil passages cleaned and brushed out. I went over everything about 4 times and I was seeing nothing coming off on the paper towels. Now I am not sure if I’ll get to assembling the crank today…