Now I’ve been back and forth on some things as the projects have moved along. However, based on what the engine case looked like inside, and knowing full well how clogged some of the oil passages were, not to mention other oil sludge in the sump, I’m thinking of doing a bolt-on mod that will…
Category: Systems
Murbella – Day 27 – New plenum and throttle body hardware
Went out today and purchased some new hardware for the plenum, throttle body, and oil filler hardware connections. I’m glad to have Beechwold Hardware right down the street. They carry so many individual bits and pieces, with a decent metric selection. They also have all kinds of washers and nuts and seals in nylon, rubber,…
Reference: Distributor Restoration
Since I’m investing so much in the engine/FI system restoration on Murbella, I would be amiss to neglect her distributor. There are still a few individuals out there who restore Bosch distributors and I’ve emailed two of them to see what their service fully entails. glenn-ring.com Restored / Rebuilt / For Sale VWNOS.com Distributor Restoration…
Murbella – Day 26 – Finishing the first pass on the plenum and throttle body.
I started working on the 3/4 side of the plenum’s air intake, and went about doing the slow job of disassembling the throttle body. I’ve reached about the end of what I can do with scotch pads, sand paper, a pick, and solvent in terms of cleaning up the aluminum. I just can’t get…
Reference: FI Engine – FI Cylinder Heads
Every day digging through my late model Beetle introduces me to something new and different from most prior years. The tear down of the FI Cylinder Heads for rebuild has introduced me to even more new things. The years 1975-1979 saw the US import models shift from the early 70’s carbureted system to the successor…
Murbella – Day 25 – Cylinder Head Tear Down
I decided to not waste over $580 in buying new FI heads and will replace all the valves, and have the head itself tanked and valve jobbed at a machine shop. If the shop can determine if new valve guides are needed, and they can do FI heads with the odd 9mm larger stem on…
Murbella – Day 25 – Sorting and some and fan shroud/alternator removal.
So I needed to sort through all my parts again to see what I had so I could trigger orders at AApistons.com and CIP1. I wish I had my new credit car but I wasn’t thinking about getting that 0% interest line of credit prior to this weekend and I had to take advantage of…
Murbella – Day 24 – Some tin’s degreased.
So I’ve a lot of the tins soaking in solvents the past few days to try and get the oily residue off of them. The heat exchanger tins were exceptionally bad, with layers of oil and dirt on them, and the undersides of the cylinder tins were pretty bad as well. Oh. And the 2…
Murbella – Day 24 – Final Disassembly
So I got outside completely forgetting that I had not done everything needed to just grab them for power washing. It took almost an house to get the remaining cylinder studs out. There were about 6 that was fused to the case. I used up my one remaining cylinder of propane heating up the studs…
Murbella – Day 23 – Short Block Disassembly
Given everything I encountered with taking the pistons and cylinders off, it was clear that I need to address the engine fully, and nut just clean it up and hope that new pistons, new cylinders, and new or rebuilt heads would give it the longevity it needs. So I cracked the case. Compared to the…