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…
Reference: 205H Distributor Information
The 1975 to 1970 US VW Type 1 Beetle shipped with a Bosch 0231 176 044 DVDA Distributor with both advance and retard timing functions. Distributor: VW 043-905-205H, Bosch 0231 176 044 Replacement Parts: Points: 01 011 Condensor: 02 074 Rotor: 04 033 Dust Cover: 039-905-241, Bosch 1230 500 139 > 1230 500 147 Cap:…
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…
Reference: FI Engine – Air Intake Diagram
UPDATE: I was sent to https://volkswagen.7zap.com/ which uses the same data but is a far better site than the nemigaparts.com one mentioned below. So as I was scouring the internets for any data I could gather on VW’s implementation of the Bosch L-Jetronic FI system on the Beetles I stumbled across nemigaparts.com which seems…
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…
Trying Energy Suspension brand bushings!
So as usual, there’s absolutely zero objective opinions on bushing materials from the various VW groups I am in. Every few months someone posts something similar about modern polyurethane bushing use versus the various OEM style rubber bushings that are available and quite often, a shit storm ensues of the usual “urethan sucks” comments followed…