Got a lot of miscellaneous stuff done today. Rocker Arms I did a valve adjustment on the rocker arms again now the the last caps are out. I did go in and replace the shims I removed since that seemed to at least give me some space to place with and the screws weren’t as…

I got a little bit done today but I was not feeling it. (Frankly, I’m not feeling much of anything these days.) I put a couple of coats of paint and a satin top coat on the lower shields. This should at least prevent them from corroding prematurely. One thing that has pissed me off…

I ended up purchasing a set of “shields” from Gene Berg Enterprises that go onto the heat exchanger tins and protect that area in the same way the heat exchangers would. Honestly, it is just a piece of sheet metal with 2 major bends and a minor one with 2 holes drilled into it for…

Both my 1/2 oil hose and my rocker arm elephant feet arrived today. It was easiest to just order an oil/transmission hose from Amazon. Rocker Arm Adjusting Screws   I had seen the various different designs in rocker arm adjusting screws and I figured I would get a set to try them out. Apparently they…

Turning my attention to the carbs, all I can say is that if you don’t use the EMPI standard hex linkage installing the actual carbs is basically 4 washers and nuts on studs. The linkage that comes on the EMPI dual carbs is just an ugly mess and I never had any interest in going…

So it basically comes down to the fact that even the original tins seem to hate me. So I installed the original cylinder tins, the original lower cylinder tins, and decided to fit the original VW fan shroud on thinking it would all be perfect. WRONG!. It didn’t fit well along the new case at…

I was multitasking but got a bit distracted when I had company so I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped this evening. Cylinder Tins I sanded some of the blemishes in the tin base coat and then put another coat of the cast iron down on the exterior as well as a…

So the previous days have been nothing but struggles with the aftermarket tins. I’ve had to cut them and hammer them and bend them and still they refuse to accept their fate and bend to my will. I was able to get some original VW tins from Eurowerks Garage in Columbus and today set about…

The continuing drama of trying to deal with aftermarket engine tin has pretty much left me on my last nerve. Nothing just fits. Nothing. I wish I had known that this was a common problem but I never really saw anyone mentioning it and of course, given the number of vendors out there selling aftermarket…

So with the rocker arms installed and the valves covers in it was time to move to the manifold installations and then locking down the cylinder tins. And thus began the multiple hour nightmare of dealing with aftermarket parts. Tin Nightmare So the EMPI EPC 34 manifolds are poorly cast and when installed onto EMPI…