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…
Reference: End play stuff!
I had a whole lot of end play measuring issues on the 2019 New Build and I do not want to repeat them so I’m going to go over a bunch of people’s different info on setting end play, and will likely attempt to determine the shim sizing with the crank during build assembly, much…
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…
Murbella – Day 39 – Manifold mock-up!
So while I was waiting for various tins to dry , I decided to do a mock-up of the new injectors in the the restored manifolds so see what kind of hose adjustments do I need to make. Now I originally had everything assembled and then tried to place the injectors into the manifold as…
Murbella – Day 39 – Oil cooler clean-up and out!
I have typically reused oil coolers. None of the engines I’ve disassembled have had had disastrously bad coolers. Most have some internal fin damage and Murbella was no exception. Honestly, I don’t know how this kind of damage happens to an oil cooler inside of the housing. Outside, yes. Inside? Huh? Now I started this…
Murbella – Day 39 – New Throttle Body Seals
The Harwal oil seals arrived the other day so I test fit them into the throttle body. These are the same seals that the guy on The Samba used on his bus throttle body. Now they aren’t perfect fits as they are not a 1:1 replacement part. However, I think they’ll do at keeping the…