So when I took the transaxle up to be rebuilt, I was talking with the owner and he said that it was not a 1979 transaxle. It is properly coded as AT, but the physical gearbox case and differential side plates are not from a 78-79 vehicle. My heart sunk. Sometime in the past 41…
Murbella – Day 37 – The trans and heads are being rebuilt!
So one 6 hour round-trip later and I’m back from dropping off the transaxle and 2 FI heads to Jim’s Custom VWs way up northeast of here. Given their current queue, I’m probably looking at August I imagine. So being able to do a complete long block assembly will indeed be some time in the…
Murbella – Day 36 – TPS Sensor Case “Repair”
So I pulled out Murbella’s original throttle position sensor (TPS) to compare the one I removed, from the questionable functioning part I purchased. Now I wasn’t concerned in that TPS sensor working so much as I was in the condition of the plastic cover. This “repair” will perfect. The new old part is solid with…
Murbella – Day 36 – First attempt at a gasket
I decided to try making my first custom gasket today. I learned that I need for sharper tools to do this. I need to make three gaskets (above) that are used to either seal the 2 plenum halves (right), seal the throttle body to the plenum (top left) or the oil filler to the plenum…
Murbella – Day 36 – Parts cleaning and sorting
So I spent the day multi-tasking after I went and got more degreaser detergent. The transaxle was scrubbed one final time. I was tempted to take it to the car wash and hot water power wash it but I figured this was good enough. It is at least clean enough to put in my car….
Murbella – Day 35 – Engine internals weigh-in!
Engine – Day 2 When I build my engines, I’m aiming to meet basic VW tolerances as well as some other things I’ve learned from reading about engine building from the high-performance world. While I would love every engine to have a completely balanced internal crankshaft with a balanced flywheel, that is just not practical…
Murbella – Day 35 – Vapor Emissions Work To Do
Now I know tons of Beetle owners rip out their stock emissions systems (on 73 and later cars) as well as ripping out various up front fuel evaporation components. Now in 2018, I decide to run a new tube from the front evap chamber to the charcoal canister, and while I failed with my choice…
Murbella – Day 35 – Trans area and engine bay inspection!
Other than dirt and some of that undercoating, now that the transaxle is out I’m impressed with the condition of the body and chassis. Above Transaxle Area Still sad this original accordion heat pipe cracked open. It has one of those compression clamps so is going to be a pain in the ass to remove….
Murbella – Day 35 – And a transaxle shall be dropped!
I am so glad I soaked that clutch cable flynut in penetrating oil. For something that was a major pain in the ass before, it came right off today. It is incredibly easy to remove a Type 1 transaxle once all the starter wires are disconnected, as well as the clutch cable and the nosecone…
Murbella – Day 35 – It needs align bored.
So I set about torquing the case halves together to get some bore measurements. While overall things look round, even if I figure my measurements are just slightly off (due to user error), there is some variations in 1, 2, and 3 main and I didn’t even bother to look at 4. I see no…