For heads I get Jeff Denham to do them. $200 a pair exchange. When Clyde Berg left Gene Berg to open his own business Jeff did Heads For Gene Berg Enterprises. Good recommendation in my book.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Moy Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:20 PM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] To Rebuild or Not Nick, Before you rip apart the engine you might want to do a few diagnostics, oil pressure, compression. Sounds like the rings are worn though. I think the general opinion regarding align-bore is that it is not worth it because no one does it correctly on a type 1 case. If you have low oil pressure and you can source a new case that is the way I would go. If the pistons and cylinders are original you might want to have the cylinders honed and install new rings. For heads there are a few good places that restore them to better then new condition. A.J. Sims (lowbudget), or Len Hoffman (HAM). Regards, Dan On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Nicholas Stokes<[email protected]> wrote: > With my daughter off to grad school, I now have some time with her '74 > Standard Bug to repaint and reseal. Part of this time will be to > rebuild or replace which is to my knowledge the original 1600 DP which > still runs quite well but burns oil and has an unknown number of miles. > > My question is about having this original case line-bored and the > pistons/jugs replaced and heads rebuilt or buying a long block with a > new case. With the limited number of mile that will probably be put > on this car after the refurbishment, I'm thinking a rebuild may be the > wisest choice. > > If I decide to rebuild, does anyone know a reputable place in the VA, > MD, NC area of the country? Recommend a place for a long block? > > Thanks, > > Nick Stokes > Dub~Tunes radio page: http://web.me.com/stokester/ > Old Page: http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.71/2336 - Release Date: 08/30/09 17:51:00 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
