Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome back!!
I am most grateful and amazed that I/we (my brother and I) were actually
being missed by many. This feels like returning home after a long time to
family, our VW aircooled family!
My Hotmail account is no longer my primary email but I do read the posts
every once in a while and do wish I chime into the discussions more often. Can
share a lot of the local VW happenings here which would be of interest to all.
I read all comments and pondered over. Seems like the two top possibilities
are something wedged between the flywheel and Bell housing (maybe like you say
a TO bearing clip which came loose when I pushed the car while in gear to
disengage the starter motor??). Or something to do with the Valve train
assembly. Have still not had time to dig deeper into this mystery as my work
hours are odd nowadays. I plan to crawl under the car and take a good look with
the valve covers off. I did try to turn the crank pulley good though not really
in the opposite direction but it did not budge even a fraction of a millimeter.
I dont know why but have been having this 'gut feeling' it would turn out to
be something stupidly simple rather than something as horrid as a broken
crankshaft. Lets see, shall share definitely.
I have invited an old timer Vdub mechanic over to my place tomorrow and
would see what he has to say. Id like to inspect the valve assys before he
comes to narrow things down.
Now I'm sitting planning a bit ahead. I did have quite a few things lined up
so if I do need to pull the motor, Id have plenty to do. Im thinking maybe this
is an opportunity thrust upon me, very politely, by the VW gods! The car lives
up to its nickname of 'Trusty', not breaking down on the road to leave me
stranded! Below is a list of 'things to do' if I pull the motor:
1. Replace leaky main oil seal (have a German replacement in my stash, just
arrived from Canada)
2. Fix some mysterious exhaust leaks. Seem to be from one of the joints as all
components are solid. Bug has stopped fweeming lately.
3. Toss out the J tubes we had used as no decent heat exchange boxes were
available. Now I have a pair of good heater boxes in the attic.
4. Inspect the clutch. Have brand new Brazilian clutch and pressure plate in my
stash (a lucky local bone yard find from an unfinished project which ended up
with the scrappers. Half price!).
5. Maybe, just maybe pull the heads off to fix some oil leaks and fix a single
stud which was bad after the overhaul several years ago. This was perhaps the
only corner we cut, after great contemplation back then.
6. New piston rings etc if no 5 happens.
7. Have nice push rod tube seals too in from Canada which can go on if no 5
happens.
8. Put in a new starter bushing. Btw, folks may find it interesting that some
local Dub specialists can change this with the engine on the car. Its a neat
trick I can describe.
9. Maybe I'm forgetting something?? But I know if I put my hands into this, one
things going to lead to a lot of things!!
This is not all. I have a 'spare' 1967 vintage engine and gearbox in my
stash too. Engine can be bolted right on till the current unit gets the needed
TLC so car is not off the road for long.
Also, have some issues to sort on the gearbox itself. The nose cone has
miles of play in the hockey stick. The brass bushing even comes loose and
wiggles around. Sloppy shifter to which I'm used to, unfortunately. Sometimes
the reverse gear slips to neutral. Any thougths whether this is due to a bad
reverse or may be a consequence of the hockey stick play?? How can I be sure,
without tearing the whole box open, something which gives me nightmares as not
familiar with the intricacies.
Some questions: Can I swap the nose cone off the gear box with the unit on
the car?? I have a small collection of nose cones now. How hard is it to take
the gearbox off?? Its a swing axle 68 bug. Would the rear wheel alignment get
disturbed if the gearbox is taken off or played around with?? I also must
change all the three mounts while I'm at this.
All thoughts shall be highly appreciated.
Best wishes and warm regards to all,
Asad
Karachi, Pakistan.
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 04:08:27 -0700
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Motor locked up.
>
> my friends 63 panel bus had "locked up" right after he turned off his
> engine. upon pulling engine we found a throwout bearing clip wedging the
> flywheel. reinstalled the throwout bearing with new TO clips and driving it
> everyday 20 miles each way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:30 PM
> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Motor locked up.
>
> Hello Asad! Haven't heard from you in a very long time so I'm glad to see
> you're still with us!
>
> It is entirely possible that something has fallen into the flywheel gear
> teeth and wedged itself between the teeth and the bell-housing.
>
> I would just pull the engine and while it's out, fix that starter bushing in
>
> the transmission.
>
> Then to remedy your hard start issues with the increased resistance in the
> wiring causing the solenoid to not want to activate, go here and read up on
> this rather cheap fix:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=421220
>
> Keep us posted!
>
> NQ
>
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