I wonder if he lost that brass tube out of the carburetor? NQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Livingston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Motor locked up.
> Sounds more like it will turn 340 degrees but not the last 20. > > The fact that it was 'stuck' until a bit of pressure was applied in the > 'correct' direction indicates something has dropped into the combustion > chamber. You're looking at a rebuild of at least the top end. Whatever > is stuck in there has already scored the cylinder enough to have been > wedged between the piston and cylinder OR it had the piston hammered > down on it hard enough to lightly weld itself to the piston and > cylinder locking them together until you broke it free. > > It could just be a ring that self destructed and wedged itself in > there. Part of it causing the piston to 'stick' and another piece > wedging a valve open at the seat. > > Whatever is in there now was also in there when the motor was at > operating speed. No way you're getting out of that rebuild. > > G2 > > On Sun, 22 May 2011 20:45:32 -0400 > [email protected] wrote: > >> Are you saying it will turn back and forth to some point which >> represents 20 degrees of crank travel? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: asad ishaque <[email protected]> >> To: vw mailing list <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 8:18 am >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Motor locked up. >> >> Continuing the uncovering of the mystery...... >> >> 4. Now the motor sat on the ground and was inspected. It just would >> not turn. We >> >> decided to be gentle with it and put a 36mm socket with a standard >> handle on the >> >> gland nut (no breaker bar). It would not turn. Just a bit of a nudge >> and it came >> >> free!! It proceeded to turn anticlockwise without any issues but >> again at about >> >> the same point, it would not go any further. >> >> >> >> We deduced that for about 20 degrees of the revolution, it does >> not go round. >> >> You can take it the other way round but not thru the 20 degrees. > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
