Yes, the big nut has the needle bearing.. not the flywheel. I dont remember my 1300 engine having one.. could be mistaken.
I'm in Malaysia so parts are available but pricey.. I can order stuff from the US but bigger items get stuck in customs and I either have to pay official tax which is quite arbitrary, or unofficial tax (grease their palms) which I try to avoid at all costs. Anil On Saturday, February 22, 2014 3:23:23 AM UTC+8, ckuecker wrote: > > I believe a 1300 crank is the same as a later model, and the flywheels > will swap. In fact, isn't the 1300 essentially just a stroked 1200? > > Chuck Kuecker > > On 2/18/2014 10:10 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > Hi Anil, > > It is the gland nut that holds the flywheel onto the crank that has the > needle bearing in it. Your 69 should have one as well. > > Where are you from? The 1200 and 1300 in the US were both 6 volts, but > the 69 was the third year of 12 volt. You can't interchange a flywheel > from a 12 volt onto a 6 volt crank. As I recall there was a bus flywheel > that was a 12 volt ring gear, but fit onto a 6 volt crank. Might be hard > to find one of them now. > > As for noticing a difference- I don't think you would notice much in > town, especially since your 1300 was leaking compression. > > Ray > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anil Nair <[email protected]> <javascript:> > To: vintagvw <[email protected]> <javascript:> > Sent: Tue, Feb 18, 2014 10:13 pm > Subject: [vintagvw] 1200cc engine. > > Guys.. > > My 69 beetle (1300) needs to come out for an overhaul... the diagnosis is > the head studs are loose on the 3/4 side.. cyl # 4 is particularly bad and > constantly fouling its plugs. > > Funds are short and I'd rather do it properly., meanwhile I have access > to a 1200 which was running good before it was pulled. Not sure of the the > year but the flywheel has a needle bearing in it ? > > I'll probably need to use the flywheel off my 1300 engine, ditto the > carbs, distr and fuel pump... anything I miss out? > > On my original engine I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I can get > away with just a top overhaul. I checked the crank sideplay and there is no > noticeable fore-aft play. Oil pressure light goes off once the engine fires > and does not flicker. > > Having said that, the cases are not in the best shape.. during the last > overhaul around 1998 the main bearing saddles were all worn.. what was done > then was to machine them down and fabricate a spacer to enable new original > size main bearings to be fitted. > > > > I have never driven a 1200 bug before.. is there a big difference between > the two? My 1300 has 1600 pistons and barrels so I think it would be a big > difference but I only use the car for short trips in town so I'm hoping it > won't be too bad. Hopefully I'll be able to get out of my own way! Car has > no air-con etc and is still running a generator. > > thoughts... > > Anil > > > > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
