OK Guys.. The engine was pulled last weekend and replacement 1200cc emgine fitted, MYR500 for the engine and MYR200 for labour.. about USD200 all told.
Had to use my carb, generator, fuel pump, fan cover.. engine oil is clean on the dipstick but will flush/change this weekend. A bit of the rear tin had to be ground off the edges.. Runs sweet but seems to be a bit hotter than my old engine.. after a half-hour drive the dipstick is hotter than before... I can still pull it out with my bare hands but need to keep changing hands...oh yeah.. the fweem is back too even though the exhaust looks rusty! Engine number has no prefix just 6950077... generator stand has no 'zundfolge 1432' as well.. so this is probably a mex/brazilian case? <a href="http://s199.photobucket.com/user/anair1970/media/VWenginenumber.jpg.html"; target="_blank"><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/anair1970/VWenginenumber.jpg"; border="0" alt=" photo VWenginenumber.jpg"/></a> What are your thoughts on this? Anil On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:13:10 AM UTC+8, Anil Nair wrote: > > 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]. 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.
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