rebuild
With Great Power (part 3)
And another update from Rob, hes fairly moved ahead with the rebuild having got the crank back from the people who did the regrind. The crank required new bearings, and they have been refitted.
With Great Power (Part 2)
Another email from Rob the other day with another update, consisting of the progress on the engine case and the continuing crank shaft issues.
With Great Power
I have managed to find someone to recondition the engine for me and luckily not to far away. So last week I took both engines down to him to see if he could rebuild the 1600 twin port engine for me. Luckily Rob loves reconditioning VW engines and has done several for himself in the […]
Nice and shiny
Sorry its been so long but here is another update for you all. Now that the weather is turning nice, I decided to get out and start work on revamping the gearbox. I got the rear end of an old (1973) beetle so, not surprisingly, the gearbox was encrusted with 40 years of road tar […]