Mark sounds like you well into your rebuild.
When I purcahsed my TD I had know idea about mechanics at all.  Worked my whole life at a desk for a bank.  Always want to try and work on cars but until I retired did not have the time. 
Since I got my TD in July I have rebuilt my carb. which works great suprisingly,first time.  Then purchased an ext…[Read more]

oldbuzz,I absolutely agree.  That’s why I the rebuild kit I am ordering includes a reconditioned OE German crank.  This way, all the parts are made to fit by a single provider.Appreciate the guidance and duly noted.Thanks

In the back of your pick-up? That’s a good one.
Check the local papers in your area or if you’re still working, check around work. Might have someone who wants to get a larger trailer and be willing to sell theirs. That’s how I got mine.

I’m looking into all ideals for taking my car on long trips, towbar,trailer,car dolly or in the back of my pickup truck.

rockyx
Have the original crank turned.You will sleep better at night.A good german crank,allthough turned/rezised is far stronger and superior to the foriegn cranks on the market.
There is machinability designed in both the vw case and crank.ONLY take enough material off the case saddles and crank to put everthing back in round/spec.Cranks and…[Read more]

I’d go to craigslist. But, remind me again, why do you want to put a VW-based car on a trailer instead of flat-towing it with a $100 towbar that works just as well and gives you a lighter package?

The engine is back in the machine shop this past week.  The mechanic putting it together said he was not happy with some “sleeves” and took it back for reworking. The shop agreed to do the work at no additional cost.

Wisdom. I’m trying hard to develop that attitude. 

Ed,I pondered that question for 2 days after my findings.  I finally decided that, for simplicities sake, I’m going with a new crank.Matching over sized outside bearings after the case was line bored was all I wanted to deal with.  Plus the cost of turning the crank ($50 to $75) and the extra trouble just didn’t seem worth it with the surplus of n…[Read more]

Good eye, mate! I guess a rebuildable motor isn’t nearly as good as a rebuilt motor, but like you said–you do have some usable parts there. And you obviously gots the skilz you need to get ‘er back together.So I have a tech question: New crank, or not? I ask because of the wear pattern on your mains. Do you under-turn the main bearing journals…[Read more]

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Way to go, Mark. Where’d you end up stopping for ice cream?

Mark,
Good Sunday morning.! Yes we are loving the mild winter here on the NC coast too.
post some pics when you can !
Drive on,
 
john

I googled “Treuhaft 1.25:1 ratio roller rockers” and then, after seeing not much I searched again on Treuhaft rockers +VWA lot of good web sites have less good search functions than Google. So back away and let Goog do the search.

Ed, I have spent a few hours trying to find (on the Samba) some advice on this matter with no success.  I would really like to know how you found it so quickly.   Some advice please?? I obviously do not know how to search Samba. 

Might give you a little more grunt. Might save you a wavy washer failure. And might (probably won’t, but might) bind up your valve springs or otherwise muck up you valve train geometry. No way to know without trying them.Me? I’d save ’em for a careful build, or sell ’em to someone doing same. But then again, I’m lazy.

Thank you Ed.  I am of the sort that I has been wondering about this entirely too much (I’m not kidding.)  This is great info, especially the link to your photos.  Unfortunately, I have put this on my “oh well” list as something that I might have done many years ago but now know that I can not afford.  But, it won’t keep me from looking for some…[Read more]

Bump, again.So I got some TR4 spline hub adaptors. Here’s the verdict.

BRG is my favorate too.  If I ever have to re-do Audry that would be my first choice.