I've taken that journey, and it's no fun when the wife's undies fall into the bathtub where your engine block is soaking or if she catches you with the heads in the dishwasher. Two books that I relied on - the Bentley manual and Tom Wilson's "Rebuild Your Aircooled VW". Even though the 1.9L that I rebuilt was water cooled, the principles still applied. My biggest challenge was getting the wrist pins out of the pistons in order to split the case. -- Frank Miller Farmington Hills, MI ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 20:18:33 -0000 From: "robcurtis2 <robcurtis2@yahoo.com>" <robcurtis2@yahoo.com> Subject: 84' Engine Build
Hi ya'll, My little 84' GL is going on a few hundred thousand miles and in the need of a new engine i think here in the next year or so. Im wanting to start on a engine build. You know....Start with the block in the living room of the small apartment, and have the girlfriend yelling at ya daily saying "Get that Damn Motor outta here!" Anyway, I wanna start with the block and go from there. Are there any good books or websites that have good info on this and or can you suggest that I do the build a different way.
Thanks --Rob |
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