Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:30:03 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
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Lol.
Metal doesn't' dereriort that fast, suface rust is no big deal.
Go ahead an bring it to 110 % done if you want, but I recommend against it.
Leave it for now, get the rest of it running.
It takes longer to proceed more conservatively this way, like not burning
your bridges as you do.....takes longer but the result is better in the end.
Already I bet you can see things you'd do differently if you were doing
another one.
Saw the air box. Nice fit.
The throttle body is in the corner of that big air plenaum on the intake ??
I seldom see those engines, as I don't work on jettas and such very often,
just vanagons, and exoitia like Porshce 914-6 and other interesting cars,
but no day to day VW cars , anyway I don't' see those much, and the throttle
body is in the corner of the intake manifold ?
Wiring harness done yet ?
Ecu going under the back seat ? I'm nagging, I know. ( want to see it be
damn good in the end for ya. )
Scott
-----Original Message-----
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pdooley
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
Ummm, I live in salt-free FL, so I didn't give it much thought.
Mine has Rustoleum on it.
-----Original Message-----
From: neil N [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:22 PM
To: pdooley
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
Definitely.
Sure was fun to have rest in place for mocking some engine peripherals
up, but I'll pull it off and paint it ASAP.
Any suggestions on best paint to use for such an exposed piece?
I'll be priming with an etching primer.
Given all the work I put into it, I"m tempted to paint it then top
coat it with Urethane bed liner!
Neil.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:45 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> Neil,
> Shoot some paint on that thing before it turns into a rusty mess.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of
> neil N
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
>
> Hi all.
>
> Here ya go:
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/enginecarrierinstalled
>
> sorry pics aren't that great. Not much room to get down to take better
pics.
>
> Bottom of carrier is off level, but drive train is level and mounts
> don't look stressed like they were before.
>
> It all looks and feels quite solid.
>
> Thanks *very* much for the help guys,
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
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