Finally! Type 1 and water boxer pus rod tubes are not interchangeable unless you have a special gasket on the case side. For the type 4 style engines the tubes slide through the head so they can be changed easily. Dennis, And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! ________________________________ From: Mike Bucchino Sr<mailto:mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> Sent: 3/18/2013 2:48 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: push rod tubes dilemma Except for the fact that you appear to missing ! One does not fit the other ! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Yes, that's the essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 > AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water jacket to the > casting. Clever folks those German engineers! > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > > The tubes shown are for a 1200 to 1600cc upright engine! > > > Howard |
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