I went to a VW shop in Santa Cruz (across from Volks Cafe, can't remember the name - anyone know about them?) yesterday to talk about checking the internals of my 1700cc pancake. My initial thoughts are to get a dial indicator set and check the many tolerances myself. The guy at the shop says to bring it to their place and they will do all the testing for free as long as I buy parts from them, and his theory is that the dial indicator set is too expensive for a weekend mechanic. My immediate goal is to see how many more miles I can get out of the engine without a complete rebuild, and to make it smog legal. But giving up control to a shop gives me a feeling of loss, like I will not understand my engine to the fullest. I still have to go to a machine shop for head work, cylinder bore, rod arm testing, crankshaft gear, etc..., but I want to limit what I rely on them for. So, has anyone else done this soul searching before? Dyer? Has anyone purchased a dial indicator set? How do you replace the flywheel and test the crankshaft end play without this set? If I could get some mind numbingly detailed email, that would be great - I am in digest mode, so I will see global responses tomorrow. Anyone have a machine shop recommendation in the Santa Cruz area? thanks mucho, --------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Schneiter........jeffs@almaden.ibm.com........408.927.1498 If IBM and I have the same opinions, I have been here too long! '72 Westfalia, need a pancake for it MA/WC ---------------------------------------------------------------
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