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Date:         Wed, 28 Jun 95 08:44:01 EST
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From:         "ray hale" <ray.hale@santafe.cc.fl.us>
Subject:      '66 kombi problems (longish, sorry)

the week after the blue ridge rally (where "horst" performed beautifully) i was heading to the tampa area and something let go in the motor (1600 sp). it was towed to shop of choice for diagnosis. they said broken con-rod and they wanted $2000 to put in a rebuilt from sunny cal. nope says i, paid them 1/2 hour labor and had it towed to my house. tonight i finally have time to begin. hopefully motor will be out and sitting on the bench in my shop where i'll tear into it on the weekend. i've never done this with a 4-wheeled vehicle but have built harleys, indians, bmws, and moto guzzis (motorcycles with equally dinosaur technology as a vw) so i figure this shouldn't be a great problem. might have to get some bigger spring compressors, etc. might get a hernia carrying the motor up the four stairs to my shop. might have to wait longer for parts to arrive from whereevr. anyway, i'll certainly ask some dumb questions from time to time. 1st one is: are there any good reasons to keep the 1600 single port configuration? i have access to a dual port motor for super cheap. should i consider switching heads? i bought this vehicle 45k ago and have been very happy with it. i have no idea how many miles before me or how it was treated. body is very rough but we're working on it. 1/2 of those 45k have been in the smokies and 1/2 in hot but flat florida and that's the way it'll continue. we've been able to cruise a steady 65mph in the flat parts with no overheating or knocking. my inclination is to rebuild this very motor but i'm open to suggestions. thanks ray hale gainesville fl


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