>the bus has been resting, but the weather is warming. within >two weeks i will be swapping motors in my 81(california version), due to >an as-yet unidentified intermittent-but-mostly-present tweedling/chirping >sound (on revving/acceleration, and sometimes a constant slow chirp at >idle) and the availability of a low-cost replacement motor. i wouldn't mind >diagnosing what the chirping is before i remove the engine, so i can >fix/rebuild later at leisure. any ideas? I was once told by an old VW mechanic not to buy any Volks that didn't have a bird in it. He had me listen to a 'good bug', and a 'bad bug' The good one had the "bird" chirping sound in the exhaust note. The bad one didn't. He said if it has a bird it will run forever. If it doesn't don't buy it as it is not long for the world? Comments? Bill Crick 76 Type II/IV/VII
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