Ron and others, I successfully drilled and tapped bolt holes in a bug engine so that I could mount it to the rear support...and I'm not even that good with a drill. Magnesium is so soft to the drill that I'd bet a portable hand drill would do the trick fine...it taps out nicely (easily). The only tricky part is not to drill too deep; there's an oil passage just beyond one of the places you'd need to drill...so my solution would be to carry the right drillbit and tap, figuring I could borrow or buy a hand drill if I needed to. Oh yeah, I used the rear support arm as a guide for drilling; If I were to do it again, I'd probably install the engine first, get the rear support lined up and then drill. I don't like the idea of adding stress at the oil pump. Just doesn't seem natural. Thanks! Joe
On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Ron Van Ness wrote: > > Same thing happened to me, but I swapped out engines between my Bus > >and Bug. I did buy the adaptor, however, for later use. It is Bugpack part > >#4538 and should be available from any VW flaps. I paid $12.50 + tax for > >mine. > > I've considered buying one of these adapters and keeping it with my spare > parts on board the bus. Despite my obsessive maintainance I still fear the > dreaded engine self-destruct 3,000 miles from home and it seems it would be > easier and cheaper to just bolt in a bug engine to get back. Stressing the > oil pump studs would be a concern for long term use, but anything goes when > it comes to getting home (just ask Bob). ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ----------------------------------------------------------
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