Date:         Sat, 22 May 1999 17:36:08 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Tight Engine
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Bulley wrote:

>
> It is a fairly universal building practice to rotate the crank 360 degrees
> during each phase of mating the two case halves. On my first rebuild, I
> didn't do this, and had the same problem you do, except it wasn't tight, it
> was LOCKED. A dowel pin had come out of it's seat, and I squashed it into
> the bearing when I tightened the block.
>
> In the grand scheme, no harm. Cost me a 2nd teardown, a new set of gaskets,
> and a new set of main bearings to set it right.

Strange coincidence.... I did the same thing when I did my first VW engine,
this was a bug engine for my friend. I quickly found that something was wrong,
but I had to get new bearings for the crank. At my expense, of course...
Luckily, the crank survived, and the engine (completely stock, except for the
cam and modified Solex carb) is the smooothest Type1 I've ever seen or driven.

'74 PerL
'88 Syncro 112i