RE: [T3] Upright engine in a T3

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

Ahh, but, could you get by?  If you mounted the generator a la T3, and just
left the gen stand in place, so you could add oil that way?  I'm just trying
to think from the poor guys' standpoint.  You might have to leave the engine
cover off (noisy and dirty), but if he had to get to work... ?
I've been there (with a T1), and it ain't no fun.  I had to take a motor
that had dropped #3, and scrape the bigger chunks of metal out of the bottom
of the case, swap out *a* piston and jug, one junkyard head with new valves
(and old springs) (lapped), and proceed to drive the poor Frankenstein for
like 8 months.  Little single port 1600 on a bone stock 68 T1. It ran, but
it took lots of ingenuity, as I was working part time type hours, and had
*no* cash.
*I* would rather it was rebuilt correctly, but if the guys' in a bind?

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Jim Adney [SMTP:jadney@vwtype3.org]
	Sent:	Tuesday, December 01, 1998 4:28 PM
	To:	type3@vwtype3.org
	Subject:	Re: [T3] Upright engine in a T3

	On 29 Nov 98, at 22:16, Steven Ayres wrote:

	> Here's the path of most sense and least resistance: strip the T1
down to
	> the long block and dress it with parts from one of your T3s.
Cooling,
	> fuel, exhaust, electrical, heating, everything.

	The only problem with this approach is that there is not place on
the 
	T1 case to mount the oil filler/dipstick, plus I forgot to mention 
	earlier that 69-73 T3s need the rear mount crossbar, so for the late

	cars especially, you really do need an engine built on a T3 case.

	In other words don't try to make do with the T1 engine.  You'll
waste 
	all your time and effort working on a part of the project that is 
	doomed from the start.  Save yourself, your time, and your money for

	the T3 approach.

	Jim
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	Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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