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Do you have a picture? Maybe I could arrange a way to bolt it to the stand I bought. Otherwise what kind of bench would hold it? Mark - 69 Fastback f.i. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:19 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Motor is finally out! On 6 Jul 2005 at 8:27, Mark Davis wrote: > Well my motor is finally out and in my basement! I have been waiting a long > time and finally it's out. I bought a motor stand but unfortunately it will > not work. So much for universal. Does anyone know where I can get one that > will work? Preferably used. I have an old one that I haven't used in years. It is VW only, and just mounts to a bench, but you need a really sturdy bench. It's nothing beautiful, but it works. You could have it for $30, including shipping. > I was thinking about the > clutch plate and the flywheel. Anyone use one of those lighter flywheels? > What would the advantage be? How about the heads? Mine are original and I > assume are designed for leaded fuel. Should they be changed? Unless you're actually racing, I'd stick with the stock flywheel. The lightened flywheel makes for quicker shifts, but with the reduced momentum it is less driveable for street use. Your heads are fine with unleaded gas as long as you use the proper exhaust valves with the chrome plated stems. If you get the guides replaced, be sure to use the bronze guides, not the cast iron ones. All VWs have come with heads that are suitable for non-leaded gas since about 1966. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~