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Well.. you all may or may not remember... I bought a '73 square that had been sitting for two years... didn't run... was having fuel pump probs.... Just this weekend I threw a new pump in.... replaced some fuel lines and wammo.... started right up... idled just fine.... I even drove it around ye old barn a few times.... got it back to the barn and noticed it was bleeding oil like crazy..... PO said when he parked it he thought the flywheel was loose and making a terrible racket from the engine.... the guy who's helping me out with this project says the flywheel could have oblonged and messed up the crank while breaking the main seal around it... dumping oil everywhere... including into the trans... that could explain why it was slipping too.... he suggested we pull the engine.... so that's my next project on the square.... while I'm at it... I was thinking of tainting the engine a bit... just to add a little more power.... what's the quickest and cheapest way to do that??.... i.e. new heads, cam.....???if it's really bad inside there I'll probably go all the way with a new motor..... I here my father calling me.... Robert "..come to the dark side my son...." Braun '73 out of commission back p.s. to all the vintage stockers out there... I'm right there with ya.... if the PO didn't already start the custom job I would have done stock job.... but a '73 with '64 tail fenders is getting off on the wrong foot... and I kinda like the fenders... if it was a '64 I'd of gone stock.... who knows... maybe I'll change it back.. but untill then.... I'm looking at ragtops.... (hey Toby where'd ya get yours... how much?..) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/