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On 10 Oct 98, at 21:12, Diane & Dave Burden wrote: > The engine in our daily driver Squareback (beige) is acting funny. The > left head is popping and I tightened up the lower head nuts, but have not > touched the top ones. The tapped holes for the head studs often strip out of the case; the lowers suffer from this more often than the uppers. If they will take torque, though, that may not be your problem. > Engine #2: > Today I pulled the engine and tranny from the green car. I have no idea > what is wrong with the green engine, but my plan is to rebuild this engine > and then swap it into the beige car. > The green engine is now on my work bench. I've taken off the heater boxes > and muffler and pulled the vavle covers. The cooling fan is lot loose > which I've been told is good news. The engine turns over just fine (by > hand.) I took a quick check of the valve clearance and #3 and #4 are both > tight, but #1 and #2 are fine. Loose head studs will affect valve clearances, too. > Should I do a compression test on this engine before I go much further? > Should I just pull the heads and have a valve job done on them? I'm kind > of hoping the bottom end is okay and all I have to play with are the > heads. It's too late to do a compression test, you need the starter to do that, so the engine at least needs to be attached to the transmission, and the test is best done warm. > ps - how do I remove the rear fan enclosure after removing the fan and all > the 10mm bolts holding it on? It is held in place with two dowel pins one in the big cast lug in each "armpit." They are easy to part if you use a cold chisel in the parting line. Work carefully, side to side, and you will inflict minimal damage. Use a puller that threads (M8 x 1.25) into the fan hub to pull it off the end of the crank. DO NOT be tempted to pry it off. It may come, but only after it bends. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe