[T3] Berg Motor 2

["Park, Keith J (CRD)" <parkkj@crd.ge.com>]

Well, Ive got the lower end togeather  so Ill share a little of the experience.
The Crank, well as much as I think any regrind is a bad idea 10 under is all that is avail and it did
look like a real peice of workmanship.  Journals really looked nice!  Rods I used were the last set
stocked by VW in the US and did need a good balancing but nothing out of the ordinary.  Cylinder kit
did have 1 ring out of spec which there replacing but Im seeing that the top rings are Chrome....
never heard anything good about chrome rings.  The Case is AS 41 Brazillian, Despite all that Gene
did to warn us about the weaker AS 41 its all they can get now and they claim it to be improved..
Hmmm... I cant see anything wrong with it other than the groove to hold the bottle cap in place is
gone and they supply a rubber plug now.. NICE! something to harden up and fall out!!
	The case assy went without incident.  Part of what your paying for is all the instructions,
there are ALOT of things to check that the books leave out and even when your staying stock with all
the aftermarket crap out there it all needs to be checked out for clearance etc... Muir did alot of
things WRONG or left them out, assuming the complete idiot wouldnt notice, or care that he get 100K
out of an engine, even Bentley talks about digging debris out of bearing shells.. come on guys,
bearing shells are Cheap!
	Im going full flow and YES Jim is right... you wont be doing this with the engine in the car,
or even assembled!  The Pump supplied is the nicest Ive seen, real quality, and the cover looks OK as
well. There are things missing however that should be there for what I paid, There is no Oil cooler,
and dinky things like the sump plate and strainer, you cant get them at the department store anymore.
The 3 special hardened and cerrated bolts to hold the rear carrier are missing as well and he doesnt
give you a little bottle of the GB loktite reccomended.  I felt these should have been included, now
I have to get them From Jim or dig into my frozen stash. 
	Ill continue as progress is made but the lower end is togeather... at least SOMETHING is
done!

Keith

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