Re: [T3] Mexican motor and questions

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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hey, Don.

I'm in Dallas, too.  Do you have a shop or anything?  I keep hearing you
refer to your hands and all...

If you do have a shop, are you fluent in synchronizing dual carbs?  I could
sure use a hand (or a good mechanic).

Jason
68 Notch


----- Original Message -----
From: <DGaries808@aol.com>
To: <jezzina@ctc.net>
Cc: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Mexican motor and questions


> I have a Mexican case that has been converted from horizontal to upright,
so
> I'm sure that the conversion can go back the other way. There's a product
> that is sold to plug
> up the horizontal oil filler (it's just a plate and a gasket with two
holes
> for bolts). The case is then tapped (I think near the place where a
vertical
> oil filler would otherwise fit). And, voila! you have an upright engine.
All
> it needs is a horizontal oil cooler and
> thermostat.
>
> My hand is now converting a horizontal engine (from a Type 34) to an
upright
> one (for
> a beetle). They are both 1600 cc engines, the Type 34 being horizontal and
> the beetle being upright or vertical. If you would be willing to spring
for
> $50 + shipping from Dallas, Texas, I'm sure that I can get my hand to sell
> you the oil cooler -thermostat setup and show you where to tap your case
for
> horizontal operation. I'll even get him to throw in the horizontal oil
filler.
>
> Everything else is the same.
>
> The Mexican case is currently residing in my 1971 bus on an upright basis.
I
> assume that it was formerly in some Type 3 application. It has recently
been
> rebuilt and has less than 400 miles on it. The Type 34 engine is out of a
> 1965 Type 34 Ghia, which is
> a Type 3. The engines are identical except for where the oil filler an
> thermostats reside.
>
> Don Garies
> dgaries808@aol.com
>
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