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Mike, I'm really sorry to hear that things have not gone well for you lately. I sincerely enjoyed having you here a couple summers ago when we installed that engine in your squareback, and hoped that we could get you to join us for an Invasion somewhere, sometime. More comments below: On 19 Apr 2005 at 1:25, Mike Wodkowski wrote: > drove back from detroit and the #4 valve spring busted on the freeway > 40 miles outside of NYC. Messed up the valvve stem, messed up the head. > Found an aircooled guy not 8 miles from where I was - he got the car going > again but says I should really get a new valve stem and have the head > ground. Wow, I'm surprised. I've never had a valve spring break, and this engine didn't have all that many miles on it, and the valve train was stock, so the stress on the springs should not be a problem. The valve springs were just old used OG springs, but I always test them for strength before using them. I occasionally come across weak ones that I assume have developed cracks, and those are gratefully thrown in the recycling bin. I guess there's a lesson here for all of us: Valve springs take a beating, so re-use old ones with caution. > So I'm putting her up for sale, to anyone who wants her. Outside of the bad > valve and head head, it has an engine put together by none other than Jim > Adney, a berg full flow system, great brakes all the mechanicals in order, > bu the body has seen better days. Other engine features I can add: full flow oil filter w/Berg pressure relief pump cover, fully balanced engine, counterweighted crank (OG std/std crank, counterweights added by Berg) heads ported (by me) w/4 angle valve job, semi- hemi to reduce compression for modern gas, swivel foot valve adjusters, and springs shimmed to correct height, case savers and align bore done by RIMCO. It's a '72 FI engine, with all the '72 FI trimmings, and I did all the assembly. I would NOT replace the head, but it would probably be worthwhile to touch it up a bit, replace the valve, and check all the valve seats while things are apart. The head is a 72-3 head with the type 3 only rocker box vents. Those are impossible to find, so don't ever let them slip from your fingers. > I also have a generator I've been meaning to send you Jim and I feel like a > heel not getting it back to you sooner, I hope you can forgive the long > loan.. I actually thought we were even on generators. I sent you a good one, and you sent me one which was bad, but I fixed it. If you still have an extra kicking around, then I'll take it, unless someone closer to NYC can use it. > Anyway, that's my story. I'm in Brooklyn NY until the end of May. After > that, I don't know what'll happen to it, so if you want, I'm taking bids. It's been awhile since I've seen the car, but I'm sure the engine would be a wonderful thing for someone who wanted something a step above ordinary. > And I'll just say in advance, I wasn't around much in the past few years in > voice, but I read when I could and a lot of you kept this car alive and were > as generous in spirit as you were with advice - and for that I'm grateful. We heard from you occasionally, but it was disheartening that the news always seemed bad. I had hoped things would turn out better for you. Did you ever try to look up my artist friend Gregory B. in Brooklyn? I wonder if you two would have gotten along.... > Sorry this is so long. Not at all, just too much silence between posts. It's always good to hear from you. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~