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On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 10:20, Jim Adney wrote: > I just took a minute and looked at Russ's pages on rebuilding his early type 34 > engine. If you haven't visited there, it's worth a look. Start here and crawl > thru the photos: > > http://classicvw.org/gallery/Engine-progress/caseleft1 Sorry about the quality of this photo. It was taken with a $10 Ebay digital camera. > > Comments for Russ: > > I have some valve guides if you still need one. Yes, If the price is right, I will buy any you have. I did end up buying some from CIP1. > > Why was your crank coated with Cosmoline? Was it actually new, or was this a > reground that came this way? I did not know how long the engine parts would be sitting around, and I have had problems with clean parts rusting. I use a water based parts washer, so there is never any oil/solvent film left on the parts. My local machine shop has that cosmoline in aerosol cans, and it is easy to use. > > Have you ever found an engine where someone had forgotten to put on the timing > gear snap ring? If so, what was the outcome? Not left off, but my '66 when I tore it down it was loose. The keyway was worn. Also, the oil slinger washer was worn completely thru. Needles to say, I did not reuse that crank. > > Which engines used the thick dist drive gear shim? I couldn't tell you that exactly. I am thinking it was the early 1500's. > > I've always lubed the cam lobes, but never bothered with the gear. I guess I > assumed that they would all be oiled in the first engine rotation anyway, and > since gear faces roll without slipping anyway the wear should be minimal. Did > they teach you to lube the gear at VW school? (I've just never seen this > mentioned anywhere else before. It doesn't seem necessary, but it certainly > can't hurt.) I don't know when this engine will be run for the first time. If I am going to be starting the engine right away, I just squirt some oil on them before I assemble the case. Since most of your engine experience has bee on '68 and later engines, did you notice something else about the cam shaft/case???? I will see if you picked up on it. > > I was surprised to see that little tin piece under the oil cooler. I suspect > most people don't even know that it exists and have never seen one, as most of > them were lost in a previous rebuild. Was this one in place on the engine when > you tore it down? Was this a virgin engine? Yes, it was. That engine had never been out of the car. The speedometer only showed 40K miles. The car was wrecked in 1967. > > Sorry for all the questions.... > > Nice photos and nice work. I sure wish i had your shop. ;-) -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~