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On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 21:31, Jim Adney wrote: > > I don't really have a big supply, but I was willing to sell you 1 if you still > needed it. I just thought that you had some you wanted to get rid of. I don't think I have ever heard you mention rebuilding your own heads. BTW, the head rebuild is on the agenda for this weekend. And wouldn't you know it, the company sent our spring tester out to be recalibrated. Wont be back for a couple weeks. > > > 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 guess I'm gonna have to go back and take another look. Was this one of the > early cases that have the cam bearings cut right in the case? Did you know that > RIMCO can bore those to take the late bearings? > > Can anyone else pick out what Russ is thinking of? It was the fact that there were no cam bearings. A lot of people that haven't torn early engines down have probably never seen one. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~