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Hi all,
I have put some pictures of the Crate up on Russ' site:
http://classicvw.org/gallery/KeithP
Got the engine all de-tinned, something special about pulling the tin off a
virgin engine... several things that I didnt know it had or where they went
were all intact. All the screws and bolts came off (with a little help from
the hot wrench) and sure enough there was a nice big mouse nest for each
bank of cylinders! Fortunately, careful examination of the bottom of the
nests didnt show any burning so I dont think it was ever run long with the
nests on it. I also found that all the rubber parts were in great shape,
the elbow joints, cooler seals, front crank seal... all in great shape so I
dont think it was ever run hot.
I pulled the clutch to find it was shot however... which seemed odd at
33Kmi but since this was an egg delivery vehicle it probably saw alot of
stop and go driving. I was elated to find that except for a quarter sized
hole in one of them both heater boxes were in great shape... god bless a
leaky engine! :)
Now to powder coat some of the rusty tin, gather a flywheel and rebuild some
of the periferals
Keith
Keith Park
Top Notch Restorations
topnotch@nycap.rr.com
71 Squareback
65 Notchback "El BajaRojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 Golf
88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur"
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