Re: [T3] help - similar to starter question thread

["Brad Mularcik" <BnPWOODtype3@att.net>]

<x-flowed>Well Jim,
   You were right, it was VERY obvious where I needed to remove metal. 
There were very deep grooves cut into the housing on the "high spots".  I 
shaved them down with the die grinder and a burr bit.  It went very well. 
That is until it went really bad.
   After milling off all of the aluminum, I wiped out the bell housing, and 
used my angle grinder to grind down the mounting bolts which were at that 
point the "smallest radius" inside the bell housing.  After a few seconds of 
grinding, I noticed that the pile of shavings on the cardboard under the car 
had erupted into flames.  After about 30 seconds of panic, I got the fire 
out.  All is well, nothing is damaged, but I was pretty shook up.  My 
initial reaction was to beat out the flames with a quick whack with a nearby 
rag.  That put out 90% of it, put the remaining 10% scattered into a bunch 
of smal fires over a 2 ft radius.  At this point, I ran to the door opener, 
opened the overhead door, and drug the cardboard outside.  There was a small 
amount of newspaper that was further under the car that I was able to 
quickly put out with my rag.  I know that all of you are thinking how stupid 
that I am, but it was while the fire was burning, that I thought of earlier 
posts from people describing how nicely the VW cases burn on bonfires.  I 
never considered the flamability of the metal shavings when I picked up the 
angle grinder.  I am usually pretty anal about not having things like gas 
cans nearby etc.  I forgot that the metal burns like gas, especially as 
shavings.  I bare my stupidity so that others can consider this possibility.
   I have gotten it all cleaned up, and the engine is ready to go in. 
Perhaps tomorrow it will run.
Brad Mularcik


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] help - similar to starter question thread


> On 5 Jun 2005 at 1:42, Brad Mularcik wrote:
>
> > A local guy that builds a lot of VW engines has been advising my on
> > the performance enhancements that I have made, and suggested that I
> > needed the o-ring type that was 8 dowel to go with my new counter
> > weighted crank.  He later realized that my old one was a 6V.  He then
> > gave me a nice 12V starter for $20, along with the new bushing for the
> > transmision.
>
> You probably haven't damaged anything, but you will need to pull the 
> engine and
> clearance the bell housing for the larger 12V ring gear. The ring gear 
> will
> have cut into the case, making it obvious where you need to remove metal.
>
> --
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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