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On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 20:50 -0700, Scott Taylor wrote: > It's surprisingly complete. It's been rebuilt before (the cylinders are > marked with hacksaw strokes, I through IIII) but they managed to put > everything back where it belongs, for the most part. There are a few > things that are missing -- carb pre-heater intake and hose, plug wire > separator, small things like that. > > > The case should have the cam running right against the case material, > > but RIMCO can bore the cam tunnel for std size modern cam bearings. > > That's > > probably a good thing to do to this case. > > That's my plan, to have the case machined for cam bearings. That's > about as "dark" as it's going to get. I would have them put in case inserts too while they have it and line bore if needed. > > > If you have to replace a head, you might be able to find a 40 hp head > > that could be converted, but it would probably have a different > > casting part > > number. > > I really hope I can salvage the heads, or if not maybe locate > rebuildable ones (a long shot). 40-horse heads will be the last resort. > How worried should I be about a broken cooling fin? Think it's just a > coincidence that it's right over #2? > > > I'm actually surprised that this head has a 311 casting number since I > > thought VW would have just made this part from the 40 hp casting. > > Probably due to the larger valves. > I have the repair pieces to fix the rocker studs if they are loose. That and the tools to install them. If there are no cracks in the heads, I see no reason they can't be rebuilt. As for the broken fin, I wouldn't worry about it. Are you planning on reusing your pistons and re-ringing them. I think I have a set of 1500 ATe rings here. -- russw@classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~