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Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:23 am

i would like to know where all the cooling tins in a 71' standard beetle should be. i have realised i am missing two of them! can i retro make one with sheet metal? i would want my car to be as cool as it possibly can. so do give me some pointers. regards, devregards, dev

Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:52 am

Unless you have the original to work from, fabricating them yourself would be a difficult and risky endeavor. I'd recommend searching the junkyards, or buying new ones.

If your friend has the proper tins, maybe you could use them to template new ones.

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:48 am

well i have a good deal for a set of tins....but i need to know 1st how many tins are there? i know that there are a pair under the push-rods. are there anymore that i havent accounted for? regards, dev

Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:05 am

do you know which ones your missing? :?

Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:18 pm

I don't know. But if you figure out where they are, see if my tins are there too! :lol:

Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:53 pm

There are several pieces on a VW engine. I can think of 13-15 parts off the top of my head!

Search these forums, i'm sure there are pics and description of each component and it's function.

Good luck!

Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:59 pm

do those tins under there make a diff. on how cool the motor runs?

Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:33 am

They will make a difference on cooling. It keeps the flow of air fully across the cylinders. It also makes hot air exit the engine area where the engineers originally planned. They also serve to keep some of the road dirt from getting stuck to the cooling fins which over time can cause cooling issues. The Volkswagen engineers knew what they were doing. I have been working with VW engines for more than 25 years and have not seen any real cooling improvements over the stock engine tin.

Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:41 am

The bottom 3 tins also protect your pushrod tubes from rocks and debris that can puncture them.

Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:46 am

Here they are...

http://www.1800vw.bizhosting.com/0.cooling.tin.htm

Hope you find them.