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Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:56 pm

Hey Ryan,
It's Mike from Long Beach...thanks again for the middle bench seat!!!
Nice work on your engine...what type of paint did you use or did you have it powder coated???

Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:06 am

71surfbumsbus wrote: Hey Ryan,
It's Mike from Long Beach...thanks again for the middle bench seat!!!
Nice work on your engine...what type of paint did you use or did you have it powder coated???

Thanks Mike, I had my engine tin powder coated. How did the bench seat work out? BTW get that fuel filter out of you engine compartment and mount it somewhere else. Less chance of a fuel leak on a hot engine.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:10 am

here's mine before i painted the bus:

and here it is before i put the fanshroud on it after the fire

and here it is pre fire:

I decided that the 34pict3 was the cause of the fire so what did i do? i put a big ol' webber in there that holds more fuel :D

Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:39 am

Somewhat dated picture, SP 1600 with about 25K since installed 5/05

Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:06 am

panic_fan wrote: Anyone have any problems with aftermarket chrome pulley/crank pulley's?

ANYONE?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:14 am

... the degree pulley in the picture above leaked a bit, a stock pulley is in its place and the leak stopped. The alternator pulley pictured is a thick aluminum pulley half with the German original balanced steel back half.

The chrome Taiwan gen/alt pulleys will cause grief. If you really wanna chrome gen/alt pulley, have the German original half that see when the hatch is open chrome plated, IMHO.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:33 am

Jeff Geisen wrote: ... the degree pulley in the picture above leaked a bit, a stock pulley is in its place and the leak stopped. The alternator pulley pictured is a thick aluminum pulley half with the German original balanced steel back half.

The chrome Taiwan gen/alt pulleys will cause grief. If you really wanna chrome gen/alt pulley, have the German original half that see when the hatch is open chrome plated, IMHO.

Thanks for the info....what do you mean by leaked? That is a good idea to just have the stock ones chromed.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:35 am

New 2.0 Liter Stock with FI

Installed

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:05 pm

Here's mine before doing some tune-up bits. I relocated my fuel filter out of the engine compartment. I also cleaned up a lot of the overspray #-o )

and after...

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:12 pm

dweller wrote: vince1 wrote:

oh yeah, that ought to weld up just fine.

:shock:
was there anything left salvageable of the engine after that?
dp

All except the crank was salvaged and used in my 1775 (flywheel, heads, pushrods, tins) and in several friends engines (case, cam & lifters, rods, etc etc) even the case didn't need any line bore :wink:

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:35 pm

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:42 pm

cker5 wrote: Here's mine before doing some tune-up bits. I relocated my fuel filter out of the engine compartment. I also cleaned up a lot of the overspray #-o )

Did you get that tin piece you are missing and seal. Gotta keep the heat out.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:45 pm

Heres is mine after getting a few missing hoses and relocating the fuel filter....
Anyone see anything else I may be missing?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:51 pm

GermanBay: That is a very slick looking engine you have. I'd love to do that sometime, just in Neptune Blue.

Here's my engine. Not a very good picture, but it's all i have uploaded. And yes i've been working on the shitty PO wiring.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:17 pm

visibleink wrote: cker5 wrote: Here's mine before doing some tune-up bits. I relocated my fuel filter out of the engine compartment. I also cleaned up a lot of the overspray #-o )

Did you get that tin piece you are missing and seal. Gotta keep the heat out.

Yeah, I installed my tin and replaced the seal, What a difference the seal makes to keep heat out of the compartment!

Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:22 pm

panic_fan wrote: Heres is mine after getting a few missing hoses and relocating the fuel filter....
Anyone see anything else I may be missing?

Looks good to me, I need that third hose out from the bath filter. What does it do for the engine?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:41 pm

Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:50 pm

cker5 wrote:
Looks good to me, I need that third hose out from the bath filter. What does it do for the engine?

See
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=207639&highlight=preheat+hose

Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:17 pm

The 71 deluxe daily driver.

The 72 Westfalia.

Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:27 pm

busdaddy wrote: The 71 deluxe daily driver.

The 72 Westfalia.

Very nice and something to be proud of Busdaddy