Low oil pressure, but with high oil pressure?!?

[yamaducci]

Jake says he'll never come back to the Samba but I can't wait.

My advice is that if you have beat it that hard and have to pull it out and apart it's worth doing the bottom end too.
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3rd Brake Light Safety Stars- I still have a couple with blue light left. Email me if interested.

[Ian Epperson]

Been working past midnight every day this week. Fun.

Anyway, finally got a compression test (mostly) done. I couldn't get the tool onto #1 because of the carb, but I suppose it doesn't matter much...

#1 ? PSI
#2 95 PSI
#3 0 PSI
#4 95 PSI

I've been watching a few rebuild videos and my neighbor has rebuilt his type 4 (beautiful bus, runs like a top) and has the tools to loan.

Regarding Jake, I've learned quite a lot from this engine upgrade, and am spoiled by the power it produces - it's a blast to drive! I do not regret purchasing it and feel that all the minor (and now not-so-minor) problems I've had were the result of my ignorance with performance (non-stock) engines. I ask myself: if I were to ignore the boasts about the engine and service, would I be as happy as I am? Yes. I did not make this purchase for the brand-name, I made it for the quality and with that I am happy.

I've seen the phrase "turn-key" thrown around in ads by many engine builders, and it's always a lie. Yes, there are ready-to-run engines, but that doesn't mean the oil system, fuel system, ignition system, engine mounts, carb clearances, breather system, etc are OK. There's NO WAY all I have to do is buy an engine and "turn a key". Jake went very far in getting the engine as close as possible to that point, but there's still QUITE A LOT of knowledge needed before that key can turn. I missed part of that education and ignored warning signs that I didn't recognize, and now I'm going to pay the price.

Here's my lesson, and it's been helpful for me after the first few months of ownership: it's MY engine. It has a great pedigree, and I've had radically less issues with it than friends who have performance T1s, but what was done to it since I bought it was done by me - for better and for worse.

Going forward, I will be rebuilding my engine. I hope Jake will be OK with that, but I trust that he wont be - but I'm not that concerned because, well, it's MY engine.
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[mark tucker]

I think your hampster has died.