New to the board, new to me type 3!

Lurkybrewster

Whats up guys and gals! New to the board, already absorbed a ton of info and thank everyone for that! New to air cooled vw except my dad had 5-6 at a time when i was a kid and spent plenty of time helping him keep the girls alive.

I recently picked up a 72 squareback and im stoked to say the least! She is gonna be a fun project and have met alot of very helpful vw folks already.

So, she isnt running, it cranks fine and almost starts(it will stumble and try her best with starting fluid) but i suspect its a fuel delivery issue because i have spark. The engine is a dual carb 1641. I have a line on a 2100 long block at a good price so i am contemplating pulling the 1641 and dropping the 2100 in there. Is there any foreseeable obstacles with that swap? I am very mechanical and have no issues with fabrication or stuff like that.

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grandpa pete · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:37 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the Samba !
Lots of great info here for the asking .

Your engine swap will fit . big engines cost big dollars .

Learn how to search to find out if your question has been asked AND answered before .
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eyetzr · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:45 pm Post subject:

Welcome, you may have an issue with the oil dipstick if the motor is from a type 1, but other than that go have fun
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Lurkybrewster · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:15 pm Post subject:

Ok thanks guys! Turns out the 2100motor was built with an insanely high compression ratio and being that this will be a daily driver and i dont have a steady supply of cash or race gas that motor is out, looking around for another motor now, cant wait to get this thing dialed in.

Mike Fisher · Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:50 am Post subject:

Get this 1641 with stock dual Solex carburetors running. Buy a stock big black air cleaner that hooks up to the fresh air outlet in the right rear corner & the engine will run a lot cooler. Idea

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Bobnotch · Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:20 am Post subject:

Since there's no mechanical pump on that engine, there must be an electric pump mounted up near the fuel tank. It's probably not running because either it has no power from possibly a bad ground, or a blown fuse. Or the pump itself is kaput (possibly the original FI pump). For carbed engines, I've found the Mr.Gasket 42S pump works great with those carbs. Very Happy

It also works good with Weber ICTs. Wink

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tcolt45 · Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:28 am Post subject:

welcome to the forum and congrats on your new Squareback.
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Lurkybrewster · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:34 am Post subject:

Thanks for all the info and advice folks, So being that i wanna get her on the road asap, i pulled the trigger and got a rebuilt 1600 long blockto swap out the existing engine. I started on the swap sunday morning and managed to get it all installed by myself.

the longblock before install

here the old motor is out, ready to dress the new motor out.

since i had everything out and off, I cleaned, wire wheeled and painted the tins to make it look good. sirry if you arent a fan of green hahaha, my other vehickle is a camo painted van hahaha

after spending all day at war with the engine i was done, still need to set the timing etc, if you guys have any tips or advise to share prior to starting her up i would love to have it, thanks

Lurkybrewster · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:58 am Post subject:

Well, got everything back into the square, had some other issues to work out. The car wouldnt shift to 3rd or 4th, took the shifter apart and found the plate was backwards so flipped it and made a few tweeks and she shifts like a champ. I dont have a air flow guage so i need to have the carbs synced but i geeked out on the carbs and got idle and everything to settle in as good as possible and thats ok for rite now. I had an oil leak from the cooler seals so had to tear that off and figure it out but she isnt leaking no more so im stoked. Got the headlights working and took it for a drive and had a blast! Thanks to all the info on the boards i managed to get her going so thanks all of you for that.

VWporscheGT3 · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:36 pm Post subject:

this car looks like one that was running around Lancaster/Palmdale about 10 or more years ago. Welcome to the board, welcome to the sickness
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Lurkybrewster · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:58 pm Post subject:

Thanks! it very well could be the same car. I bought it a couple weeks ago from a guy in corona. i dig the sickness already hahahahaha

61 BUS · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:54 am Post subject:

Get up, come on...get down with the sickness........ Very Happy

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VWporscheGT3 · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:11 am Post subject:


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