Replacing Intake Manifold

[tide]

Bought a used 74 Ghia as a first time project, learning the ropes. Evidently not the original engine (69 Beetle perhaps) and the manifold is missing the pre-heat tubes. Ordered a replacement, but before I just randomly take things off I noticed some people say to pull the engine. If you're just replacing the intake manifold, what would be your recommendation for easiest path to success. I'm wondering if this isn't maybe a great idea for myself if I have to pull an engine.

[busdaddy]

It depends on how much you trust the rest of the engine, pulling it will give you the opportunity to replace some seals and confirm all the tin is installed properly as well as looking for debris in the cooling system. It'll also make that exhaust/intake job way easier.

Or run it as is and find out the hard way, PO suprises suck.
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[tide]

I wouldn't know if anything was properly installed. But I gotta start somewhere.

[74 Thing]

There is an old saying, there are VW owners that have pulled their own engines, and there are VW owners that will pull their engines.

[HRVW]

Working on the top end of a Ghia engine is a piece of cake with all kinds of room to work.

Key issue would be the specialty tools that make the work a lot easier then with the standard wrenches.......about an hr and a half for me.

[Cusser]

[tide]

Well I have no smog and no oil cooler (engine appears to be pieced together from someone's shop) so at least I got that going for me.

[Cusser]

[tide]

Do you see now my level of knowledge.

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[gt1953]

Join up with a local club. Take a look at an engine that is removed and see what all it needs or has. Take your time and be safe.
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[tide]

One question on the replacement manifold, it has a vacuum line on the left side, where are the hobbled junk that is there now does not. I've done all the digging I could do visually, by not clear if I ordered wrong manifold or not. Question is where does that vacuum line go if it "should" be there?

[tide]

The number on my block is unreadable. Local mechanic thinks its a 69 1600, but no way to tell without pulling everything and this is the wife little toy. For now I just want it 'running good enough' for something that will likely only see 1-2k miles a year, then this winter we'll start planning a custom engine.

[awreed]

Universal manifold. That vacuum line port on left probably goes to a stock vacuum advance distributor. If you don't need it (probable) push on a short length of fuel line and turn in a screw to the end of that to block it off. Or you could weld the thing shut. Either way, make sure it's plugged good or you'll have some odd running issues with the motor.

[tide]

After careful deduction and manual reading, to goes to the air cleaner. However my air cleaner is missing the thermostat and cold air hose, so it's not worth hooking up at this time. I'll cap it off with hose and a screw until such time as I find another air cleaner with all the parts.

[Howard 111]

You can find various sized rubber caps in a package, at most auto parts stores for almost nothing. We have Auto Zone, and Advance auto in this area.

[tide]

Good tip, picked up a misc pack at Amazon for $11.

[Quokka42]

Yeah, a screw tends to leak - but golf tees work really well, and you can find them laying around!
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