| EverettB |
Sun Oct 06, 2024 11:06 am |
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Wow, excellent summary and really nice photos of what you found.
I did not know the generator commutator had a date code.
Are you asking if the cylinder tin should be 3-hole?
Yes. |
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| B_vdd |
Sun Oct 13, 2024 12:54 am |
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EverettB wrote:
Are you asking if the cylinder tin should be 3-hole?
Yes.
Yes those with the different pressing. |
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| bnam |
Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:38 am |
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RockStock wrote: sgellis wrote: Was the fastener on end of fan shroud a flat head or hex head?
Should be a cheese head screw, not the hex head.
The parts manual says different - N 10 212 3, bolt, hex head 6x12.
Byas |
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| RockStock |
Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:20 pm |
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One example. Jan 55 bus engine.
1954 Bus Parts Manual
#45
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| bnam |
Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:59 pm |
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You’re right it seems to have been superseded only sometime after 67 with 2 hex bolts.
The fan cover screws seem to have been hex bolts throughout. |
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| janerick3 |
Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:28 am |
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I think the confusion comes from the 356 community, where the purists are much more anal.
356/912 fan shrouds, which are no more than modified VW stampings, are held in place by 2 hex bolts on the ends. I have never seen an original 36 or 40hp VW engine with anything other than cheese head screws holding the fan shroud in place. |
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| 1957_SC |
Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:28 pm |
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Anyone know if there is anything unique to the Heater box tin, no the box itself, but rather the "Sled" that runs under the pushrod tubes with the flap?
Looking for one for an early 55 (jan) engine, and not sure if I am looking for something specifc.
Thanks |
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| RockStock |
Sun May 25, 2025 1:39 am |
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If it’s part #35 in the exploded diagram above, the main difference is probably the number of captive nuts/holes on the rear top. 2 or 3. Early is 3, late is 2 (but may also be different, lhs sled to rhs sled, I can’t remember)
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Pinpoint the engine date!
Colourised
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| Dan22 |
Sun May 25, 2025 9:55 am |
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| 1956 or later due to the oil fill. The heater boxes would define it too since they changed design sometime late 50s. |
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| EverettB |
Sun May 25, 2025 10:41 am |
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Oil filler with the removable cap but a strap air cleaner? Weird...
I wonder if that's a square regulator too but it's hard for me to tell for sure from that image.
The early boxier heater boxes are into 1957 sometime. |
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| RockStock |
Sun May 25, 2025 10:59 am |
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| It also has the pre55 curved top oil cooler |
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