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Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:58 am

Quote: she's a future miss america ! very cool

So Miss, what do you like to do with your spare time ?
"Future Miss america" I rebuild Vw engines :D

P.S. nice looking bug !

Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:23 pm

Women (girls) in general are more meticulus when it comes to clearance and tolerances.
:D

Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:33 pm

Is it just me or did the number four rod look spun?? I was always told to NEVER reuse black rods as that is a sign for overheating/spun and the heat weakened the rod.

BTW great kid

Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:25 pm

My two (16 and 14 y/o) are about to graduate from the riding lawnmower.

I will start them out rebuilding a 5HP Briggs/Stratton. See if they can make it run. I am sure it won't be long before they are hogging the milling machine or lathe. Gotta school them on that too.

I remember my son at 4 hammered the bathroom mirror when we bought him a small carpentry set. Whew...almost gave me a heart attack.

I am very impressed by children who take it upon themselves to learn something and sometimes it gets hard and never quit.

Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:12 pm

derluftwagen wrote: Is it just me or did the number four rod look spun?? I was always told to NEVER reuse black rods as that is a sign for overheating/spun and the heat weakened the rod.

BTW great kid
Yes it was. We only used the old case, got new rods, jugs & pistons, crank, cam and bearings.

Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:30 pm

Now if your wife teaches her to cook, and she learns to fish she will be married early!

Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:30 pm

scooter8 wrote: Yes it was. We only used the old case, got new rods, jugs & pistons, crank, cam and bearings.

:D :D :D

Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:24 am

sturgeongeneral wrote ( Now if your wife teaches her to cook, and she learns to fish she will be married early! )

I bet she willwnat to drive the bug for a few year without kids in the back seat!!!

Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:05 am

I can send a picture of my son....
With this skills she will be accepted in my family :lol:

Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:34 am

With the case machined and cleaned and the crank assembled and lots of clearance checks, she started the actual motor building. New bearings went in the case then the crank and cam.

A few turns to see how she rolled.....S M O O O T H :D 8)

Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:16 am

Is that Randy Bowen holding the cam? 8)

Max

Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:10 pm

So the cam and crank all fit real good, time to put the case together. Apply a little adhisive........

.....to both halves.....

.....put them together, hold the rods out of the way.......

good fit.......

washers and nuts........

tight things up........

Installed the oil pump, we have a short block :D

Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:07 pm

Nice! now she can come over and help my wife with her tear down on her spare motor. :D

Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:46 pm

ajponu wrote: Nice! now she can come over and help my wife with her tear down on her spare motor. :D
She do it in a heartbeat :P Where's Fresburg :wink:

More assembly.....

Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:52 pm

too much Gasgacinch, your gonna hate your self if you have to pull it apart haha

Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:57 pm

Jump ahead a few days (dad got into it too much and forgot to take pics :evil: ) Put rings and pistons in cylinders. Found a good set of heads, cleaned them, machined and reassembled. Insatlled jugs and heads

Got a good set of Germany tins, blasted, cleaned, painted and installed.

new preasure plate & disk

Installed

Manifold

Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:00 pm

kielbasa wrote: too much Gasgacinch, your gonna hate your self if you have to pull it apart haha
Yeah I hear ya :) She better not have to come apart for many many moons.

Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:11 pm

This is a great thread. Thanks for sharing, can't wait till your daughter gets to fire it up for the first time. :D

Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:37 pm

scooter8 wrote: Jump ahead a few days (dad got into it too much and forgot to take pics :evil: ) Put rings and pistons in cylinders. Found a good set of heads, cleaned them, machined and reassembled. Insatlled jugs and heads

New exhaust valves and guides I hope. Great thread by the way. I hope my children will be into building V-dubs.

Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:38 pm

Viande wrote: This is a great thread. Thanks for sharing, can't wait till your daughter gets to fire it up for the first time. :D
I can't wait to see her face, she won't be able to stop smilin for a week :lol:

Matthew wrote: New exhaust valves and guides I hope. Great thread by the way. I hope my children will be into building V-dubs.
Oh yeah