1954 & 1955 engines whats not correct!

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[Larmo63]

I'd love to find and/or source a correct May '55ish engine and parts.

If anyone has suggestions, let me know. I believe my engine is a '60?

My engine # is 378500 3

[EverettB]

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Yes, 3785003 is an April, 1960 engine #.
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[56samba]

Couldn't find any good pictures of the early 54 domed pistons... so here you go.
Never saw them before in real life.
Also notice the old part number on the pistons and that they were made in late 53. The engine is June 54, very excited to take my early Jan. 54 engine apart and look for the casting dates on these cylinders.

[Chrisisw]

Sweet! Never seen them before either

[sweden]

Nice pictures.
The piston is same from 21 december 1953 to 31 august 1954.
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[RockStock]

Does anyone have the final VIN of the Uterus Manifold?
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[56samba]

[splitjunkie]

Changeover from Uterus to the 701e manifold.

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[BulliBill]

These are what I call "domed" pistons. I re-discovered and quickly cleaned up this set of used 77mm "dome-top" pistons, cylinders and their ring sets. The pistons seen just a few posts earlier I personally would call "dished", not "domed". Am I incorrect in that nickname nomenclature?

Can anyone clearly and simply describe the advantages/disadvantages of both domed and dished piston tops versus the more common flat-top pistons we're used to seeing in old engines. Perhaps a little background about why each type was needed and when they were used by Volkswagen...

Bill
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[56samba]

Bill, are you sure these came from a 36hp engine? I only knew them from later engines with 77 mm bore.

The pistons that I pictured were used in the early months of 1954. They lower the CR a bit and were replaced when they introduced the BR8 dizzy.

[BulliBill]

No, I am not sure what those domed pistons go to. I was just putting the photos out there so someone might reply with info about what they were for, what year and type engine applications they have. I'm certainly no engine expert, but I'm assuming that the domed style reduces the combustion chamber volume and increases the compression ratio a bit? If someone knows for sure, let us all know. When you say "later engines with 77mm bore", which years and horsepower ratings are your thinking they might be for? Thanks for any info anyone!

Bill
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[type4split]

Not sure if this is correct place, but here goes

4-08-54 industrial engine.

Not sure if the what’s correct standards are the same. But seems to be some items that aren’t??

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[motofly196]

Was this in a vehicle? Strange for an industrial engine to have heater boxes on it.

[type4split]

It was found on a buggy from the 60’s. Previous owner pulled from car in 60.

I read that some water industrial engines used heater boxes to warm water. I talked to Everett. He said it was a 57.
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[tasb]

The carburetor appears to be an early 40 horse 28 PICT.

The air filter probably a match to the above carburetor

Missing the plug wire tube

Coil might be later as I see spade teerminals but those can be added to an earlier coil.

Your distributor should be a BR 3 either VJU= vacuum/mechanical advance or VJ= mechanical advance. Check the badge.
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[tasb]

A pretty minor detail but pertinent to his topic is the design of the early Beetle vacuum canisters. At least for a few months and possibly longer into VJU 4 BR 8 production the vacuum nipple on the canister was cast away from the rest of the vacuum "pot". So VJU 4 BR 2 and 3 distributors and the earliest VJU 4 BR 8 should have a canister that looks like this:

By late 1955 through 1960 the nipple was cast right up against the canister housing:

The Bosch vacuum canisters have date stamps on them. They don't follow the usual Bosch pattern. The canisters are marked by quarter year, so I, II, III, IV are stamped before the letter year. III K= third quarter of 1954.
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