67 Engine Removal Thwarted

[amishman]

This picture is so awesome!

I dub thee (no pun intended) Inspector Gadget Ratchet Tool.

TJ

[j.pickens]

I have replaced the standard oil cooler with a doghouse cooler, fanshroud, and tin in every engine I've ever owned. My first VW, a 69 beetle which my father bought new, sucked the #3 exhaust valve and grenaded the piston and head after less than 50,000 miles from new.
It had non doghouse tin.
This was in 1974, and we didn't know enough to do the conversion back then.
But I've probably converted 6 or 7 engines since learning about the upgrade on these forums 20 years ago.
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[will t]

I drove 66 and 67 campers from 1978 to 1995 as primary and secondary cars, and along with countless camping trips to our mountains through the years, made several round trips from Denver to CA and Baja, a trip to the bottom of the Yucatan peninsula, a trip to Maine and back that lasted a year (in Maine), never hesitated to push the engine as hard as it would go both up and down hills, and never had a problem with cooling or the #3. My belief is that the Germans got it right, and that if the setup is 100% stock, no modifications to anything, it will work dependably. But I believe that as soon as anything is done to "improve" performance, trouble starts. I like being able to pull the motor out quickly and easily, and that does not include having to mess with the upper left bolt. However, two things: the doghouse cooling can't hurt. Leaving the fourth bolt out would make me uncomfortable, even if it is just my overactive imagination causing any problems. Secondly, the hex-bolt looks plenty easy to manage. I'll go ahead and leave the set-up as-is for the time being, doghouse included, but I will substitute the hex bolt. That's a good idea. It wasn't ridiculously hard to remove the standard head bolt, but the hex will make it that much easier. Plus, I don't remove the engine more than once every five thousand miles (to adjust valves) haha just kidding. Anyway all the opinions and advice so far on this topic make a lot of sense (no surprise) and I thank you all for it.

I do, however, intend to change the color scheme of the engine components from what was done as part of the "restoration")

And I will also do some cleaning