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chabanais
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Tidy motor.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

The motor started out as an AP series type 4, with a pair of 41 x 34 valve heads, a mate had it tucked away for a rainy day and after a change of plan, it was mine.
It needed a crank regrind and new bearings, which Coolair handled for us along with a new cam, followers and cam bearings.
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The motor itself had been poorly maintained and the oil had burned and gummed itself to most of the moving parts:
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Sadly both of the heads had seen poor repairs before we got them, they had lots of cracks in each combustion chamber and Stateside Tuning deemed them fit for scrap and returned them to us Sad
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Onwards and upwards; we made ourselves a cleaning bath at work and set to on soaking the case halves until them where clean, we succeeded!
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We went for a set of AA Products 1915 piston and barrel kit, quality looked good, to compliment this, we also went for a pair of AMC heads from VW Heritage
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Had the distributor rebuilt
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Good to go for a mock up!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

We're lucky in the fact that we have a Bridgeport Milling Machine with lots of angle plates and tooling, we set to and did the VW oil spray mod to the conrods, as per the tech bulletin
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The flywheel is a 228mm one which needed refacing on the clutch face as it had signs of chattering and galling, easily done on our lathe
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all trued up using a DTI
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Before we started to rebuild the motor, we weighed the conrods - it turns out that they have all been weight matched to within 0.1 grams of one another. We used very accurate measuring equipment!

Time to build up:
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End float set using a DTI
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Deck height was set to 1.52mm on all cylinders, they measured up very good, we were pleased here (the measurement in the image was an example of how to measure for someone)!
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Cylinder heads CC'd to 57cc's
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Heads, pushrods, rocker assemblies fitted
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Thermostat fit and connected okay
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Built and ready to fit
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

So, the spec is:
1915 type 4
weight matched conrods to within 0.1 grams with the oil spray mod
con rods & pistons measured for length and mated until they measured 86.16mm for #1 and 3 and 86.04 for #2 and #4, as per what the Wilson book describes
Distributer is a Bosch 0231 168 005 SVDA, VW p/n 021-905-205/P
228mm 2.0 flywheel
Weber 34 ICT Carburettors
Vintage Speed Exhaust, twin side oulet

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its been rolling road tuned here in the UK and outputs 96bhp at the flywheel!

Heres the full build thread:
http://www.thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/morks-type-4-1800-ap-engine-project.30925/


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

And enjoy! We love getting out and about, lots of places to head to over here, we're fortunate that we are less than an hours drive from The Peak District
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On the coast in North Yorkshire
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Or camping with a group of friends!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

That's a really good write up Mark, well done!!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Dans Bus wrote:
That's a really good write up Mark, well done!!
Tony


Thanks Tony; good to see another latebay.com'er on here!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:44 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Nice Busses and motor! Another TLB'er here...
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:22 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

And another TLBer, good to see you here Mark.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:52 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

cliveawn wrote:
Nice Busses and motor! Another TLB'er here...


Hiya Clive, good to hear from you!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:54 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

'77 Westy wrote:
And another TLBer, good to see you here Mark.


Hi Geoff, good to see you on here too!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:05 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

Moving on from our '73, we also own a 1977 Westfalia Campmobile which was imported into the UK from Santa Cruz back in 2011, we called him Major. He has a comprehensive service history, he has been used lots since we bought him.

Here he is when we first bought him home:
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He was pretty much original - the upholstery, curtains, mosquito nets, storage box between the seats, table and hook up cable. Also there was a pair of roofbars which need refurbishing. He has never let us down so far which is a testament to being looked after by the previous owners
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:21 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

The original curtains, cab mats and steering wheel needed replacing, Michelle made some curtains up for us
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We added an MCJ Products Steering Wheel
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And Madmatz cab mats up front
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:00 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

The final additions are a towbar and Gasburner alloy wheels.

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We have thoroughly enjoyed getting out and about in Major and have made some great friends too!

On show in Essex, Elemental Show, 2011
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Tatton Park nr Manchester
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North Yorkshire
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Whitby
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Charmouth Bay, Dorset
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and many more places too
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- 180W Solar System

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:14 am    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

The years have taken a bit of a toll with signs of rust and rotten patches starting to come through, we did a survey of what we could see that needed work, doesn't look much but as we go round sorting the issues found, it could need more.
The areas so far are
Sliding Door
Drivers cab door
left hand battery tray
oil cooler needs sorting & relocating
new front panel
roof needs painting and new seals & canvas
new window seals
Upholstery

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- 180W Solar System

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

The first place to start was the sliding door, this had a rotten piece at the bottom around six inches long, two inches tall.

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We used pieces from the Klokkerholm inner repair panel to make good the inside, overall the rot didn't warrant a whole section.
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The outer panel was an Autocraft repair panel, profile matches up with the original one very well.
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Gentle skim of filler on the weld, sort the bonding on the inner frame as it had hardened losing the seal to the outer skin.
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Time for paint
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- 180W Solar System

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Hello from the UK! Reply with quote

We finished painting the sliding door just before Christmas, the louvre window resealed, nothing much to do today so we refit it Very Happy

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Quite pleased with the shut lines, all of the locks work as they should so we popped a new trim panel on and inserted the louvre window.

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We're gonna MOT him in the new year so we can move him from the unit to home and back to work on him Thumbs Up
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