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CanadianVWboy
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 Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:32 pm Post subject: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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When I bought the 58 Lowlight it came with a 1600DP
the muffler was high, high enough that the pea shooter ends were rubbing on the lower part of the bumper.
At first, I thought the bumper was not straight and I fixed that.
I also bought a new 1600 muffler as the old ones have holes and cracks and i thought it might have been also crooked.
When I installed the new muffler it was still high and I also check the transmission mount and it seems ok
What could cause this?
Does anybody have experience?
I would change back to period correct engine and trans but that would be a couple of years from now and would like to run what I have while I collect the right parts.
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c21darrel
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CanadianVWboy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| c21darrel wrote: |
| A 58 would have had a 36 horse motor. When someone replaced with the 1600 they may have also swapped in a later trans. |
yes the trans was also replaced could this cause the higher engine location?
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d5626
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| Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| Correct bus nosecone/mount installed on front of trans? |
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Starbucket
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| Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| Try to move the bumper up a little by redrilling the brackets or heating the muffler by the pea shooters and bend them down for clearance. The whole car probably was converted to 12 volts I would guess. |
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VeloMikey
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| Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| Starbucket wrote: |
| Try to move the bumper up a little by redrilling the brackets or heating the muffler by the pea shooters and bend them down for clearance. The whole car probably was converted to 12 volts I would guess. |
This is terrible advice! Don’t do a hack job! I’m with D5626. Make sure you have the correct bus nose cone and front mount in addition to good motor mounts. The pea shooters should hit the apron before the bumper. WTF does the cars voltage have to do with any of this?
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Starbucket
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| CerveloMikey wrote: |
| Starbucket wrote: |
| Try to move the bumper up a little by redrilling the brackets or heating the muffler by the pea shooters and bend them down for clearance. The whole car probably was converted to 12 volts I would guess. |
This is terrible advice! Don’t do a hack job! I’m with D5626. Make sure you have the correct bus nose cone and front mount in addition to good motor mounts. The pea shooters should hit the apron before the bumper.
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WTF does the cars voltage have to do with any of this?
Well smart ass, He said he was going to go back to 36 hp THAT's 6 volt. Learn to read the whole post. If He posted a pic of the problem it would be easer to give him a direction to go in. |
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sputnick60
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rocket280
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| It needs a bus nose cone on the late transmission to work. An adapted mount was once available for a latter nose cone and it made the engine sit high like you are describing. |
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VeloMikey
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| Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Help to figure something out..1600 on a low light |
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| Starbucket wrote: |
| CerveloMikey wrote: |
| Starbucket wrote: |
| Try to move the bumper up a little by redrilling the brackets or heating the muffler by the pea shooters and bend them down for clearance. The whole car probably was converted to 12 volts I would guess. |
This is terrible advice! Don’t do a hack job! I’m with D5626. Make sure you have the correct bus nose cone and front mount in addition to good motor mounts. The pea shooters should hit the apron before the bumper.
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WTF does the cars voltage have to do with any of this?
Well smart ass, He said he was going to go back to 36 hp THAT's 6 volt. Learn to read the whole post. If He posted a pic of the problem it would be easer to give him a direction to go in. |
Still don’t see what the voltage has to do with anything. The 1600DP could easily have a 6v generator and the 36HP could have a rewound 12v Porsche generator. @sputnick60, if that was directed toward me, ban me now because I don’t want to be any part of a group that gives terrible hack job advice!
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