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Rickf1985
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 Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| Sounds real good. |
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Marcdeb
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vamram 
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:45 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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Sounds awesome, congrats and now to enjoy the open roads and shows!
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Pruneman99
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:52 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| What a great clip. Seems like you got everything sorted. I'm so glad you stuck with it and are now enjoying your bug! |
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sb001
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:01 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| I hope this thread stays available somewhere because I'll probably forget all I learned if I decide to build another engine. |
I do too as I would reference it the first time I ever decide to try to rebuild my own VW engine!
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Buggeee
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mg50
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| Great Video! |
Thanks,
A happy accident, those girls in prom dresses crossing the street. |
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mg50
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| sb001 wrote: |
| mg50 wrote: |
| I hope this thread stays available somewhere because I'll probably forget all I learned if I decide to build another engine. |
I do too as I would reference it the first time I ever decide to try to rebuild my own VW engine! |
Reference Cusser's video first, fewer dumb mistakes  |
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sb001
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| mg50 wrote: |
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| Great Video! |
Thanks,
A happy accident, those girls in prom dresses crossing the street. |
Come on, that was set up
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| mg50 wrote: |
| sb001 wrote: |
| mg50 wrote: |
| I hope this thread stays available somewhere because I'll probably forget all I learned if I decide to build another engine. |
I do too as I would reference it the first time I ever decide to try to rebuild my own VW engine! |
Reference Cusser's video first, fewer dumb mistakes |
You shoulda offered those girls a ride to the entrance to the Prom Venue.
They'd have been a hit with all the other girls and guy's there!
Thank you for the props in the credits in your video! 
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mg50
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| Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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You shoulda offered those girls a ride to the entrance to the Prom Venue.
They'd have been a hit with all the other girls and :[/quote]
Would have had to clear that with my wife standing there on the corner shooting the video. |
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mg50
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:20 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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Happy to say no leaks, except for a small leak that seems to come from part of the breather. I wipe it up after each run. I can't see why it would leak from there unless breather pan oil is sloshing around. I thought I filled oil to the right level but maybe I need to take the level down.
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Pruneman99
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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Is your road draft tube plugged at the bottom of the down pipe? I think you need to cut the slit in the new rubber "valve" that goes on the bottom of the tube if you put a new one on there.
It's not uncommon to get more than usual blow by before the rings seat. Run the car up to speed, then let it engine brake to slow down. This can help set the rings and reduce the blow by. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| Is your road draft tube plugged at the bottom of the down pipe? I think you need to cut the slit in the new rubber "valve" that goes on the bottom of the tube if you put a new one on there. |
Yes, new ones need to be slit by the installer.
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mg50
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:20 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| Is your road draft tube plugged at the bottom of the down pipe? I think you need to cut the slit in the new rubber "valve" that goes on the bottom of the tube if you put a new one on there. |
Yes, new ones need to be slit by the installer.
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Is that a piece that goes in the bottom of the pipe that goes through the tin? None there on this old pipe.
I drained out some of the oil that was in the air cleaner and will see if that helps. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:38 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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| Is that a piece that goes in the bottom of the pipe that goes through the tin? None there on this old pipe. . |
Yes. This won't affect your issue specifically, but can help dust getting sucked into the engine.
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| I drained out some of the oil that was in the air cleaner and will see if that helps. |
That's a good place to start.
If not the answer, maybe wait a few hundred miles of driving to see....
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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Curious, When you installed the oil filler stand baffle. You made sure to install it with the louvers pointing toward the crankcase and pointing to the right. Right?[/img]
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mg50
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:05 am Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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Curious, When you installed the oil filler stand baffle. You made sure to install it with the louvers pointing toward the crankcase and pointing to the right. Right?[/img] |
Pretty sure I was careful about that and it is a question as part of the thread. Let me find pictures. |
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mg50
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: 71 Beetle engine pull adventure |
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I was following this picture in Bentley book.
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mg50
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No oil has splashed up the generator base to the new cap; still dry. Just wet around the bottom hinge of the weighted flap on air cleaner. just a few drops end up on the tin near the dipstick after a run. Not a big thing but I have to OCD about something.
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