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A VW engine is much better than no engine! 8)
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Post by Bruce M »

Perhaps jumping the gun but....

I'd strongly suggest either:

a) making a full set of tinwear to isolate the engine bay from all the hot air underneath (that will otherwise rise up and be sucked into the fan... again).

b) running a very large bore flexi hose from the fan intake up to the engine cover grill to create a cold air feed.

Your probably aware of this but I thought it was worth a nudge.
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i have to make up some type of shield , there was a 2 piece one on the car when it came , thanks all advice welcome owen nw
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dougie it s certainly is ive bid thanks owen nw
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doresn t it look swell lol owen nw
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had to take me engine back about as i couldnt get the clutch to work lots of excesss play on the pedal , the mate billy said that the release bearing was alll over the place , so when it was out he noticed that the wee ball socket on the clutch for was badly worn and the wee fork on the fork was broke on one side and the 2 guides on the relase bearing wear missing , well i don t remember taking them off :roll: :roll:
well £12 later from porsche the parts \rrived , on them went , the parts made a massive difference , but still no clutch to much travel , again billy had a noisey , you hace the clutch cable tube on the wrong side 20 seconds later wee had a clutch , happy days owen nw billy
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owen nw wrote:had to take me engine back about as i couldnt get the clutch to work lots of excesss play on the pedal , the mate billy said that the release bearing was alll over the place , so when it was out he noticed that the wee ball socket on the clutch for was badly worn and the wee fork on the fork was broke on one side and the 2 guides on the relase bearing wear missing , well i don t remember taking them off :roll: :roll:
well £12 later from porsche the parts \rrived , on them went , the parts made a massive difference , but still no clutch to much travel , again billy had a noisey , you hace the clutch cable tube on the wrong side 20 seconds later wee had a clutch , happy days owen nw billy

Its a good feeling when it is that simple to fix :)

So when are you driving it out of the garage Owen?
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thanks , just have the petrol tank to put in and line from the tank to the car , finish of a few electrics , a few bits and bobs then fire it up , excited is an understatment lol owen nw :shock: :roll:
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tank in fuel lines in clutch working , 3 new bonnett rubbers on , trail fit of the hub caps , owen nw


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not a lot done as i ve been concentrating on the vw camper van a nd 181 , but i took the tank out again found that there was some dirt insid ethe tank so i haovered it out and will fitt an in line fuel filter near the carb , replaced the tank and fuel lines , ordered a new fuel flapp wire so cant finish of the fuel tank assembley till it comes , then fitted a new topp outer scrapper seal to the ds , refitted the nw strutt for teh bonnett i still need one if any one can help and refitted the bonnett latch all s lining up nice ly . not far away now owen nw
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got billy to come up today to finish the last of the wiring and to get it up and running , after dave ie caddy built me a new engine , first was the number plate lights ,wipers side. lights and new h 4 conversion headlights , then so petrol and up and running only 3 half years later owen nw
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can some one show me where how and what the washer bottle and line go and where please i haven t a clue thanks owen nw
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