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Re: OK! Fess up!
Posted by Drake [Email] (more from Drake) on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:53:11
In Reply to: OK! Fess up!, Noel, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:37:34
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1963 VW bug, containing a freshly rebuilt (by me, month old) 1904 motor, dual Weber 44 IDF, dual spring heads, etc. Needed to replace the carb linkage with a better model. Removed engine tins, the head tins and then carb/manifolds as a complete unit, rather than removing the carb from the manifold.
Re-assembled, adjusted, tuned the carbs etc. Drove to work Monday and home. Leaving home for work Tuesday monring, just getting on the highway when I head the most horrific knock coming from the engine. VERY loud, very bad though still running. Start tearing the motor apart that night...
Those who are familiar with air cooled VWs know that there are two 10mm screws that hold the head tin to the head, those two screws are adjacent to each of the intake ports on the head.
One of the tin screws must have worked its way out, was sitting in the depression against the manifold/head junction, and I didnt screw count when R&Ring the engine tins.
That Tuesday the screw finished bouncing around in the intake, and made its way into the cylinder. The screw dimensions, being significantly larger than the TDC gap, didnt fit so well in the combustion chamber. Stainless steel screw hammering against aluminum head and piston = ruined head/piston.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OK! Fess up!, Noel, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:37:34
- Re: OK! Fess up!, JimBlake
, Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:47:47 - Re: OK! Fess up!, Joeychess, Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:19:26
- 5-speed transmission rebuild, Jon
, Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:12:49 - Re: OK! Fess up!, andym, Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:51:39
- Re: OK! Fess up!, Larry West
, Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:20:57 - Re: OK! Fess up!, TML
, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:51:04 - Re: OK! Fess up!, burlybryan, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:33:07
- Poor running stories..., Mike Lynch
, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:46:09 - Re: OK! Fess up!, Scott Paterson
, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:35:15 - My "stoner-mobile", No Snaab, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:30:15
- Buying my first Saab is #1. Following it with other 6.., Acubra, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:10:18
- Re: OK! Fess up!, Erik919kt, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:55:50
- Re: OK! Fess up!, Drake, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:53:11 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OK! Fess up!, Ed_F
, Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:13:27 - Re: OK! Fess up!, Noel, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:24:57
- Just today in fact., turrbo
, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:59:36 - Re: OK! Fess up!, IrieTom
, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:51:57 - Heavy date heavy chevy, dtech aka cheaptech, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:04:14
- Re: OK! Fess up!, pete
, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:54:20 - I have two... off the top of my head..., PGAero
, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:48:54 - Re: OK! Fess up! Clutch, Skid Plate, Dave Chicago, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:05:01
- Forgetting to recharge the brake system, MI-Roger
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, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:22:43 - I bought C900. Thrice., Siegfried, Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:34:22
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, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:28:45 - a) remove brake pads; b) press brake pedal (+), vvk, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:08:57
- Re: OK! Fess up!, jonathan, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:45:52
- Re: OK! Fess up!, EGD
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, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:00:30 - Fixing a squeaky ..., AlS, Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:00:27
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