[Vwdiesel] 1981 n/a Jetta

[Terry Briggs]

Yep, I sure do, but I've been trying to get it off the guy for a year 
now .
On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Bennett, Thomas J. wrote:

> I'm looking for a diesel caddy on the east coast. Do you know of one?
> Thanks. Tom
>
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> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Terry Briggs
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:35 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 1981 n/a Jetta
>
> intermediate shaft bearings, good to know. I'll be sure and get
> everything prior to opening it up. I don't have any 2.2's, but I have a
> pair of '57 1600s motors and 1, 2.4  currently on the stand being built
> for my buddies dad's '72 911, I'm really beging to hate the fuel
> injection they used on them too, all of which are project car engines
> for him.
> On Oct 2, 2006, at 2:44 AM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/1/2006 11:33:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> vbriggs at stny.rr.com writes:
>>
>>> I'm competent at engine rebuilds, I rebuild several old vw and
> porsche
>>> air cooleds every year and have rebuilt more than a few V8's, just
>>> never opened up a vw diesel block. I know I've heard through here
>>> about
>>> the minor cracks around the valves.  Are there any issues with cracks
>>> at the crank journals ?I figure I'll do a compression test prior to
>>> pulling the head off just to see where I'm at for a starting point.
>>> Does the bentley have diameter specs as far as crank journals and the
>>> like. On your advice I'll probably have the head and block magna
>>> fluxed
>>> to check it out completely.  does anyone know what color the stock
>>> blocks are, I think they are black like the gasser, but I might get
>>> creative and go with something a bit more flashy to spruce it up a
>>> little. It will be an entire winter project, so I'll have time to do
>>> it
>>> right the first time { I hope }
>>>
>>
>>   Never saw any cracks around the crank journals on the
>> VW diesels.  They have a pretty stout bottom end.  Quite
>> impressive really.  Block cracks come radially from the
>> head bolt holes.  Usually from previous rebuilds where the
>> holes were not CLEAN before reassebly.
>>   Cracks between the valves are usually a non-issue.
>> Magnafluxing would be a tad pointless on an aluminum
>> head but I'm sure you already know that.  ;-)  Don't think
>> I've ever seen any outside cracks other than between the
>> valves.  I have one head that was cracked from coolant into
>> the exhaust port somewhere.  Never did chase the crack
>> down but it leaked out the tail pipe as fast as I poured it in
>> the reservior!
>>   Blocks are VW diesel green from the factory.  I painted
>> my Rabbit's red when I rebuilt it ala Porsche S.  Have any
>> extra Porsche 2.2 S engines lying around?
>>      Loren
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