[Vwdiesel] 1981 n/a Jetta

[Terry Briggs]

ROFL,
On Oct 11, 2006, at 3:15 AM, James Hansen wrote:

> I'm pretty sure if it's been on him for that long, he won't miss it.
> -James
>
> bwaaahaahaaha..
>
> ahem. sorry...
>
> Terry Briggs wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 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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Vbriggs at stny.rr.com