[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit, more details

[Bryan Belman]

Nice pics Dave.  The block is toast.  The head seems ok and most likely does not 
have any bent valves.

Great that you have another motor to put in now.

I would take the pan off the other motor and the head off.  for $22 put some 
new rings on it first.  Clean out all of the oil groves well in the old pistons.

you should be good to go after that and you will have a spare head.

NICE looking rabbit.
I like the cloth seats.

 Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-) 




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From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
To: Audi-VW-Diesels Group <Audi-VW-Diesels at yahoogroups.com>; VW Diesel Group 
<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 12:03:02 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit, more details

Got the head off today.  

Popped the piston out from below, easily.

As you can see, the piston is totally trashed.  It was torn up all the way to 
the bottom edge of the oil scraper ring.  It appears that it kissed the head 
from scraping on the piston and on the head, however this didn't happen until 
after the engine was nearly stopped so it doesn't seem that any real damage 
occurred to the head.  The dead piston, of course, was much higher in the 
cylinder than the good one.  It was probably down in the cylinder about as much 
as the valves might have pushed it.

The rod is jammed in there.  I cannot push the engine either way; the crank is 
jammed against it up high and down low.  


I don't think the block is salvageable.  The bottom edge of that cylinder has a 
chunk missing and there is a large gouge on two sides, presumably where the 
piston pin was dragged down by the crank.

Also, there is a chunk of metal bent/dented in by the crank near the rod, so the 
crank is either trashed or would need work after all.  


However, the guy I bought it from, who reads this list, has generously offered 
to let me take a spare block he has stashed away to make the car run.  Came out 
of a "ran when parked" car it seems.  


This seems like the best option at this point.

More pictures have been added to the album.  Again, I made it so anyone can view 
but let me know if for some reason it doesn't work.

<http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=361754&id=583537597&l=035aba2bd5>

Dave Cook


      
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