cabby project progress

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

A couple of comments to help you...

  The copper washers can be reused.  If you are having seating problems, sand 
them until they are flat with some 200 grit sandpaper or similar...  Been 
there, done that.  Also, as for they lifters, rev it to 3000-3500 rpm for at 
least 10 minutes.  This will not cause any increased wear.  After that, if you 
occassionally have trouble with it again, throw some Rislone at it.  It is a 
solvent you can use with motor oil that will not cause any problems with 
oiling while in use.  You should be able to find it at most FLAPS...

HTH, and congrats on the finished install...

David Utley

Quoting calimus <calimus@techography.net>:

> Well, after 4 long days of not knowing what the hell I'm doing, but doing it
> anyway, I've completed an engine tranny swap in the wifes cabby.  After
> hitting snag after snag no less (I never have the good kind of luck).
> Amazingly enough, the engine actually started after a few tries of getting
> fuel through the filter and so on.  Now everything isn't perfect, it appears
> that I have a small fuel leak at the fuel filter (will need new brass
> washers) a small coolent leak (gotta crawl back under the car again to find
> that) a real shitty/lumpy idle and a serious sound of lifter tapping.  Now
> this engine hasn't run since last August and I know it may take a while for
> the lifters to pump back up, but damn it's a bit loud for my tasts.
> 
> Anyway, thanks to all that responded about my oil pump gasket question.  If
> I ever seem to mention doing an engine/tranny swap by myself again, someone
> please hop a plane and shoot me.  My wife however, was very happy to hear
> her new cabby come to life tonight, even with all the leftover issues.
> She's been great.  Cleaning parts, handing me tools, bringing me meals and
> all the other things that many mens wives just won't do.  She even went as
> far as having me show her how to change a few parts and had no problem
> getting greasy.  So a big thanks goes out to her.
> 
> For now, I think I'm going to go to bed and die, have to go back to work
> tomorrow morning which is going to feel like a vacation after the last 4
> days.  Nite all.
> 
> William Snyder
> 
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
> 
> 
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