From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: caroline the fabubus update
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:56:28 -0600
Hi everybody. Poor Caroline. I think that you are traveling in
the land of "if". Not quite T4 hell yet. If you can find a
decent head, and if you can find a machine shop to do a decent
job and if you can install and adjust everything correctly you
should dance with the engine what brung ya. The cost and
trouble of replacing your engine with any other setup will
truly put you into Hell, with a capital H . Jeez, if you are
going to lose your mind and all your money doing a swap, put in
the Subaru, or whatever the waterboxer swap is.
I Have a 1914 and I was real specific that it be a strong motor
as opposed to a fast motor. A stroke combined with machined
88s. I say this because I guess it would be considered a "get
up and go". I can go 70 and I can carry 18 80 lb bags of cement
(1440 lbs), but I don't think you would be happy with the speed
or quickness of a type 1 after driving a T4. Dan zooms pretty
good in Homer, but I'm always surprised that a T1 can push
around the weight of a Bay.
Talk to Derek at Way Out about the heads.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trey Jung"
<Trey.Jung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: caroline the fabubus update
I talked with Raby at one time about building me a get up and
go Type
1....rats...then he stopped building them for now
-----Original Message-----
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dan Martin
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:54 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: caroline the fabubus update
I can see wanting to keep the T4 if you can. You should be able
to find
good "core" heads. I think any real machine shop can do a good
job if
they try, and it sounds like you have that covered. If they are
willing
to guarantee their work you are golden. I know all about the
"get-up-and-go upright" you are talking about. I have built it
a hundred
times in my head, driving around a "stock" engined bus.
So many options......
On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Brian Denning wrote:
aircooled.net sells a fiberglass piece that will make a type 1
fit and
look factory. i have considered that from day 1. however a
part of me
wants to keep it as stock as possible. i have found a 1.7 head
that is
good and have a friend who does machine work and that is my
current
option. for 50 a head he can bore it and rebuild it.
the 1.7 head will set me back another 75. still a lot cheaper
than
going out and buying either a new motor or new heads and they
will be
like new. this friend garuntees all repairs. he says he is not
going
to have to pay for a t4 motor so he will definately do it right.
perhaps this is a good option. but if all else fails i have a
1600
dual port in my shop that is looking more and more like what i
will
use it just needs a complete overhaul. i guess i could drop in
the
money and make i nice get-up-and-go upright. i don't know,
like i said
i am still weighing out my options.
From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: caroline the fabubus update
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:22:28 -0600
There is OE tin in europe and south america, late model buses
with
T1 engines are common, just not imported to the U.S..
There is a known defect in the T4 head design. The seats have
been
falling out of the heads from day one. My father killed the
last of
his 3 buses, a 74 or 75 when the exhaust valve seat fell out
of the
number 3 cylinder. He was so proud of the "porsche"
motor he had in his new bus, it died at 18 thousand miles. I
think
there a couple people around who have them figured out, Jake
Raby
comes to mind.I would think Derik at Way Out might know of a
good
shop closer to you guys. But I don't think there is any
cheap and
easy around a full blown head redo at a professional
(expensive and
increasingly rare) machine shop that know how to work on the T4
head. I feel your pain, but I guess that is the price you
pay for
all that extra speed and power the T4 gives you.
On Nov 28, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Mark Sawyer wrote:
I have seen many people put a T1 engine in a late model bay
window.
You just have to fabricate the sheet metal to seal it in.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ok so everyone is always giving me a hard time about ol'
caroline. well here
is a new one for you. i know robb and neil already know
about this
one. so i was driving 2 thursdays ago and well i get about
half way
to work (20 miles) and she starts to make a loud noise.
well ok
pull over and assess the problem. can't really find a
problem so i
call andrew barnes.
wake his poor
butt up and say can you diagnose this over the phone. well
we were
both close on the assessment. sounded like a blown manifold
gasket.
so i pull out the manifold and replace the gasket and put
it all
back together. tightened the head bolts while i had it
apart none
were loose just went over them all just in case per request
from
andrew. i started it up and well it sounded just the same.
ok so i
bring in some backup and well we decide that it is
possibly a blown he ad gasket (wtf) so we pull the head off and
well not
good. it wasn't exactly a head gasket. evidently there was a
fracture or
something in the head that wasn't seen before. and well i
blew a
hole in the
head about a 1/4" long and about 1/8" deep right next to
where the
spark blug would be. now this head has given me problems
before so
now i am just about to sell her for a beetle. but i took a
breather
and now i am in search of one more 1.7 head so i can send
both of
them off and have them bored out.
i have been told that they are more durable then the 2.0,
the valve
size is the same, and the one that i have is round port and
so i
need one more and then i send them off to be bored and have
new
valves put on.
yea denis i know i am yet again in t4 hell. and the funny thing
about it the
beginning of the week before thanksgiving i was going to make a
post that i
was in t4 heaven.
i am starting to think the late bays were put together with
spare
parts layin around.
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