[tcb] Re: caroline the fabubus update
- From: "Trey Jung" <Trey.Jung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:11:12 -0700
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
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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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>>>
>>> Mark Sawyer
>>> 92 Cabriolet--"Abby"
>>> 84 Vanagon Westy--"Roxanne"
>>> 70 Karmann Ghia Vert--"Dorothy" (soon to be running) 70 Type 1
>>> Vert--"Vern" (still in pieces)
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>>
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