Lonnie: Try the Oakhill Automotive guys in Longview. Phone # 903 297-3496. e-mail oakhillauto@xxxxxxxxxx Phone will be faster. They have piles of engine stuff laying around. Sammie At 05:48 AM 4/7/2005, you wrote: >I used to have a "bastard" 40hp many years ago. I seem to think it had the >36hp style fan shroud, but I have been wrong before. > > >I am in DESPRATE need of an 88mm machine-in piston and jug for a type 1 >motor. A good used one would by perfect if I can find one. I melted #3 on >the way back from St. Louis this week end. Then I need to find some .040 >barrel shims to lower the compression ratio a little. I will call all the >local shops in the FW area today and keep my fingers crossed. 88's are not >real plentiful. If anybody has a lead on one, I would be grateful. >Otherwise, we aren't going to make the TX classic. >I sold my Ford, then rolled my Toyota on a patch of ice in Wyoming, then >melted a piston in the bus. It has not been a good month, and I'm running >out of cars to drive. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of Sammie Smith >Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:34 PM >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] (no subject) > >Peter: >Tried to e-mail this to you off the list but it came back as a bad >address. So I'm trying again through the list. Have posted this once >before on the list and didn't get an answer. Thought I would test your old >bus knowledge. > >In 59 VW introduced the 40 hp engine to the bus (not in the bug till >61). This thing is commonly referred to as the "bastard" 40 horse and >apparently was in some 59s and all 60 busses. Also, according to my >sources, there was a factory recall on this engine later; in that if you >went into a dealership in 61 and later with engine problems, at no charge >the dealership would pull the "bastard" and install the later 40 hp at no >charge. > >My question is: Do you know what fan shroud the "bastard" engine had? The >first 40hp Type I had the now common larger squared shroud (unlike the 36 >hp shroud) but no fresh air outlets since it was prior to the fresh air >heaters. Result: The "bastard" 40 bus engine could have had the 36 shroud >as a carryover or had the first of the later type shrouds without the fresh >air heater outlets. Have looked in all of my books, including the new one, >and can't find a definitive answer or a photo of the "bastard" >engine. Also have talked to a couple of old VW mechanics who worked in >dealerships at the time and they can't remember. Haven't been able to find >a bus guru who knows either. >Sammie