Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings From Atlanta II
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:56 pm
I removed the BobD's engine and transaxle today. Note that I did not remove so much as the dipstick or oil filler or air filter or AFM or s-boot, not even the foam seal:
My failing jack was bleeding hydraulic fluid all over the floor. Here's the engine and transaxle:
Not too terribly dirty at 89,000 original miles:
I washed the transaxle only with Tide and water and a washcloth, this to see if I could work down to that original goldish cast of Volkswagenwerk cryoline wax:
I had forgotten how fun it is to work on the BobD, everything *fits properly*, everything disassembled with ease. Here's why I disassembled it:
That is a plastic hockey stick ball that had to deal with a spring-loaded gear selector, it got worn down. I decided to install a steel one, visible on your left. The shift housing has not bronze bushings like Chloe, but what look like trick little ball bearings trapped in a needle bearing sort of shell, these bushings almost look like the pilot bearings found in gland nuts or crankshafts.
Itinerant Scissorhands started on the Milling Of The Nose Cone at 7:00 PM:
It is now 11:50 PM, and I knocked off the razor-blading only 45 minutes ago. The magnesium in this 091 gearbox is far harder than that in Chloe. Can it be that they changed the alloy? This stuff fights bastard files and razor blades by becoming smooth and hard as I attempt to mill the .002 or .003" necessary to bring the slightly pounded bearing surface to the same level as the flange:
Much much work ahead in the next 24 hours, before my 1972 Bug appointment with Steve Culpepper ( a referral by zabo, thank-you zabo! ) on Tuesday. Then, I have a Karmann Ghia appointment with ( another referral by zabo, thank-you zabo!! ) on Thursday, before I leave Thursday night for the final Northeast trek of the 2013 Itinerary. Enjoy your Labor Day . . . I will be laboring.
Colin
My failing jack was bleeding hydraulic fluid all over the floor. Here's the engine and transaxle:
Not too terribly dirty at 89,000 original miles:
I washed the transaxle only with Tide and water and a washcloth, this to see if I could work down to that original goldish cast of Volkswagenwerk cryoline wax:
I had forgotten how fun it is to work on the BobD, everything *fits properly*, everything disassembled with ease. Here's why I disassembled it:
That is a plastic hockey stick ball that had to deal with a spring-loaded gear selector, it got worn down. I decided to install a steel one, visible on your left. The shift housing has not bronze bushings like Chloe, but what look like trick little ball bearings trapped in a needle bearing sort of shell, these bushings almost look like the pilot bearings found in gland nuts or crankshafts.
Itinerant Scissorhands started on the Milling Of The Nose Cone at 7:00 PM:
It is now 11:50 PM, and I knocked off the razor-blading only 45 minutes ago. The magnesium in this 091 gearbox is far harder than that in Chloe. Can it be that they changed the alloy? This stuff fights bastard files and razor blades by becoming smooth and hard as I attempt to mill the .002 or .003" necessary to bring the slightly pounded bearing surface to the same level as the flange:
Much much work ahead in the next 24 hours, before my 1972 Bug appointment with Steve Culpepper ( a referral by zabo, thank-you zabo! ) on Tuesday. Then, I have a Karmann Ghia appointment with ( another referral by zabo, thank-you zabo!! ) on Thursday, before I leave Thursday night for the final Northeast trek of the 2013 Itinerary. Enjoy your Labor Day . . . I will be laboring.
Colin