Milly my 1979 Westfalia Berlin Deluxe Vanilly my 1971 half a Beetle trailer

Called to see Tudor Morgan today, fair play he's done loads already.
He's bead blasted my cylinders, these now will be horned & cleaned 6 times:-


Pistons will be polished, the ring groves cleaned out, cleaned 6 times & fitted with new rings:-


The heads have been bead blasted, next he'll fit new valve guides, re-cut the seats, cut the valves & lap them in. The springs will be tested for tension & everything checked to make sure its in spec. They will also be fly cut where the cylinder fits in & the cylinders lapped in. All the studs will be replaced & the heads then cleaned 6 times.


The case will have the type 4 syndrome oil pick up damage welded & machined, all the studs will be replaced & my original engine No. stamped back on it, the Porsche No will also be left on the case. Tudor doesn't bead blast the case as there is too great a risk of some of the material being trapped in the block. It will all be washed out & cleaned a further 5 times & all the oil ways & galleries air blasted clear:-

 

All of the small ends, con rods, gudgeon pins etc. spec up as new, so will just be cleaned a further 5 times & reassembled on the crank with new big end bearings. The crank is all balanced & in spec, so will be cleaned a further 5 times & assembled with new main bearings & this this time the conrods will be tightened down properly:-

 

Tudor Morgan has a few engines on the go, one of them is a type 4, he even takes the trouble to repair & paint the heat exchanges:-



He even welds & re-cuts the main bearing on type 1 engines to get rid of the end float:-

 

Tudor sent me some pics of the engine last night:-

 

Some more pics for you, the studs and dip stick tube being removed.
All successfully done, cases going to be welded today to have the
broken oil pick up bosses built up:-

 

Tudor has had the case welded, he's done a superb job.

Next stage is to mount cases in the mill, square them up exactly, spot
face the welds, drill to the correct clearance and tapping sizes, then
tidy up the shape of the welds, in order to bring things back to
original.

Then the cases should be ready for the final clean and can move on to
the crank and con rods, ready for bottom end assembly.

Will keep you posted.

 

Slight detour from the engine, I bought some red cable ties for my fire extinguisher hose:-

 

Got myself a set of Goodridge brake flexies, cheers Davey, this is a job for after the engine is running & if I get time before the MOT:-



I have 3 of these:-


& 1 of these:-

 

Went to see Tudor today, he's had all my new bits in:-

 

My M8 Cooper came down today for me to do some work on the rust bus, I fitted a tow bar electric plug, replaced his brake light switch & greased his nipples wink wink, nudge nudge:-

 

My daughter loves the rust bus:-

 

Jason is back down next weekend for me to do an oil change & change the fuel hoses.

 

If I get chance I'll go & see how Tudor is getting on, I got a feeling he's been very busy.

 

Spoke to Tudor earlier, he's asked me to call down in the morn, he will be starting the rebuild tonight.

 

Got my new Genuine German Bosch Coil today.