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Agree with em on this one. Mine was and engine shop recon :roll: Although it was made larger it too has solid lifters. These however are'nt a straight swap, by the look of my case it seems to have been machiened and sleeves inserted to accept the solid lifters. There is a test you can do i believe, ...

Hi Guys, Just wanted to pick some brains and see if anybody had any camshaft recommonadtions for my 2.4 Aircooled cu engine? This engine was a tes rebuild ......... need i say more :roll: It is now currently in the middle of a rebuild and was wondering weatherto stick with the current baby performac...

I know it must have been a massive force! That’s why I thought I would may this post and see if any one had experienced this before. The dizzy drive gear is brass hence I can see brass fillings. I made the choice yesterday to take the engine out as it seems inevitable that a re-build is on the cards...

HI bOXY Engine was a 2.0 cu but has now got bigger barrels and cylinders plus uprated cam etc.... The dizzy didnt work loose as it was all stilll tight and had'nt even spined round and clamp nut to crankcase secure. plus the clamp was still in the same place except there was now a gap of about an in...

Hi all Im the middle of converting my Aircooled panel van and soon be at the stage of adding some windows. 1 fixed in sliding door and one sliding on opposite panel drivers side. Does anyone know of someone who could do the work in the portsmouth / surrounding areas dont mind if its a lil drive away...

Hi guys and girls, Not been on in a while as my time has been greatly taken up with the panel van to camper conversion but that’s for another day so let’s get on with the subject at hand. I woke up today thinking it would be a good day to take the van for a spin so jumped in her to head to work. I t...

hi guys thanks for all your help, been busy over the festive period but got to spend some time on the van today!! :D After checking all points, and all connections to the starter i decided to turn my attention to the timing. Well low and be hold after taking your advice boxy and setting at 8 BTDC (o...

Thanks for your replys, I have checked and cleaned spark plugs, both earth straps and its a brand new starter with test certs so don't think it would be anything to do with starter itself. I haven't yet done a compression test but thought if it was to do with lack of compression then it wouldn't run...

Cheers for your reply BOXY, Yeah its a 009 dizzie so will give that a try when i get some decent light ive set the points gap at 0.4mm so il try 0.6mm. il also have a play with the timing, didn't realise the timing would be that different with the 009 apart from the intial position of 1 being at 7 o...

Hi guys im new to the forums so please bare with me ...... Im in desprate need of a little help as i have now run out of ideas. i recently brought my first T25 2.4 Aircooled CU engine with twin carbs which im really chuffed about but after driving her home from weston supermere to portsmouth with on...