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Hi again I've had the verniers on my original main bearings and measured the outer diameter It is reading as 70.5 for one main and 65.5 on the smaller one of the others I know verniers aren't as accurate as a proper micrometer but thats what its reading I'm going to have a full strip down and measur...

Cheers Paul I know the bearings fitted very very snug in the crank cases I think it's the other as in the bearings too big for the crank. It came clearly labelled up as did the bearings. I just assembled everything with a good coating of oil and all seemed OK The bearings were a very tight fit in th...

The saga continues...... Having rebuilt the DG with the new parts supplied from Heritage; Crankshaft labelled as 0.25 reground New set of oversize 0.25 Main bearings New con rods with oversize 0.25 shells Meticulously cleaned, all oil ways cleaned and blown through with compressed air, pick up filte...

Update..... Having taken up my plight again with Heritage regarding the oil pump scenario They have been extremely attentive and by no means evasive. Going back a week ago....I had all my new bearings, together with my new con rods and set about rebuilding...To my dismay I had the wrong later model ...

Now that's set my teeth grinding more than my bearings were .... They have still got the pump listed on the site, however marked as 'out of stock' .....make your own minds up on that! Only consolation is that it has flagged up the broken pick up tube/strainer mount Cheers Greg 1983 Pop Top Westy 1.9DG

Cheers Sb

Invaluable info and Lots of food for thought, I'm going to rebuild as standard for now just to get me mobile. Then I will make my plan of attack in quest of greater power

1983 Pop Top Westy 1.9DG

I've ordered my con rod set, luckily heritage have got them on offer at the mo for £107 with the free delivery I am interested in the 2.1 Idea, does the crank have a longer throw on these? I suppose barrels and pistons have to be changed together with camshaft? I'd have to weigh up the costs against...

Thanks again sb As my EJ25 is waiting in the wings I'll just get the new rods for the DG and re-build as standard, even though I haven't measured the lobes, visual inspection of the camshaft looks excellent....It is a vw factory recon unit and still has the milled finish on the pistons. All I did on...

Cheers Sb I see heritage are out of stock or they're discontinued Brickwerks have some listed for the ? diesel? AAZ or th 1Y? I have emailed the question to them and I will now look at Gunzl's, though as you say, a rod set maybe the way to go as they come with new reamed out small ends and new bolts...

I'd be checking my oil pressure though for peace of mind..... See below the very sound advice from Itchyfeet from my old post 'oil light comes on when braking (very) hard' from last May: If the revs drop below normal idle when breaking or for any other reason then the light can flicker on, you can t...

Hi Bubble Please see attached pic, this is how I found the strainer upon separation of the crankcase halves You will see the small lug with the protruding thread just above the round disc shaped strainer, this is held on by a socket head screw which when the engine is fitted is located on the unders...

Cheers SB There was quite a bit of sealant on the strainer mesh, I got rid of the bulk of it though you can see there is still some more to shift Any comment on the con rod stretch bolts? I suppose I should get some ordered in and not take the chance of broken bolt/rod trashing all the hard work :ru...

Oil pick up pipe/strainer repair...

The saga continues..... Silver bullet was right in the concerns for the bearings I fitted my new standard pump and oil pressure was up over 2 bar with a hot engine...but..there was a very faint bottom end knock down there Being totally fecked off and with the previously well running engine not reall...

I will most certainly be having words with the supplier, I just want to get her running first to see, or hear, if theres any noise/low oil pressure indicating knackered mains/big ends etc. :twisted: I did think at first the shaft may have been pressed in too much, though looking at the pictures on t...