what do i need for a rebuild?

Post by **bennwedge** » 20 Nov 2006, 21:28

im going to start rebuilding my engine next week as ive buggered it (its a 2lt aircooloed). Can anyone recommend an specific tools, equpiment, products etc i will need to make my life easier and keep my hair. at the moment i have a set of top quality spanners, a vernia , a compression tester and a torque wrench.

Post by **"WEAZLECHIN"** » 20 Nov 2006, 22:05

2ltr Aircooled? a lump hammer and chisel

Post by **bennwedge** » 20 Nov 2006, 22:34

lol

Post by **rogbodge** » 20 Nov 2006, 22:39

bennwedge wrote: a vernia

Was that meant to be vernier, or hernia?

And you hardly need good quality spanners to rebuild just ONE engine ...

Sorry, Ben, I'm being cruel!!!!!!!!

As a novice I once rebuilt an engine & the crank regrinders sent the wrong main bearing shells - the crank seemed unlikely to turn so I phoned them up & the problem was corrected. I also knew a man with a Hillman Imp who had a similar problem, & his solution after fully reassembling the vehicle, was to commission a farmer with a tractor to tow him a couple of miles with the car in gear to 'try & free the engine'.

It didn't, of course.

Post by **bennwedge** » 20 Nov 2006, 22:46

vernier thats the one , i got it brand new off ebay for 1p bargain, i also got a big box full of top quality seal spanners for concreting an old ladys washing line in her garden bargain!. do you know where i can get the main bearings and shells from, are they the same as the 1600 ac?

Post by **skell** » 21 Nov 2006, 20:05

circlip pliers to get the circlips out the gudgeon pins
valve spring compressor if you want to strip the heads
some stuff to have a good clean up before you start stripping the lump down
timing gun

I've only ever stripped down a wbx, found busted crank inside so never put it together again...

have you got Tom Wilson's 'How to rebuild Your VW Aircooled Engine' I got this as background info for wbx rebuild and was useful even though book is for Aircooled, can lend you mine if you like or buy it, I think its under a tenner

Post by **"WEAZLECHIN"** » 21 Nov 2006, 22:26

but just kampers prices are a bit "woahh" on some things... captive audiance you see. mention the words= leisure, hobby, enthusiast, etc. prices will fly high.

Post by **bennwedge** » 22 Nov 2006, 21:07

ive got all the books and a timing gun , will get the circlip pliers. what do you mean

the crankshaft will need to be reground

cant i just fit new bearings?

Post by **cumbriankeith** » 22 Nov 2006, 21:45

Depends how "buggered" it is (to use your technical term) - I hope it's not too worn/scored or whatever cos I believe oversize bearings are hard to come by. You will prob need some shims to get the endfloat right. And a special ring compressor to put the barrels back on the pistons - it has to decouple once the rings are inside the barrel - I made one from a couple of strips of copper and a couple of small bolts/nuts. Get decent quality seals eg for crank and pushrod tubes, or you're more likely to get leaks.

Post by **bennwedge** » 22 Nov 2006, 23:34

i worked as a precision engineer for three years measuring to the micron all day everyday so i should be able to get a good measurement. do you know where i can get the bearings and shells from?

Post by **cumbriankeith** » 22 Nov 2006, 23:59

GSF say they have some:
16148 MAIN BEARING SET-STD T25 2.0 Air Cooled All > 28.00
16149 MAIN BEARING SET-0.25mm T25 2.0 Air Cooled All > 28.00

Post by **irishkeet** » 04 Jul 2008, 12:03

bennwedge

im also thinking of doing this in the future, how have you got on?
cheers
keet

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what do i need for a rebuild?

what do i need for a rebuild?

Re: what do i need for a rebuild?

Crank - to grind or not

Where bears