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WBX & Aircooled...Is all push-rod tinware the same?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 18:42
by KarlT
Hi,
The tinware under my push-rod tubes is held together by rust. Where can you get new bits?
SEE MY LAST POST!
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 19:00
by HarryMann
Syncrospares?
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 19:07
by CovKid
Not to hard to make either. Sheet aluminium bends and cuts easy - made loads for bays and beetles that had bits missing. Also seen it made from those thick foil barbeque charcoal containers!
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 19:57
by Simon Baxter
Just buy from the dealers!

Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 21:20
by Ian Hulley
IIRC they are ~£50 per side from VW Van Centre
Ian
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 21:30
by jed the spread
try spannerboy i got a really good set off him for about 12 quid a side i think, might have been less.
jed
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 21:33
by gti mad man
Jed simon doesnt have any at the moment
Just got (literly) today both sides for a d.g 1.9 from vw van centre main dealer £43 a side
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 16:52
by KarlT
Useless buggers. I phoned Exeter Monday they told me they were no longer available. Will try again.
Are yours cheaper/same quality Mr Brickwerks? Couldn't see them on your site.
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 18:32
by jed the spread
VW heritage sell them too i think.
jed
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 18:48
by CovKid
By the time you've ordered them it'll be easier to make em

Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 22:06
by Simon Baxter
I have a pair on the shelf, if your van centre talk "pooh" drop me a mail and I'll bag them up for you.
Re: WBX....Where can you get new push-rod tinware?
Posted: 01 Aug 2009, 08:18
by KarlT
Cheers Simon but, as suggested, for £90 I'll have ago.
Quick question..... Is a 1.9 tinware the same as 2.1 come to that is the old Aircooled 1600/1300 type1 engine the same, are bolt holes/dimensions the same? Would pushrod tinware from one fit the other?

Re: WBX & Aircooled...Is all push-rod tinware the same?
Posted: 01 Aug 2009, 09:15
by Aidan
afaik it's all different, certainly different part nos.
Surely syncrospares have got a pile of these there were quite a few engines scrapped in the last few years and CJ would have stripped them, new owners may have got to the bottom of the pile.
Re: WBX & Aircooled...Is all push-rod tinware the same?
Posted: 01 Aug 2009, 22:24
by matty o
is the tinware needed on a wbx
mine fell off some time ago and dont seam to have a effect
Re: WBX & Aircooled...Is all push-rod tinware the same?
Posted: 02 Aug 2009, 09:18
by KarlT
They are there to protect your thin-walled ali push-rod tubes. Thinking of making some, shall I put you down for first order?
Okay Aidan, are 1.9 & 2.1's the same?
